Custom Themes in Sugar 7

Idea created by john.joven john.joven on Oct 29, 2015

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Hello,

Why we don't have an options or a list of default themes of our SugarCRM Professional? We can't change themes because there is no themes available and it should have default themes.

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Chris Raffle Nov 4, 2015 8:56 AM
Hi John,

Custom themes are currently not available in Sugar 7.x for users to select. We are working towards introducing an updated theme manager and we have not yet targeted a specific release. You can currently do custom CSS changes which affect the look and feel for all users as discussed in the following conversation:

How do I add a custom css style in SugarCRM 7?

I have changed your conversation to an idea so that we can better track the desire for this end-user functionality in an upcoming release of Sugar 7.

Kind regards,

Chris
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john.joven john.joven Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
Hi Chris,

Thank you for the reply. I checked and read the conversation you gave me and what I see is, their something to do with css files and my question for this is, How can we access our files of our SugarCRM Instance?

/sugarcrm/styleguide/themes/clients/base/default/variables.php
/sugarcrm/custom/themes/clients/base/default/variables.php

We don't have any FTP or CPanel Access to do that.

Kind regards,
John
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Jason Eggers Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
John,

Curious to know what you are looking for from the new Sugar 7 theme that isn't there? Is it just to see what other options/configurations may look like? I ask because the Sugar 7 theme is by far the most thought out theme that they have ever had. Not to say that it can't get better, but it is light years beyond any theme I've seen since the start of Sugar.
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john.joven john.joven Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
Hi eggsurplus,

Yes your right. The Sugar 7 theme is far better compared to others. But what we want to clarify to the support is why we don't have options or list of themes that our user can choose or theme manager in the Admin Page same with Sugar 6 which have Theme Manager. However that issue is already answerd.
We are working towards introducing an updated theme manager and we have not yet targeted a specific release.
Our issue now is how to access our SugarCRM Instace files like
/sugarcrm/styleguide/themes/clients/base/default/variables.php
/sugarcrm/custom/themes/clients/base/default/variables.php

Since we don't have any FTP or CPanel Access to do that.

Will SugarCRM support give us access?

Kind regards,
John
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Jason Eggers Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
You could always use the Module Loader to copy files to the custom directory.
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john.joven john.joven Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
I already read about Module Loader here http://support.sugarcrm.com/02_Documentation/01_Sugar_Editions/01_Sugar_Ultimate/Sugar_Ultimate_6.5/... but from what I see, there's always a situation that you need to configure, modify or override something to a file that module loader can't able to do. So in this case, is there no way to access those files?

Kind regards,
John
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Jason Eggers Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
It looks like this is the only file you need: /sugarcrm/custom/themes/clients/base/default/variables.php so you would just use the copy array in the manifest to write to that location.
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john.joven john.joven Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
Hi eggsurplus,

I understand your point but what I'm trying to achieve is not just limited to that. We also create Custom Functionality like making a feature that will open/view document in the Document Module within SugarCRM Instance, within the browser. SugarCRM 7 still don't have that feature. It only download the document to your local computer and then opens the file. I found a script for that functionality and it needs to access the files of SugarCRM. This feature was successfully implemented on a SugarCRM instance and I think that SugarCRM Instance is not hosted on sugar ondemand but in the clients own server which gave them the full access to the sugar files.
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Jason Eggers Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
OK, that seems drastically different that the original question. Do you know what parts of that feature won't work with Sugar 7 and why? Perhaps if you shared more about what road blocks you are facing more folks can chime in with some possible solutions.
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Chris Raffle Nov 4, 2015 8:55 AM
This topic is going into a new direction and want to ensure it is captured separately. Please reference the new topic here: How can I modify Sugar 7 to open or view documents within the browser rather than download?
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Björn Bayard Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
Hi Chris,
not sure how to vote for this feature, but this is really something I would very much appreciate. I would love to be able to at least change the color scheme because I hate the black and read (sorry to say).
Thanks
Björn
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Chris Raffle Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
Hi Björn,

Thank you for your feedback! In terms of voting for this feature, you already clicked the 'Like' button at the top which is our primary tool to gauge the desire for a feature from our customers such as yourself.

We will be sure to follow up on this thread as new updates are available and we look to introduce a greater flexibility to define how Sugar looks to your users.

Kind regards,

Chris
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john.joven john.joven Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
Hi Chris,

I am trying to change the width of each column in the lead list view but it doesn't change even if its already updated and deployed in the Studio > Leads > Layouts > List View. What seems to be the problem about this?
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Chris Raffle Nov 3, 2015 6:16 PM
Hi John,

Please create a new conversation for this issue as this issue differs from the original topic. Once that is posted, I will be happy to respond further.

Kind regards,

Chris
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john.joven john.joven Nov 4, 2015 8:53 AM
Hi Cris,

I already created a new conversation for this. Here is the link.
Column width is not updating

Thanks.
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Bhavesh Patel Dec 18, 2015 10:50 PM
Hi Chris Raffle

You have to follow this link how can i change color of the navigation bar ? my sugarcrm version is 7.6.1.0 .

Thanks.
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Ramana Raju Santhana Jul 6, 2016 1:26 AM
Hi
Am also looking forward to add this feature in upcoming versions

Regards
S Ramana Raju
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Brad Foster Sep 23, 2016 2:09 AM
I can't find a theme for version 7 anyway. The default theme on SugarCRM 7.X is ugly. SugarCRM CE/SuiteCRM currently look way better with their themes. A bit disappointing considering they are based on legacy versions and they are FREE....and this thread is over a year old so it's clear that making the system look nice isn't a priority? Come on Sugar!

Edit: The mobile theme does look quite nice. Can we just copy that into the base to use it on desktop or will things break?
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Deepak Deolalikar Sep 27, 2016 5:15 PM
Hi Brad

We will be updating the theme in the core app. The new theme was showcased at Sugarcon where we got some good feedback. Mobile was the first to use it.

Regards

Deepak Deolalikar
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