Installation 

For now, the theme is the same as a regular TYPO3 extension.

On fresh classic-mode installations, the theme will be enabled by default. A new site and a first page will be created, which can be used to insert content.

On Composer-mode installations, the package typo3/theme-camino needs to be required, and a fresh installation will also create the site and a first page.

For existing installations, the theme must be enabled first (depending on the TYPO3 setup) either via extension manager, or by requiring the Composer package.

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Installation with Composer 

Check whether you are already using the extension with:

composer show | grep camino
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This should either give you no result or something similar to:

typo3/theme-camino       v14.1.0
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If it is not installed yet, use the composer require command to install the extension:

composer require typo3/theme-camino
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The given version depends on the version of the TYPO3 Core you are using.

Installation without Composer 

In an installation without Composer, the extension is already shipped but might not be activated yet. Activate it as follows:

  1. In the backend, navigate to the System > Extensions module.
  2. Click the Activate icon for the Camino theme extension.

Setup Camino 

These steps only need to be performed in case an existing TYPO3 installation should make use of the theme.

Once the "extension" is activated, the steps to enable the Camino frontend are:

  • Create a new root page in the Content > Layout page tree. Be sure to edit the created page properties and enable Behavior > Use as Root Page .
  • This will automatically create a new Site. Check Sites > Setup to see the created Site. Edit that Site's properties. In General > Sets for this Site ensure that the Theme: Camino Site set is added as a dependency.
  • (Depending on the TYPO3 setup, TYPO3 caches might need to be cleared)
  • Then edit the created root page properties via Content > Layout again, and pick Camino: Start page from the tab Appearance > Backend Layout (this page only).
  • Now the Camino theme will be applied to the site. Content can be added in the specific columns, and sub-pages can be created (ensure to set the backend layout of subpages to the appropriate Camino backend layout, either Camino: Content page (full-width) or Camino: Content page (with sidebar).
  • A custom logo can be set in root page properties Appearance, just above the backend layout picker.
  • In Sites > Setup, the Site set configuration can be accessed to adjust the color scheme and further options.