2.9. THEMES

CHAPTER 2. HOW DO I USE WEBHOST MANAGER?

2.9.8

Download a themeball

You can download installed themes for WebHost Manager or cPanel as a themeball   a tarred group of all the

files required for a theme. You can use this to brand the downloaded theme with your company's logo or use it

as an example of how to create a brand new theme.

To download a themeball:

1. Click on the Download a Cpanel Themeball or Download a WHM Themeball link in the Themes

menu.

2. Click on the link to the theme that you want to download.

3. Save the themeball to a specific location.

2.9.9

Creating a new theme

You can create a cPanel or WebHost Manager theme from scratch, as long as you have the time. The best way

to create a theme is to download a themeball of one of the working themes to use as an example   refer to page

39 for more information. You can find the API info in /usr/local/cpanel/*api.txt

You can use PHP code in cPanel themes. Example:

\$varible = '';

Perl scripts can also be included in theme pages. In the following example, ex.pl would contain perlapi.txt

commands as well as Perl code.

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