Shifter does support custom Themes, but when developing custom WordPress Themes on Shifter there are a few tips and notes that can help make the process easier.
Custom Theme Workflow
The Ideal custom WordPress Theme Setup:
Develop Locally using Shifter-Local
Migrate your DB changes and Uploads using AIO WP Migration if necessary
Track Theme changes via Git
Deploy Theme changes tracked in Git with our Github integration plugin.
On this instruction we use our sample repository: shifter-github-hosting-tehem-samlple . We welcome your clone to local or fork.
1. [Github] Create repository for your theme or plugin, or fork our sample repository
If you've forked our sample repository, make sure release.yml is available.
2. [Github] Enable Github Action on the repository
Click [I understand my workflows, go ahead and run them] button
"Github Actions" are enabled.
3. Create a new workflow or use our sample workflow (release.yml)
Click [New workflow] button
Click [Set up workflow yourself]
Create workflow file, and save
If you've forked our sample repository, make sure release.yml is available.
4. [Github] Clone the repository to local
$ git clone git@github.com:YOUR-ACCOUNT/YOUR-REPOSITORY.git ~/git/YOUR-REPOSITORY
5. [Github] Copy the repository's URL
6. [Shifter] Start WordPress and login to it
7. [Shifter] Install theme/plugin through custom Theme into Shifter
Navigate to [Appearance] --> [Add New fro Github]
8. Install Plugin or Theme with Shifter Github Theme/Plugin installer
Paste your Github's repository URL to [GitHub repo URL] field.
If your repository is private, also input access token to [GitHub token].
Then click [Install Now].
9. [Shifter] Confirm installed
10. [Github] Create release package with a tag and deploy
After some update on the repository, create release package and deploy.
CLI
$ git tag 2
$ git push origin 2
Web Browser
1. Navigate to [releases] under [Code] tab
2. Click [Draft a new release] button
3. Input version number to [Tag version] field then click [Publish Release]
11. Back to [Actions] tab, and make sure Github Actions worked
It may take a couple minutes to complete.
12. [Shifter] Re-Login to Shifter and navigate to update page to confirm it's ready to update
13. [Shifter] Apply update and confirm it works
14. [Shifter] Generate and deploy an Artifact