Magento
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C ONTENTS
1 OVERVIEW OF THEMING IN MAGENTO ...........................................................................................1
SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT.................................................................................................................1
AUDIENCE ......................................................................................................................................1
PREREQUISITES................................................................................................................................1
ABOUT THIS GUIDE...........................................................................................................................1
2 MAGENTO DESIGN CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY.........................................................................3
WEBSITES AND STORES......................................................................................................................3
DESIGN PACKAGES AND THEMES..........................................................................................................5
Themes........................................................................................................................................6
Default themes .....................................................................................................................7
Theme variations or non-Default themes................................................................................8
Magento’s Theme Fallback Model .................................................................................................8
BLOCKS AND
All rights reserved. No part of this Guide shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from Magento, Inc.
C ONTENTS
1 OVERVIEW OF THEMING IN MAGENTO ...........................................................................................1
SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT.................................................................................................................1
AUDIENCE ......................................................................................................................................1
PREREQUISITES................................................................................................................................1
ABOUT THIS GUIDE...........................................................................................................................1
2 MAGENTO DESIGN CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY.........................................................................3
WEBSITES AND STORES......................................................................................................................3
DESIGN PACKAGES AND THEMES..........................................................................................................5
Themes........................................................................................................................................6
Default themes .....................................................................................................................7
Theme variations or non-Default themes................................................................................8
Magento’s Theme Fallback Model .................................................................................................8
BLOCKS AND