When I install a theme as a developper I'm frustrated because I can not apply any logique when the end user press the activate button. I would expect from october the possibility to run a script

for exemple this script could do a couple of things :

• I use october with the Page plugin. In order to be able to correctly add styles to my content when editing I changed /backend/system/settings/update/october/backend/editor configuration accordingly to Bootstrap 3
  • So I would expect to update the database for the backend_editor_settings when the user install the theme
• I whish I could populate the system_mail_layouts db to provide a fully functional theme to the end-user
• I could provide preconfigure backend settings: groups, permissions, etc

This feature is quite simple to implement I think.

• If an php file called theme.php is available in the theme directory when the user click on activate October run this script

I believe that feature could bring more perceived quality for the end user when installing a theme.

Use the event cms.theme.setActiveTheme to execute code when the active theme is set.

I would agree if my theme had a PHP file somewhere that I can use but it's not the case.

Given I install a new October then I go to the market, download the themes and activate this theme.

How do I configure programmatically the CMS for my clients?

couedeloalexandre12023

Create a companion plugin for your theme that sets up and configures the CMS appropriately