Superalgos - How to Contribute Themes

How to Contribute Themes

Summary: If you created a cool theme for Superalgos, submit it as a contribution so that others may use it too!

The Basics

To submit a theme, you must create a in the corresponding Topic of the Book.

Note: This page explains how to create the page so that it shows up in the book!

Charting Space Themes

There are three different categories of themes you may submit: Dark, Light, and Color Vision Deficiency themes. Each category is featured on a separate topic and chapter in the book.

The you will create must feature three sections:

Author: Write your User Profile name, that is, you Github.com user name.

Images: Add as many screen captures of your theme as you like. If you're not familiar with embedding images, check the Docs Png Style page.

Charting Space Style Configuration: Paste the configuration of the Space Style node so that others may copy it.

Examples

Dark Charting Space Theme Example

Light Charting Space Theme Example

Color Vision Deficiency Charting Space Theme Example

Tip: Check the examples above to understand how you must structure the page of your theme!

Add Docs Page Syntax

For your convenience, find below the three different versions of the that you will need to create a page on each of the available categories.

Important: Remember to edit the command to include the name of your theme and the correct page number in the sequence of themes. You must look up the page number in the corresponding topic after updating in the develop branch!

Dark Themes:

 docs.add Topic to Foundations: Dark Charting Space Themes->yourThemeName->nextPageNumber

Light Themes:

 docs.add Topic to Foundations: Light Charting Space Themes->yourThemeName->nextPageNumber

Color Vision Deficiency Themes:

 docs.add Topic to Foundations: Color Vision Deficiency Charting Space Themes->yourThemeName->nextPageNumber

Note: Notice that your theme must have a unique name, as the name is the identifier of the corresponding . Be creative!

Tip: If you are not familiar with editing the Docs and creating new pages, you may want dive deep and read about .

Foundations->Concept->Reusable Snippets->Contributions Reminder

Switch Branches and Update Before You Start

All contributions to the Docs and plugins must be submitted to the branch. All contributions to the code base must be submitted to the branch too. Make sure you update to the latest version on the new branch and that everything you are submitting works properly in that version.

Warning: The Branch has been deprecated. All contributions now go to the branch.

Switch Branches

To switch to branches:

Go to the footer of this page (scroll down).

Select Develop or Master under the Contributions Branch title.

Then select Develop or Master under the Choose the Current Branch title.

Follow the instructions to close and restart the app.

Update to the Latest Version

Run the App Update Command by typing it into the search field at the top of the Docs

 app.update

Now close the app and restart.

Beyond the Basics Tutorial

Before you go any further, do the Beyond the Basics tutorial in the Getting Started so that you learn the basics on how to deal with contributions from within the app. The tutorial will help you get your setup right so that contributions are seamless.

Contributing to Superalgos — TOC

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1. How to Contribute to Superalgos

2. How to Contribute a Trading System

3. How to Contribute Icons

4. How to Contribute to the Docs

5. How to Contribute Translations

6. How to Contribute Tutorials

7. How to Contribute Themes

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