One of the first things the Wapka community did — back in the feature phone era — was create themes. Neon-colored layouts. Scrolling marquees. Custom CSS that pushed tiny screens to their limits. It was creative, chaotic, and deeply personal.
That tradition continues today.
How theming works
Wapka uses Twig templates for Lua-powered sites. Users can:
- Create templates from scratch with HTML, CSS, and Twig syntax
- Customize existing templates — colors, fonts, layouts
- Share templates with the community
- Apply templates to their site with one click
Theming is not a walled garden. You have full access to the underlying code. The visual builder generates clean markup that you can style. Lua scripts can inject dynamic content into any Twig template.
The community design culture
People from different countries, different aesthetic sensibilities, different skill levels — all contributing to a shared design ecosystem. A theme built by someone in one country gets adapted by someone in another. Styles spread. Ideas cross-pollinate. The platform’s visual identity is not dictated by a design team — it emerges from the community.
This is rare in modern web platforms. Most services give you a handful of templates and call it customization. Wapka gives you the engine and lets the community build on top of it.
Continue reading: Pre-built modules → Real-time features on shared hosting →