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I am creating custom theme in magento 2. Is it necessary to assign parent theme to my new custom theme.



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I want to develop whole things from the scratch, that's why I don't want to include parent theme.










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    no need if you develop everything on your own, if not you suppose get basic thins like parent styles and layout from parent theme. That's why we include parent theme

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:15


















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I am creating custom theme in magento 2. Is it necessary to assign parent theme to my new custom theme.



 <parent>Vendor/theme</parent>


I want to develop whole things from the scratch, that's why I don't want to include parent theme.










share|improve this question

















  • 1





    no need if you develop everything on your own, if not you suppose get basic thins like parent styles and layout from parent theme. That's why we include parent theme

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:15














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I am creating custom theme in magento 2. Is it necessary to assign parent theme to my new custom theme.



 <parent>Vendor/theme</parent>


I want to develop whole things from the scratch, that's why I don't want to include parent theme.










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I am creating custom theme in magento 2. Is it necessary to assign parent theme to my new custom theme.



 <parent>Vendor/theme</parent>


I want to develop whole things from the scratch, that's why I don't want to include parent theme.







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    no need if you develop everything on your own, if not you suppose get basic thins like parent styles and layout from parent theme. That's why we include parent theme

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:15













  • 1





    no need if you develop everything on your own, if not you suppose get basic thins like parent styles and layout from parent theme. That's why we include parent theme

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:15








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no need if you develop everything on your own, if not you suppose get basic thins like parent styles and layout from parent theme. That's why we include parent theme

– Prathap Gunasekaran
Mar 15 at 12:15






no need if you develop everything on your own, if not you suppose get basic thins like parent styles and layout from parent theme. That's why we include parent theme

– Prathap Gunasekaran
Mar 15 at 12:15











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No it is not necessary, if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your CSS from scratch. See this post for an example - Theming for Magento 2 - Starting from scratch






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    Thanks Ben Crook, that helped alot

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 18 at 4:41


















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Parent theme is not necessary to defined it




It is not necessary to define parent theme check here
also if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your own CSS of theme becuase it is scratch
also if you want to create your parent theme in template,layout,css,extension then here available






share|improve this answer

























  • What if I want to create all the thing (property, layout, template files, and styles) in my new theme. Do I need to use parent theme now?

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 15 at 12:17






  • 1





    No you don't need but that doesn't make sense, you can customise anything by inheriting parent theme instead of creating all the page layouts from the scratch @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:19












  • i know customiza all thing in custom theme but sometime is needed is parent theme check default reference : devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/frontend-dev-guide/themes/… @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:20







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    @RakeshDonga has given the same, do accept this answer because that doesn't make sense provide repeating answer for single question.Hope you understand

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:25







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    @PrathapGunasekaran thanks i have updated it

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:49











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No it is not necessary, if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your CSS from scratch. See this post for an example - Theming for Magento 2 - Starting from scratch






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    Thanks Ben Crook, that helped alot

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 18 at 4:41















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No it is not necessary, if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your CSS from scratch. See this post for an example - Theming for Magento 2 - Starting from scratch






share|improve this answer


















  • 1





    Thanks Ben Crook, that helped alot

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 18 at 4:41













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No it is not necessary, if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your CSS from scratch. See this post for an example - Theming for Magento 2 - Starting from scratch






share|improve this answer













No it is not necessary, if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your CSS from scratch. See this post for an example - Theming for Magento 2 - Starting from scratch







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    Thanks Ben Crook, that helped alot

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 18 at 4:41












  • 1





    Thanks Ben Crook, that helped alot

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 18 at 4:41







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Thanks Ben Crook, that helped alot

– Muhammad Bilal khan
Mar 18 at 4:41





Thanks Ben Crook, that helped alot

– Muhammad Bilal khan
Mar 18 at 4:41













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Parent theme is not necessary to defined it




It is not necessary to define parent theme check here
also if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your own CSS of theme becuase it is scratch
also if you want to create your parent theme in template,layout,css,extension then here available






share|improve this answer

























  • What if I want to create all the thing (property, layout, template files, and styles) in my new theme. Do I need to use parent theme now?

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 15 at 12:17






  • 1





    No you don't need but that doesn't make sense, you can customise anything by inheriting parent theme instead of creating all the page layouts from the scratch @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:19












  • i know customiza all thing in custom theme but sometime is needed is parent theme check default reference : devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/frontend-dev-guide/themes/… @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:20







  • 1





    @RakeshDonga has given the same, do accept this answer because that doesn't make sense provide repeating answer for single question.Hope you understand

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:25







  • 1





    @PrathapGunasekaran thanks i have updated it

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:49















4















Parent theme is not necessary to defined it




It is not necessary to define parent theme check here
also if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your own CSS of theme becuase it is scratch
also if you want to create your parent theme in template,layout,css,extension then here available






share|improve this answer

























  • What if I want to create all the thing (property, layout, template files, and styles) in my new theme. Do I need to use parent theme now?

