Magento 2.0.2 - Steps to see custom theme

Question

By following other tickets and documentation. I have been able to see new custom theme in admin section based on the next steps:

Here the steps I have done:

1. I have created folder structure under 'Magentoroot'/app/design/frontend/myvendor/mytheme/

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2. Then I have added file: 'theme_dir'/theme.xml

<theme xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Config/etc/theme.xsd">
     <title>My Theme</title> <!-- your theme's name -->
     <parent>Magento/blank</parent> <!-- the parent theme, in case your theme inherits from an existing theme -->
     <media>
         <preview_image>media/preview.jpg</preview_image> <!-- the path to your theme's preview image -->
     </media>
 </theme>

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3. Then I have added file: 'theme_dir'/composer.json

{
    "name": "myvendor/theme-frontend-mytheme",
    "description": "N/A",
    "require": {
        "php": "~5.5.0|~5.6.0|~7.0.0",
        "magento/theme-frontend-blank": "100.0.*",
        "magento/framework": "100.0.*"
    },
    "type": "magento2-theme",
    "version": "100.0.1",
    "license": [
        "OSL-3.0",
        "AFL-3.0"
    ],
    "autoload": {
        "files": [
            "registration.php"
        ]
    } }

. 4. Then I have added file: 'theme_dir'/registration.php :

<?php /**  * Copyright © 2016 Magento. All rights reserved.  * See COPYING.txt for license details.  */

\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
    \Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::THEME,
    'frontend/myvendor/mytheme',
    __DIR__ );

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5. Then I updated ''/dev/tools/grunt/configs/themes.js - just below luma:

   luma: {
       area: 'frontend',
       name: 'Magento/luma',
       locale: 'en_US',
       files: [
           'css/styles-m',
           'css/styles-l'
       ],
       dsl: 'less'
   },
   mytheme: {
       area: 'frontend',
       name: 'myvendor/mytheme',
       locale: 'en_US',
       files: [
           'css/styles-m',
           'css/styles-l'
       ],
       dsl: 'less'
   },
   

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6. Then deleted var from root

7. Then I flushed cache

8. Then I ran from CLI - in this step the new theme was not shown in logs: magento setup:static-content:deploy

9. Then when I go to Admin/Content/Themes and I am able to find new theme.

Answer 1

you also have to use the theme in a store I think.

Goto Stores -> Configuration -> General -> Design for this