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alexwhitman/view-themes
=======================

Provides support for themed views in Laravel.

1.2.0(12y ago)15629MITPHP >=5.3.0

Since Oct 10Compare

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Laravel View Themes
===================

[](#laravel-view-themes)

View themes is a simple package to provide themed view support to Laravel.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add `alexwhitman/view-themes` to the `require` section of your `composer.json` file.

`"alexwhitman/view-themes": "1.2.x"`

Run `composer update` to install the latest version.

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

This package extends Laravels built in `ViewServiceProvider`, so that provider must be replaced in `app/config/app.php`. Replace the instance of `'Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider',` with `'AlexWhitman\ViewThemes\ViewThemesServiceProvider',`.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

The default settings are for the themes to be in a `themes` directory in `app/` with the default theme called `default`.

```
app/
    themes/
        default/
            views/

```

To change these defaults the package config will need to be published with `artisan config:publish alexwhitman/view-themes`. The new config file, `app/config/packages/alexwhitman/view-themes/config.php`, can then be customised as required.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

A standard call to `View::make('index')` will look for an index view in `app/themes/default/views/`. However, if a theme is specified with `$app['view.finder']->setCurrentTheme('my-theme');` prior to calling `View::make()` then the view will first be looked for in `app/themes/my-theme/views`. If the view is not found for the current theme the default theme will then be searched.

### Facade

[](#facade)

The `ViewTheme` facade can also be used if preferred `ViewTheme::setCurrentTheme('my-theme')` by adding an entry for `AlexWhitman\ViewThemes\ThemeFacade` to `app/config/app.php`.

Example
-------

[](#example)

Given a directory structure of

```
app/
    themes/
        default/
            views/
                layout.blade.php
                admin.blade.php
        my-theme/
            views/
                layout.blade.php

```

```
View::make('layout'); // Loads app/themes/default/views/layout.blade.php

$app['view.finder']->setCurrentTheme('my-theme');

View::make('layout'); // Loads app/themes/my-theme/views/layout.blade.php
View::make('admin'); // Loads app/themes/default/views/layout.blade.php

```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

1.2.0
-----

[](#120)

- Update for Laravel 4.2

### 1.1.2

[](#112)

- Add function to get current theme path

### 1.1.1

[](#111)

- Clear previous paths on initialise

### 1.1.0

[](#110)

- Update for Laravel 4.1

### 1.0.0

[](#100)

- Initial release

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 61% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~61 days

Total

5

Last Release

4444d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/422013?v=4)[Alex Whitman](/maintainers/alexwhitman)[@alexwhitman](https://github.com/alexwhitman)

---

Tags

laravelviewthemes

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