Building a theme

To build a theme:

1. Change to the theme directory you cloned from github.
   

   . 
   ├── README.md
   ├── _build/
   │   └── brightspot-theme-frost-x.x.x-SNAPSHOT.zip
   ├── babel.config.js
   ├── com/
   ├── etc/
   ├── gulpfile.js
   ├── node_modules/
   ├── package.json
   ├── postcss.config.js
   ├── styleguide/
   ├── webpack.*.js
   └── yarn.lock

   • Directory from which you run the build or start the server.
   • Built theme.
2. Ensure you have version 12 or later of node installed: nvm ls. Install version 12 or later if necessary from nodejs.org.
3. Use a version 12 or later release of node: nvm use xx.x.x (use the version you discovered in step 2).
4. If you want to build the theme and run the Styleguide server, run yarn server:styleguide.
5. If you want to build the theme without running the Styleguide server—
   
   • For the first build, run yarn cache clean && yarn && yarn format && yarn build.
   • For subsequent builds, run yarn build.

The build job creates and zips the theme in the directory build/ (see previous illustration). You can apply the built theme to a site; for details, see Changing a site's theme.