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 15 at 12:17






  • 1





    No you don't need but that doesn't make sense, you can customise anything by inheriting parent theme instead of creating all the page layouts from the scratch @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:19












  • i know customiza all thing in custom theme but sometime is needed is parent theme check default reference : devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/frontend-dev-guide/themes/… @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:20







  • 1





    @RakeshDonga has given the same, do accept this answer because that doesn't make sense provide repeating answer for single question.Hope you understand

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:25







  • 1





    @PrathapGunasekaran thanks i have updated it

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:49













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Parent theme is not necessary to defined it




It is not necessary to define parent theme check here
also if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your own CSS of theme becuase it is scratch
also if you want to create your parent theme in template,layout,css,extension then here available






share|improve this answer
















Parent theme is not necessary to defined it




It is not necessary to define parent theme check here
also if you do not set a parent theme you can create all your own CSS of theme becuase it is scratch
also if you want to create your parent theme in template,layout,css,extension then here available







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answered Mar 15 at 12:15









Rakesh DongaRakesh Donga

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  • What if I want to create all the thing (property, layout, template files, and styles) in my new theme. Do I need to use parent theme now?

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 15 at 12:17






  • 1





    No you don't need but that doesn't make sense, you can customise anything by inheriting parent theme instead of creating all the page layouts from the scratch @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:19












  • i know customiza all thing in custom theme but sometime is needed is parent theme check default reference : devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/frontend-dev-guide/themes/… @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:20







  • 1





    @RakeshDonga has given the same, do accept this answer because that doesn't make sense provide repeating answer for single question.Hope you understand

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:25







  • 1





    @PrathapGunasekaran thanks i have updated it

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:49

















  • What if I want to create all the thing (property, layout, template files, and styles) in my new theme. Do I need to use parent theme now?

    – Muhammad Bilal khan
    Mar 15 at 12:17






  • 1





    No you don't need but that doesn't make sense, you can customise anything by inheriting parent theme instead of creating all the page layouts from the scratch @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:19












  • i know customiza all thing in custom theme but sometime is needed is parent theme check default reference : devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/frontend-dev-guide/themes/… @MuhammadBilalkhan

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:20







  • 1





    @RakeshDonga has given the same, do accept this answer because that doesn't make sense provide repeating answer for single question.Hope you understand

    – Prathap Gunasekaran
    Mar 15 at 12:25







  • 1





    @PrathapGunasekaran thanks i have updated it

    – Rakesh Donga
    Mar 15 at 12:49
















What if I want to create all the thing (property, layout, template files, and styles) in my new theme. Do I need to use parent theme now?

– Muhammad Bilal khan
Mar 15 at 12:17





What if I want to create all the thing (property, layout, template files, and styles) in my new theme. Do I need to use parent theme now?

– Muhammad Bilal khan
Mar 15 at 12:17




1




1





No you don't need but that doesn't make sense, you can customise anything by inheriting parent theme instead of creating all the page layouts from the scratch @MuhammadBilalkhan

– Prathap Gunasekaran
Mar 15 at 12:19






No you don't need but that doesn't make sense, you can customise anything by inheriting parent theme instead of creating all the page layouts from the scratch @MuhammadBilalkhan

– Prathap Gunasekaran
Mar 15 at 12:19














i know customiza all thing in custom theme but sometime is needed is parent theme check default reference : devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/frontend-dev-guide/themes/… @MuhammadBilalkhan

– Rakesh Donga
Mar 15 at 12:20






i know customiza all thing in custom theme but sometime is needed is parent theme check default reference : devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/frontend-dev-guide/themes/… @MuhammadBilalkhan

– Rakesh Donga
Mar 15 at 12:20





1




1





@RakeshDonga has given the same, do accept this answer because that doesn't make sense provide repeating answer for single question.Hope you understand

– Prathap Gunasekaran
Mar 15 at 12:25






@RakeshDonga has given the same, do accept this answer because that doesn't make sense provide repeating answer for single question.Hope you understand

– Prathap Gunasekaran
Mar 15 at 12:25





1




1





@PrathapGunasekaran thanks i have updated it

– Rakesh Donga
Mar 15 at 12:49





@PrathapGunasekaran thanks i have updated it

– Rakesh Donga
Mar 15 at 12:49

















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