Considering how themes are implemented in phpmyadmin, where each theme has its separate files in the themes folder, each having css, js, images and the theme info,

I think theme generator could be deployed as a web app on the phpmyadmin website itself. Something like www.phpmyadmin.com/theme-generator.

Anyone could create a theme and export it as a zip file with all these files in it, this could be directly extracted to the themes folder and they would be ready to go.

But, also considering the fact that phpmyadmin is moslty used in third party servers which users directly buy online from the host, there could be an upload theme option in the software which would upload and save the theme user creates.

Lakshya

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Isaac Bennetch <bennetch@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello developers,

As we ramp up for GSoC, Saksham and I have come across our first big
design question to solve: Where to put the theme generator?

I'd like some input on this. It seems to me this should be put in a
different repository. Perhaps it should tightly integrate with
phpMyAdmin, but perhaps it doesn't need to and can stand alone. I'm
considering a standalone project that also can be included in
phpMyAdmin (perhaps with composer install phpmyadmin-themegenerator or
something vaguely like that) and phpMyAdmin would integrate with it if
installed, but I'm also considering that such a thing might not be
that needed and be overdesigning a solution.

I have a few ideas bouncing around in my head but could benefit from
some community/developer input.

Isaac

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