Magento Theme Hierarchy

1
votes

Currently I am moving the theme file from Default/XXX to XXX/default . From

http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/magentos-theme-hierarchy

I found out that Magento searches the file in following sequence:

Package/theme->Package/default->Base->default.

Is it possible to make it search the theme like this: Package/theme1->Package/theme2->Package/default->Base->default?

Besides that, will the magento still be loading the default/default theme?

Thx

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magentothemes

2 Answers

4
votes

Magento system will fall back the files using below order.

Using DEFAULT package with DEFAULT theme

1) app/design/frontend/{DEFAULT}/{DEFAULT}

2) app/design/frontend/base/{DEFAULT}

Using DEFAULT package with Custom theme

1) app/design/frontend/{DEFAULT}/{MY-THEME}

2) app/design/frontend/{DEFAULT}/{DEFAULT}

3) app/design/frontend/base/{DEFAULT}

If you are using the Custom Package with Custom theme.

1) app/design/frontend/{CUSTOM-PACKAGE}/{MY-THEME}

2) app/design/frontend/{CUSTOM-PACKAGE}/{DEFAULT}

3) app/design/frontend/base/{DEFAULT}

These above order only magento files are fallback.

0
votes

Old question but as I stumbled across this I would like to add the newest fallback hierarchy.

Since 1.9 you can define the fallbacks in a theme.xml in your theme folder. See http://alanstorm.com/magento_parent_child_themes for further information.