fixed #907

app.js

@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ function start() {
 
 					nconf.set('url', nconf.get('base_url') + (nconf.get('use_port') ? ':' + nconf.get('port') : '') + nconf.get('relative_path'));
 					nconf.set('base_templates_path', path.join(nconf.get('themes_path'), 'nodebb-theme-vanilla/templates'));
-					nconf.set('theme_templates_path', meta.config['theme:templates'] ? path.join(nconf.get('themes_path'), meta.config['theme:id'], meta.config['theme:templates']) : nconf.get('base_templates_path'));
 
 					plugins.ready(function() {
 						webserver.init();

src/meta.js

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 					function(config, next) {
 						themeData['theme:staticDir'] = config.staticDir ? config.staticDir : '';
 						themeData['theme:templates'] = config.templates ? config.templates : '';
-						themeData['theme:src'] = config.frameworkCSS ? config.frameworkCSS : '';
+						themeData['theme:src'] = '';
 
 						db.setObject('config', themeData, next);
 					}
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 			'vendor/jquery/js/jquery-ui-1.10.4.custom.js',
 			'vendor/jquery/timeago/jquery.timeago.min.js',
 			'vendor/jquery/js/jquery.form.min.js',
+			'vendor/jquery/serializeObject/jquery.ba-serializeobject.min.js',
 			'vendor/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js',
 			'vendor/requirejs/require.js',
 			'vendor/bootbox/bootbox.min.js',

src/middleware/index.js

@@ -45,21 +45,31 @@ function routeThemeScreenshots(app, themes) {
 	});
 }
 
-function routeCurrentTheme(app, themeData) {
-	var themeId = (themeData['theme:id'] || 'nodebb-theme-vanilla');
+function routeCurrentTheme(app, themeId, themesData) {
+	var themeId = (themeId || 'nodebb-theme-vanilla'),
+		themeObj = (function(id) {
+			return themesData.filter(function(themeObj) {
+				return themeObj.id === id;
+			})[0];
+		})(themeId);
 
 	// Detect if a theme has been selected, and handle appropriately
 	if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
 		winston.info('[themes] Using theme ' + themeId);
 	}
 
-	// Theme's static directory
-	if (themeData['theme:staticDir']) {
-		app.use(relativePath + '/css/assets', express.static(path.join(themesPath, themeData['theme:id'], themeData['theme:staticDir']), {
+	// Theme's templates path
+	nconf.set('theme_templates_path', themeObj.templates ? path.join(themesPath, themeObj.id, themeObj.templates) : nconf.get('base_templates_path'));
+	themeTemplatesPath = nconf.get('theme_templates_path');
+
+	// Theme's static directory (to be deprecated for 0.5.0)
+	if (themeObj.staticDir) {
+		app.use(relativePath + '/css/assets', express.static(path.join(themesPath, themeObj.id, themeObj.staticDir), {
 			maxAge: app.enabled('cache') ? 5184000000 : 0
 		}));
+
 		if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-			winston.info('Static directory routed for theme: ' + themeData['theme:id']);
+			winston.info('Static directory routed for theme: ' + themeObj.id);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -173,7 +183,6 @@ module.exports = function(app, data) {
 	viewsPath = nconf.get('views_dir');
 	themesPath = nconf.get('themes_path');
 	baseTemplatesPath = nconf.get('base_templates_path');
-	themeTemplatesPath = nconf.get('theme_templates_path');
 
 	app.configure(function() {
 		app.engine('tpl', templates.__express);
@@ -210,7 +219,7 @@ module.exports = function(app, data) {
 
 		auth.initialize(app);
 
-		routeCurrentTheme(app, data.currentThemeData);
+		routeCurrentTheme(app, data.currentThemeId, data.themesData);
 		routeThemeScreenshots(app, data.themesData);
 
 		plugins.getTemplates(function(err, pluginTemplates) {

src/webserver.js

@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 		meta.sounds.init();
 	});
 
-	async.series({
+	async.parallel({
 		themesData: meta.themes.get,
-		currentThemeData: function(next) {
-			db.getObjectFields('config', ['theme:type', 'theme:id', 'theme:staticDir', 'theme:templates'], next);
+		currentThemeId: function(next) {
+			db.getObjectField('config', 'theme:id', next);
 		}
 	}, function(err, data) {
 		middleware = middleware(app, data);