{"id":3253,"date":"2014-02-27T12:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T20:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107.21.221.225\/ning3help\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2017-06-20T07:42:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:42:07","slug":"advanced-options-in-design-studio-version-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/advanced-options-in-design-studio-version-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Options in the Design Studio Version 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Manage Imported and Exported Themes<\/h3>\n<p>For savvy Network Creators and designers, one new panel in the Design Studio Version 2 is the Manage panel. Click on this tab to import a theme, or click to export a design you currently have in place on your network.<\/p>\n<p>You can import any .txt file to your Design Studio. If you have imported a theme and do not see its changes being applied to your network, check that the CSS strings in your file match the network&#8217;s available classes and selectors. To analyze your network&#8217;s CSS, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/getfirebug.com\" target=\"_blank\">Firebug<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When exporting a theme, you&#8217;ll be asked to give your theme a filename. Make sure to create a filename with the file extension noted, such as &#8220;woodenpanel.txt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3258 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/export-filename-txt-585x225.jpg\" alt=\"export filename txt\" width=\"585\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your Ning Network is currently incorporating a Design Studio Version 1 theme, note that it will not be possible to export that theme. Due to the differences between Version 1 and Version 2 Design Studio updates, only Version 2 themes and their customizations can be exported.<\/p>\n<h3>Custom CSS<\/h3>\n<p>The Custom CSS panel has been expanded to offer a Theme CSS area as well as a Global CSS area. Theme CSS refers to theme-specific customizations, while Global CSS refers to universal customizations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3262 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/ning3help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/global-css-585x209.jpg\" alt=\"global css\" width=\"585\" height=\"209\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Savvy Network Creators may be interested in using these two areas to put in place some default behaviors, such as header and navigation menu customizations, while using the theme-specific customization area to modify a theme currently published on the network. If you are unsure of which area to use, we recommend starting with the Theme CSS field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manage Imported and Exported Themes<br \/>\nFor savvy Network Creators and designers, one new panel in the Design Studio Version 2 is the Manage panel. Click on this tab to import a theme, or click to export a design you currently have in place on your network.<br \/>\nYou can import any .txt file to your Design Studio. If you have imported a theme and do not see its changes being applied to your network, check that the CSS strings in your file match the network&#8217;s available classes and selectors. To analyze your network&#8217;s CSS, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/getfirebug.com\" target=\"_blank\">Firebug<\/a>.<br \/>\nWhen exporting a theme, you&#8217;ll be asked to give your theme a filename. Make sure to create a filename with the file extension noted, such as &#8220;woodenpanel.txt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If your Ning Network is currently incorporating a Design Studio Version 1 theme, note that it will not be possible to export that theme. Due to the differences between Version 1 and Version 2 Design Studio updates, only Version 2 themes and their customizations can be exported.<br \/>\nCustom CSS<br \/>\nThe Custom CSS panel has been expanded to offer a Theme CSS area as well as a Global CSS area. Theme CSS refers to theme-specific customizations, while Global CSS refers to universal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[592,48,49,591,44,47,46],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Advanced Options in the Design Studio Version 2 - Ning 3 Help. 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