Marking a project as a theme turns it into a design that you can version and offer in the WEMASY theme marketplace. Use it when you build a design to reuse, for example as a designer or agency. For a normal website you do not need this option.
What changes when a project is a theme
- The project switcher shows a version button next to the project, so you can work on separate theme versions.
- The top bar offers View Theme to preview the theme in a new tab, and the publish button becomes Manage Versions, where you manage your theme versions and submissions.
- The Domain Configuration section only asks for a Domain Name.
- In the project switcher search, the project carries a Theme label.
A theme version only appears in the marketplace after you submit it with Submit for Approval and WEMASY approves it. Until then the status shows Pending Approval.
How a project becomes a theme
WEMASY turns a project into a theme for you: the switch This is a theme is only shown to WEMASY staff. Want to offer your design in the theme marketplace? Ask us through Support in the top bar and name the project.
Turn a theme back into a normal project
When your project is a theme, you as the owner see the switch and can turn it off:
- Open the theme project.
- Click the gear icon next to the project switcher.
- Open the General tab.
- Scroll down to Danger Zone.
- Switch off This is a theme.
The change is saved right away.
Who can do this
Only WEMASY staff can make a project a theme. Only the owner of a theme project sees the switch to turn it off again. Collaborators, also those with full rights, cannot change it.
Not for a live website
Do not ask to mark a project that runs your live business website. A theme project is meant as a design source: the publish button is replaced by Manage Versions. Make a separate project for the design instead, and keep your live website as a normal project.
To learn how others install and update themes from the marketplace, see Theme marketplace and Theme version updates.