How to create my own fork rep on git

[Master]

Hello!

I want make some changes in material theme so i created fork rep on github https://github.com/Master-GitHub/nodebb-theme-material-master-wild. Also i changed id, url etc in package.json and plugin.json. I installed theme with npm install https://github.com/Master-GitHub/nodebb-theme-material-master-wild but after restart plugin getting restart. I dont know why.

[PitaJ]

What kind of changes? You might want to do a child theme instead.

[Master]

@pitaj I want change some templates file.

[PitaJ]

@master than you should definitely use a child theme instead.

[Master]

@pitaj How can i do that?

[PitaJ]

@master The easiest way, actually, is to just create your own custom plugin with the templates you want overwritten, and use the existing theme. Here's how I'd suggest you do it:

1. create a new directory for your plugin
2. enter the directory and create a new file plugin.json containing the following:

   { "templates": "templates" }
   

3. create a new directory called templates and in that directory, place the modified template files you made
4. run npm init to create a package.json file
5. publish to git
6. npm install [git url] --save in the NodeBB directory
7. activate the plugin
8. rebuild and restart

[Master]

@pitaj Thanks