themes vs templates

[maisys]

hi all,

 

i was wondering, what's the difference in prestashop's themes and templates.  i'm a merchant not a coder so for me, they appear to do the same thing.

 

thx, m

[Apium]

Following the PrestaShop descriptions (and general practices), a theme is the complete look-and-feel of a webpage. In the case of PrestaShop, that's generally the front office that is completely restyled using a theme.

 

Now, a PrestaShop page has several standardised parts. Those parts are 'templates', building blocks of sorts. Those blueprints are all customised in a theme, so that the final result looks completely different in the end from the default theme.

 

So, as a quick guide: a template is a small part of (html) code, a building block, whereas a theme has many of those building blocks that together form a whole new look-and-feel.

[maisys]

ah. ok. i get it. thank you.

[PrestaHeroes USA]

themes are a collection of templates.