{"id":1024,"date":"2023-08-10T13:01:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T17:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/?post_type=part&#038;p=1024"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:27:04","slug":"default-theme-designs","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/part\/default-theme-designs\/","title":{"raw":"Default Theme Designs","rendered":"Default Theme Designs"},"content":{"raw":"This section of the guide focuses on helping you understand what the default theme design options in Pressbooks are and how they function. Each of the six default themes will affect the look and feel of your project across web, PDF, and EPUB formats. We\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">also point out where you can find the option to modify the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for all three formats, noting that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/part\/html-and-css\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HTML and CSS chapter<\/a> that follows provides an in-depth look at<\/span>\u00a0the mechanics of modifying the default design using CSS.\r\n\r\nConsidering modifying the default theme beyond the theme options provided as part of your Pressbooks project with Concordia University Library? If so, please include your intentions to customize the CSS in the project plan for your open textbook or open guidebook. We additionally recommend outlining your plans by adapting our <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/chapter\/design-appendix\/\">Concordia Open Textbook Design Plan<\/a> to your needs.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Are you considering using an open textbook in your courses?<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>If so, you may be interested in our <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>OER Discipline Resource Guide: Concordia University Library\u20142nd edition<\/em><\/a>, which will help you learn about available open textbooks, often in Pressbooks form.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Learn about current and forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-textbook projects<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>You might also be interested in applying for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/adopt-create\/oer-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-textbook grant<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>This section of the guide focuses on helping you understand what the default theme design options in Pressbooks are and how they function. Each of the six default themes will affect the look and feel of your project across web, PDF, and EPUB formats. We\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">also point out where you can find the option to modify the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for all three formats, noting that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/part\/html-and-css\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HTML and CSS chapter<\/a> that follows provides an in-depth look at<\/span>\u00a0the mechanics of modifying the default design using CSS.<\/p>\n<p>Considering modifying the default theme beyond the theme options provided as part of your Pressbooks project with Concordia University Library? If so, please include your intentions to customize the CSS in the project plan for your open textbook or open guidebook. We additionally recommend outlining your plans by adapting our <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/chapter\/design-appendix\/\">Concordia Open Textbook Design Plan<\/a> to your needs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Are you considering using an open textbook in your courses?<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>If so, you may be interested in our <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/oerbydiscipline2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>OER Discipline Resource Guide: Concordia University Library\u20142nd edition<\/em><\/a>, which will help you learn about available open textbooks, often in Pressbooks form.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about current and forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-textbook projects<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You might also be interested in applying for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/library\/oer\/adopt-create\/oer-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-textbook grant<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1024","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6262,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1024\/revisions\/6262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/pressbooksuserguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}