You can either directly edit an existing theme.
But you might loose your changes when the theme is updated by the friendica team.
-If you are almost happy with an existing theme, the easiest way to cover your needs is to create a new theme, inheritating most of the properties of the parent theme and change just minor stuff.
+If you are almost happy with an existing theme, the easiest way to cover your needs is to create a new theme, inheriting most of the properties of the parent theme and change just minor stuff.
The below for a more detailed description of theme heritage.
Some themes also allow users to select *variants* of the theme.
/view/theme/**your-theme-name**/style.css
sometimes, there is also a file called style.php in the theme directory.
-This is only needed if the theme allowes the user to change certain things of the theme dynamically.
+This is only needed if the theme allows the user to change certain things of the theme dynamically.
Say the font size or set a background image.
### Templates
any template that exists there will be used instead of the default one.
-### Javascript
+### JavaScript
The same rule applies to the JavaScript files found in