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Themes

Theme selection and theme-level management. Themes is the Appearance-area surface used to control the active theme context and related theme-level administrative behavior for the site.

Definition

Themes is an Appearance-area reference surface inside SG Admin. It belongs to the design and theme administration family and affects presentation, reusable theme behavior, or theme-adjacent customization rather than day-to-day content entry. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Purpose

The purpose of this page is to define theme selection and theme-level management as an administrative responsibility. It clarifies that theme control belongs to structured site administration and influences downstream presentation behavior across the site.

Scope

This page covers theme selection and theme-level management at the reference level. It does not act as a design tutorial or implementation guide. It defines the administrative role of theme control within the Appearance family.

Belongs to the Appearance family inside SG Admin.
Affects theme-level presentation behavior rather than day-to-day content entry.
Functions as an administrative control surface, not a visual composition canvas.

Responsibilities

Themes is responsible for the site’s theme-level selection and management state.

Theme selection

Owns the administrative selection of the theme context that governs site presentation behavior.

Theme-level governance

Defines the managed surface where theme state is controlled rather than embedded informally into page-level editing.

Downstream presentation influence

Influences reusable presentation behavior across the site through theme-level administration rather than one isolated record.

Key elements

In the reference model, Themes should be understood through the administrative role it plays inside the Appearance family.

Key Element
Active theme context

Defines the site’s governing theme state at the administration layer.

Key Element
Reusable presentation behavior

Supports presentation behavior that applies across the site rather than only within one page or record.

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Administrative control point

Provides a structured site-admin surface for theme management instead of relying on ad hoc editing patterns.

Operational role

Operationally, Themes acts as the site’s theme-control surface within Appearance. It is the place where theme state is treated as governed administration rather than informal page editing, and where reusable presentation behavior is managed at a broader site level.

Constraints and boundaries

Themes is a theme administration surface. It should not be treated as a page builder, content inventory, or general-purpose configuration area outside its family.

Use Themes for theme-level selection and management.
Use Theme Editor for theme code or structure editing where that surface applies.
Use SG Builder for layout composition and page-level visual assembly.
Use other SG Admin modules for content, records, and non-appearance administration.

Documentation guidance

Use this page as a reference definition. Task-by-task instruction, onboarding steps, or procedural walkthroughs should live in Guides, while product updates and shipped changes should live in What’s New or Changelog. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}

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