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SCSS/CSS Files Usage & Customization

Frest admin manages all theme scss files in src/scss/ folder and users scss files inside assets/scss/ folder. Both src/scss/ and assets/ folders can be found in root of the downloaded package.

Gulp command for scss compile will generate all css files in app-assets/css.

SCSS files structure of src/scss/ folder

                
                    frest-clean-bootstrap-admin-dashboard-template/
                    ├── src/
                    |   ├── scss/
                    |   |   ├── bootstrap/
                    |   |   ├── bootstrap-extended/
                    |   |   ├── components/
                    |   |   ├── core/
                    |   |   |   ├── colors/
                    |   |   |   |   ├── _palette.scss
                    |   |   |   |   ├── palette-variables.scss
                    |   |   |   ├── variables/
                    |   |   |   |   ├── _variables.scss
                    |   |   |   |   ├── _components-variables.scss
                    |   |   ├── pages/
                    |   |   ├── plugins/
                    |   |   ├── themes/
                    |   |   |   ├── dark-layout.scss
                    |   |   |   ├── semi-dark-layout.scss
                    |   ├── bootstrap-extended.scss
                    |   ├── bootstrap.scss
                    |   ├── colors.scss
                    |   ├── components.scss
                    |   ├── custom-rtl.scss

Folder/Files Details
bootstrap bootstrap/ folder contain Bootstrap core scss files, that can be updated with future bootstrap updates.
bootstrap-extended bootstrap-extended/ folder contain customized bootstrap scss files for frest admin.
components components/ folder contain frest admin all custom components scss files.
core core/ folder contain colors, layouts, menu, mixins and variables folder.
pages pages/ folder contains all pages specific scss files.
plugins plugins/ folder contains all vendors scss files.
themes themes/ folder contains template layouts specific scss files.
bootstrap-extended.scss bootstrap-extended.scss file is for those bootstrap components which are customized for this theme. It include all files from bootstrap-extended/ folder.
bootstrap.scss bootstrap.scss file is bootstrap file which includes all the core bootstrap files from bootstrap/ folder. It extends the default bootstrap variable by using file scss/core/variables/_variables.scss
colors.scss colors.scss file includes all colors palette related files from scss/core/colors/ folder.
components.scss components.scss file includes all theme components files from scss/components/ folder.
custom-rtl.scss custom-rtl.scss file contain custom rtl layout related scss only.

To customize the theme default color and styling You can change following files scss/core/variables/_variables.scss, scss/core/variables/_components-variables.scss & scss/core/colors/palette-variables.scss as per your preferred colors & styling.

Heads Up!

It is not recommend to change any scss files inside src/scss/ folder apart from following scss/core/variables/_variables.scss, scss/core/variables/_components-variables.scss & scss/core/colors/palette-variables.scss scss files to avoid future update conflicts. If you still modify any other files, it may requires to merge it manually with future updates.

  • _variables.scss: file contain bootstrap variables which overrides default bootstrap variables, You can use any bootstrap variable to customize it. By using this file you can change bootstrap primary, secondary, success, danger etc... colors & lot more.
  • _components-variables.scss: file contain theme components variables, You can customize it based on your preferences.
  • palette-variables.scss: file contain all colors variables, You can customize it based on your preferences.
Tip

Always take back-up of following files scss/core/variables/_variables.scss, scss/core/variables/_components-variables.scss & scss/core/colors/palette-variables.scss scss files if you are changing them as some times it require manual merge when we release new updates.

Info

If you are not familiar with SCSS, you can write your own css in assets/css/style.css file, it will overrides theme default css.

CSS/SCSS files structure for assets/ folder.

                
                    frest-clean-bootstrap-admin-dashboard-template/
                    ├── assets/
                    |   ├── css/
                    |   |   ├── style.css
                    |   ├── js/
                    |   |   ├── scripts.js
                    |   ├── scss/
                    |   |   ├── style.scss

If you are familiar with SCSS, Use assets/scss folder's style.scss file to write your custom scss. Frest HTML admin sass-compile command will compile this files and generate css files under assets/css/ folder.

If you are not familiar with SCSS, Use assets/css folder's style.css file to write your custom css.

You can add your new files or folder in assets/ folder to avoid any future conflicts or merge.