Installation: Shell Script

TL;DR:

This shell script is destructive! Always git commit before running on an existing folder!

./try.sh mysite not-five38 seed start

• writes or overwrites ../mysite with a new not-five38 theme
• also adds Lorem Ipsum content and random images
• starts it up in localhost

./try.sh mysite not-slashdot keep start

• to swap in not-slashdot theme
• and keep any content changes you made

try.sh is for new or git projects only!

More discussion on why shell scripts are not always fashionable

Don't use the try.sh script unless:

• You're making a new project and so you don't care about deletions/overwrites yet.
• You have forced yourself to be cautious, and always at minimum, run git commit before you run ./try.sh against an existing project.

I created an issue to provide some automated safeguards for the destructive overwrites below, but they are not on the schedule yet.

Pre-reqs:

The fine print:
Be sure to consult I ♥ HTML req before committing to a Fins - Rocket Theme
All themes are always considered incomplete, unlike WordPress themes, where the owner is not expected to jump in and adjust the HTML/CSS manually

• same pre-reqs as necessary to install and run rocket
  • you're running node 14+
  • same basic skillsets HTML/CSS git npm etc
• you have git cloned fins-rocket-themes into the same folder that you intend to create a new mysite to try out one of the rocket themes

It is suggested, but perhaps not required - that you may be happiest if you have already installed and played with a default rocket install, enough to get a feel for the basics.

Usage

./try.sh mysite not-five38 [seed,keep], [start,not] is the fuller explanation.

• chmod a+x try.sh one time only, if required to make it executable
• ./try.sh mysite not-five38 seed start
  • installs into ../mysite DESTRUCTIVE OVERWRITE!
  • installs the not-five38 theme
  • seeds the project with Lorem Ipsum content and random images
  • starts the project in localhost

30 seconds to npm install, and you're live on localhost with your new theme!

• ./try.sh mysite not-apnews keep start
  • installs into ../mysite DESTRUCTIVE OVERWRITE!
  • Swaps out not-apnews for the theme
  • keep leaves your existing data in case you have started on the content
  • start starts up localhost

That is how you swap in a theme, any time you want to try a different one.

• ./try.sh mysite not-reddit keep start
  • installs into ../mysite DESTRUCTIVE OVERWRITE!
  • Swaps out not-reddit for the theme
  • keep leaves your existing data in case you have started on the content
  • not does NOT start up localhost

That is an example without starting up localhost