Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Theming* + Resource Links
A gentle introduction to Drupal Theming assembled into two parts:
- Heads Up Drupal Theming: gives beginners a clear idea about the different parts of the the theming system and how they relate to each other
- Ask and Tell: questions, answers, problem solving and recipes
The goal of this session is to provide newcomers with an understanding of how to build a theme and how the parts fit together.
*but was afraid to ask
Agenda
- Q & A: Last things First!
- Drupal 6 Themes: setup and creation
- To Zen or Not to Zen? Really, this is the major question !
- The tpl.php vs template.php Smackdown
- Really what are Pre-Process Functions and how can I use them!
- Q & A: First things Last!
Goals
Beginners should come away with a sense of knowing where they are in a theme and the various places (read: opportunities) that they have to alter the look and feel of the information and the design of a site.
Please note: I took out the "tools of the trade" portion and rolled it over into the "Themers Guild" session... as that seemed more appropriate :) cheers!
Post Script
Go to the page of links that I used for this presentation!
johnalbin also went over the implementation the above in his presentation: Making Drupal Dance: Techniques for Non-obvious Theme Manipulations +