# Anyone using Theme Generator

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-using-theme-generator/55597>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 22, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-using-theme-generator/55597 "2006-03-22T10:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![rhubarb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@rhubarb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-using-theme-generator/55597/1 "2006-03-22T10:44:16Z")

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Im working on a simple private Rails app, but I’m not much of a designer  
and I’m struggling to get a nice layout.  
So I was thinking of using this Theme Generator:

[http://www.mattmccray.com/archives/2005/10/26/full-theme-support-in-rails-revisited/](http://www.mattmccray.com/archives/2005/10/26/full-theme-support-in-rails-revisited/)

Does anyone have any experience with this?

Is it working in the latest versions of Rails? (1.0)

Is it worthwhile even for a simple site, or is it too complex?

Does it allow me to download and use the Typo Themes from the contest as  
normal rails web app themes?

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**Author:** ![rhubarb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@rhubarb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-using-theme-generator/55597/2 "2006-03-22T23:08:31Z")

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bump!  
anyone?

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**Author:** ![rhubarb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@rhubarb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-using-theme-generator/55597/3 "2006-03-23T15:19:30Z")

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rhubarb wrote:

> bump!  
> anyone?

double bump. I’m prepared to wait.  
I really want to know if I’m going to be able to apply Typo themes to a  
website with this thing.

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**Author:** ![rhubarb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@rhubarb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-using-theme-generator/55597/4 "2006-03-23T18:43:21Z")

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On Mar 23, 2006, at 6:19 AM, rhubarb wrote:

> –
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> Rails mailing list  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

rubarb-

```
You can do similar templates to typo but you will have to do a lot

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of customizing to use typo templates in your app. Because the  
templates are coded specifically to work with typos code base. So if  
your app is not typo, your going to need to port the typo templates  
to use with your app , which is no small feet. But you will be able  
to do templates like typo does, they just need to be coded to your  
apps code base.

Cheers  
-Ezra