Drupal 5 Themes Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: The Elements of a Drupal Theme
• What is a Theme?
• What is a Templating Engine?
• The Range and Flexibility of Drupal Themes
• What You See on the Screen
• The Big Picture: How Drupal Displays a Page
• The Importance of Themes in Drupal
• Key Concepts
• Build with Blocks
• Intercept and Override
• The Contents of the Drupal Distro
• The Theme Files
• The Files of a PHPTemplate Theme
• The Files of a Pure PHP Theme
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Theme Set Up and Configuration
• Finding Additional Themes
• Installing an Additional Theme
• Configuring a Theme
• Theme-Specific Configuration Options
• Global Configuration Settings
• Managing Modules and Blocks
• The Module Manager
• The Blocks Manager
• Adding PHP to Blocks
• Theming in Action: Dressing Up Garland
• Set the Color Scheme
• Change Display Settings
• Upload Logo
• Global Configuration
• Enable Modules
• Manage Blocks
• Add Some Dummy Content and Links
• Set Access Levels
• Create a Custom Block
• Set Block Visibility
• Uninstalling Themes
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Working with Theme Engines
• What is PHPTemplate?
• How does it Work?
• Getting Started with PHPTemplate
• A Look at the Theme Engine Files
• A Look at the Key PHPTemplate File Contained in the Theme
• Two Contrasting Examples
• A Basic PHPTemplate Theme—Gagarin
• A More Complex PHPTemplate Theme—Garland
• Alternative Theme Engines
• PHPTAL
• Smarty
• PHP XTemplate
• Installing Additional Theme engines
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Style Sheets and Themeable Functions
• A Guide to Drupal Style Sheets
• Identifying Themeable Functions
• A Guide to Themeable Functions
• Aggregator Module Functions
• Block Module Functions
• Book Module Functions
• Color Module Functions
• Comment Module Functions
• Drupal Module Functions
• Filter Module Functions
• Form Functions
• Forum Module Functions
• Locale Functions
• Menu Functions
• Node Module Functions
• Pagination Functions
• Poll Module Functions
• Profile Module Functions
• Search Module Functions
• System Module Functions
• Taxonomy Module Functions
• Theme Functions
• Upload Module Functions
• User Module Functions
• Watchdog Module Functions
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Intercepts and Overrides
• Overriding the Default CSS
• CSS Overrides in Action
• Overriding Functions
• Where to Place Overrides
• How to Name Your Overrides
• Overrides in Action: How Garland Works
• Intercepting PHPTemplate Files
• Overriding Themeable Functions in Garland
• Various Approaches to Overrides
• Intercepting and Substituting Files
• Placing Overrides in the Theme's template.php File
• Modifying the PHPTemplate Engine Files
• Placing Overrides in Dedicated Files
• Intercepting Template Files
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Modifying an Existing Theme
• Setting Up the Workspace
• Planning the Modifications
• Cloning a Theme
• First Look at Zen/Tao
• CSS in Zen/Tao
• Themeable Functions in Zen/Tao
• Turning Zen into Tao
• Configuring the Theme
• Set Global and Theme Configuration Options
• Enable Modules
• Set User Access
• Create Dummy Content
• Set Up Menus
• Add New Regions
• Enable and Configure Blocks
• Position Blocks
• Adapting the CSS
• Setting the Page Dimensions
• Formatting the New Regions
• Fonts and Colors
• Formatting the Sidebars and Footer
• Formatting the Menus
• Formatting the Search Box
• Formatting the Comments Form and Output
• Adapting the Themeable Functions
• Modifying template.php
• Creating a New Template File
• Before and After
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Building a New Theme
• Planning the Build
• Build a New PHPTemplate Theme
• Building a page.tpl.php File
• Insert DocType and Head
• Insert Body Tags
• Lay Out the Page Divisions
• Place the Functional Elements
• The Final page.tpl.php File
• The style.css File
• A Look at Our New Theme
• Extending Your PHPTemplate Theme
• Working with Template Variables
• Variables Available in block.tpl.php
• Variables Available in box.tpl.php
• Variables Available in comment.tpl.php
• Variables Available in node.tpl.php
• Variables Available in page.tpl.php
• Intercepting and Overriding Variables
• Making New Variables Available
• Dynamic Theming
• Using Multiple Templates
• Dynamically Theming Page Elements
• Creating Dynamic CSS Styling
• Build a New Pure PHP Theme
• Required Elements
• HTML Headers
• Head of Document
• Implementing the Features
• Favicon
• Logo
• Site Name
• Site Slogan
• Primary and Secondary Links
• Sidebars
• Sidebar Left
• Sidebar Right
• Main Content Area
• Title and Breadcrumb Trail
• Tabs
• Help
• Messages
• Content Region
• Footer
• Theme Closure
• Overriding Functions
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Dealing with Forms
• How Forms Work in Drupal
• Modifying and Overriding Form Functions
• Adding HTML via Function Attributes
• Using form_alter()
• Overriding Form Functions from template.php
• Creating Custom Templates for Forms
• Page Templates
• Block Templates
• Templates for Forms Output
• Common Form Issues
• Modifying Data Labels and Other Text
• Using form_alter()
• Override the Function
• Create a New Template
• Add a Node
• Modifying the Styling of a Form
• Using form_alter()
• Override the Function
• Create a New Template
• Using Images for Buttons
• The Default Forms
• The User Forms
• The Login Forms
• The User Registration Form
• The Request Password Form
• The Edit User Info Form
• The Default Contact Form
• The Search Forms
• The Theme Search Form
• The Block Search Form
• The Page Search Form
• The Advanced Search Form
• The Search Results Page
• The Poll Module Forms
• The Poll Block Form
• The Poll Page Form
• Summary

• Appendix A

• Index