NADA Documentation

# Customizing themes (header, footer, and styling)

The public catalog appearance—top navigation, footer, typography, colors—is controlled by the site theme: PHP layouts and CSS under themes/{theme-name}/. The active theme is set in application/config/template.php via $template['theme_name'] (by default nada52).

Administrator settings vs theme files

Website title and Website footer can be edited under Site configurations. The theme must output those values where you want them (for example website_title is commonly used in the header/footer). If your footer does not show the admin Website footer text, edit the theme’s footer.php to include <?php echo $this->config->item('website_footer'); ?> where appropriate.

# When to customize nada52 directly

For minor styling or only changing the header and footer, you can edit the default nada52 theme in place:

  • themes/nada52/header.php — navbar, logo area, site title block.
  • themes/nada52/footer.php — footer columns, copyright line, links.
  • Related includes such as nav-menu.php, lang-bar.php, footer_top.php if your layout uses them (see layout.php).

Keep backups or use version control: upgrading NADA may overwrite files under themes/nada52/ unless you exclude them deliberately.

# Custom CSS (custom.css)

Small visual tweaks (fonts, spacing, colors) should go in:

themes/nada52/css/custom.css

That file is linked from themes/nada52/head.php, so rules you add there apply across the themed pages without editing core stylesheets such as style.css.

Prefer custom.css for overrides so stock css/style.css stays easier to compare on upgrades.

# Larger or risky changes: copy the theme

If you plan heavy layout changes or want clean merges when upgrading:

  1. Copy themes/nada52 to a new folder, e.g. themes/my_catalog.
  2. Set $template['theme_name'] in application/config/template.php to my_catalog (folder name).
  3. Edit header.php, footer.php, layout.php, and css/custom.css inside themes/my_catalog/.

# Main files to know

Area Typical files (nada52)
Page shell layout.php — wraps <head>, header, content area, footer
Assets / <head> head.php — loads CSS including css/custom.css
Header header.php
Footer footer.php, optional footer_top.php
Styles css/style.css, css/custom.css (your overrides)
Images images/ — logos and icons referenced from header/footer

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