Node Theming + Slides
One of the core jobs of any Drupal themer is to make nodes look sweet. In this session we'll look at the Drupal node, the $node variable (and all it contains) and show you how to do fully custom node layouts. (Hint...step 1 is to forget about that silly $content variable)
This is going to be a demo walkthrough session (ie. live demo, no keynote/powerpoint stuff) on how to theme a drupal node.tpl.php file along with any other node-custom.tpl.php templates that Drupal makes available. We'll look at how to find the contents of the $node variable, how to print those contents where and how you want, thereby creating a fully custom node layout with minimal PHP skills. We'll cap off the session (if time allows) with a node theming Q&A.
In the end beginners will have an idea of the power contained within a node, intermediate themers will be able to build custom node displays and advanced themers will be able to mock Rob and tell him why his approach is wrong.
For similar teaching and a sneek peek into the teaching style, check out Rob's video podcast. You can also check out the anatomy of a node before we break it down.
POST CONFERENCE UPDATE
You can download the slides from this session here