By Richard on Thursday, 27 March 2014
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Is it possible, to move any of the LESS files to the /template/html folder to create an override?

I'd like to avoid creating additional files and !important calls to make changes to fonts, colors, etc.

Thanks in advance!
Yes, it is possible but if you want to inherit less files, you need to use the @import to import less styles from wireframe theme Our less compiler should be able to automatically pick them up.
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Friday, 28 March 2014 01:46
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Hi Mark,

If I just wanted to create an override for one or two less files, would I just be able to take say /com_easysocial/themes/wireframe/styles/lessfile.less and put them in the /template/html/com_easysocial/styles/ folder?

Would an import still be required if I copied the entire file over to the template/html/com_easysocial/styles directory?
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Saturday, 29 March 2014 06:52
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Ok, I figured out that I need to create a less override called style.less

But compiling this less file removes all other styling. Do I have to manually import everything?
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Saturday, 29 March 2014 10:54
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Hello Richard,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply as it is a weekend for us here. Yep, you need to import the less files from our main wireframe theme if you do not want to redefine everything again It depends on what you want to achieve actually
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Saturday, 29 March 2014 14:14
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All I want to do is change a few variables in the media/com_easysocial folder like @baseFontFamily from Lucida to something else - but every time there's an update, I lose that and a few other changes.

I'd like to avoid using a 'traditional' css override so I can keep the css as clean as possible.
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Saturday, 29 March 2014 19:01
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Hello Richard,

If you are only making minor changes, do them in your Joomla template's css file. You don't have to create any overrides just to make some minor changes.
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Saturday, 29 March 2014 19:10
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