Theme Customizer (Aconcagua or Earlier)
If your account is using Aconcagua or earlier, you manage themes and skins using the Theme Customizer. If you are using the 2019.2 release of SuiteCommerce and SuiteCommerce Advanced or later, see Theme Skin Manager. The Theme Customizer is similar to the Theme Skin Manager in that it enables you to make changes to the appearance of your website and apply them.
Only Store Manager or Administrator roles can use the Theme Customizer. If one of these roles creates a custom role, and gives that custom role access to the SMT, that role is unable to access the Theme Customizer.
Theme Customizer Overview
The Theme Customizer lets you make changes to the appearance of your website. The change can be something as subtle as applying a new font color, or it can be more drastic such as switching to a dark background color. There are several different types of controls for customizing website attributes. The customizable elements and possible values can vary from theme to theme and even for different skins within a theme. These customizable elements are listed in the side panel when you select the Theme Customizer from the SMT Settings menu.
As you make changes to these elements they are displayed in real time in the preview pane.
Theme Customizer Prerequisites
Before you can use the Theme Customizer in Site Management Tools (SMT), your domain and theme must meet the following requirements:
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You must implement version 3 of SMT.
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Your web store must use a release of SuiteCommerce or SuiteCommerce Advanced prior to 2019.2.
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The theme deployed to the domain must include elements that can be edited, such as heading fonts and background color.
Selecting a Skin in Theme Customizer
A theme can include one or more skins. A skin is a group of elements that are designed to compliment each other. You can quickly change the appearance of your domain, simply by choosing a different skin. To chose a skin, you select it from the Skin dropdown menu at the top of the Theme Customizer. When you select a skin two things happen:
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The site preview updates to reflect the attributes of the skin. The variables are reset to their defaults for each new skin selected.
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The Theme Customizer displays the customizable attributes for the selected skin.
Some themes have no skins. In this case, the Skin dropdown menu is not displayed, and the Theme Customizer shows the customizable attributes for the current theme.
Restoring a Theme in Theme Customizer
If you apply theme changes and decide later that you prefer the original theme better, you can restore the theme to its default settings. To do this, click Restore Defaults at the bottom of the Theme Customizer in the side panel.