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Table of Contents
Language English
Paperback 260 pages [191mm x 235mm]
Release date
December 2007
ISBN 1847191827
ISBN 13 978-1-847191-82-3
Author(s)
Ric Shreves
Topics and Technologies
PHP/MySQL, Drupal, Web Development
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This book is the ideal introduction to theming with Drupal 5. If you want to create a striking new look for your Drupal website, this book is for you. Starting from the basics of theme setup and configuration, you will learn about the Drupal theming architecture and the PHPTemplate engine, and then move on to modifying existing themes and building new themes from scratch. Included is a complete guide to the various style sheets and themeable functions in Drupal 5, making this book a valuable resource even to experienced theme developers. It covers:
- Finding your way around Drupal 5's theming architecture
- Locating and identifying the various elements, functions, and styles
- Working with the PHPTemplate templating engine
- Intercepting and overriding default templates and styles
The main requirements to make use of this book are knowledge of HTML, CSS, and a touch of creativity! Although this book aims to make Drupal theming accessible to designers, theming in Drupal 5 involves writing some PHP code, and a basic knowledge of PHP will be helpful.
"One of the things we set out to accomplish was to create a resource. We put together a catalog of the system's 20+ stylesheets and we go through all the default themeable functions. The information is organized logically and will make this a resource people can put on their shelf and turn to when needed. Being able to quickly lay your hands on the information concerning the styles and the themeable functions is a real time-saver." - Ric Shreves, author.
Visit the Drupal 5 Themes Free Online Edition to view chapter introductions and a full chapter.
Book Review
"From the elements of a theme, to setting-up, working with theme engines, intercepting, overriding, and everything in between… it proved to be a great companion in the art of producing a Drupal theme." Marc Robinsone Full review of Drupal 5 Themes
You might also be interested in Ric Shreves newly published Drupal 6 Themes book.
Drupal is an award winning open source Content Management System. Based on PHP/MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with its exceptional design mean it is already on the way to becoming the de facto standard for CMS Websites. Drupal’s modular design and structured source code make it both highly flexible and easily extended and modified. Drupal is extremely scalable, making it ideal for both a simple personal website as well as an industrial strength commercial or institutional web presence.
Drupal is a model open source project in that it has a large, friendly community of people who contribute to the project in various ways. Drupal is not only free and easy to use, but this community provides on going mutual support.
Read the full Table of Contents for Drupal 5 Themes
This book is the ideal introduction to theming with Drupal 5. If you want to create a striking new look for your Drupal website, this book is for you. Starting from the basics of theme setup and configuration, you will learn about the Drupal theming architecture and the PHPTemplate engine, and then move on to modifying existing themes and building new themes from scratch. Included is a complete guide to the various style sheets and themeable functions in Drupal 5, making this book a valuable resource even to experienced theme developers. It covers:
- Creating custom templates
- Basics of theming in pure PHP
- Modifying an existing PHPTemplate theme— a step-by-step guide
- Creating a new PHPTemplate theme—a step-by-step guide
- Working with forms
The main requirements to make use of this book are knowledge of HTML, CSS, and a touch of creativity! Although this book aims to make Drupal theming accessible to designers, theming in Drupal 5 involves writing some PHP code, and a basic knowledge of PHP will be helpful.
Ric Shreves
Ric Shreves is a partner in water&stone, a web development company that specializes in open source content management systems. He works primarily as a consultant and business systems analyst is currently on extended assignment with Peace Dividend Trust. He lives in Bali with his wife Nalisa, one dog, two cats, three turtles and a mind-boggling number of fish.
First and foremost, I thank my loving wife Nalisa for her support and patience. It would also be remiss of me to fail to acknowledge my friend (and editor at ComputerWorld) Stefan Hammond, who provides more than a modicum of support and encouragement -- together with much-needed reality checks.
Ric Shreves is a partner in water&stone water&stone, a web development company that specializes in open source content management systems, including Drupal. Ric has been building websites professionally since 1999 and now works primarily as a web applications consultant. He lives in Bali with his wife Nalisa.
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