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- Learn to create new Drupal 6 themes
- No experience of Drupal theming required
- Techniques and tools for creating and modifying themes
- A complete guide to the system's themable elements
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Table of Contents
Language English
Paperback 291 pages [191mm x 235mm]
Release date
September 2008
ISBN 1847195660
ISBN 13 978-1-847195-66-1
Author(s)
Ric Shreves
Topics and Technologies
Content Management, PHP/MySQL, Open Source, Drupal
This book is the ideal introduction to theming in Drupal 6 | Book Reviews WebDevGeeks: "Every book has a target audience - this book's is pretty narrow is scope - people that want to understand how theming drupal 6 works. Ric Shreves hits the target! I am a mid level drupalite - not a ninja programmer or designer but not a beginner either. I found it very helpful." Joshua Needham: I just finished up reading Drupal 6 Themes from Packt Publishing and if you have anything to do with the development of Drupal, and need a great reference, looking to expand your, or just catching up on how things are done with regards to Drupal 6 Themes then I suggest you check it out today. |
Drupal is an award winning open source Content Management System (CMS). Based on PHP/MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with its exceptional design mean it is one of the most popular choices for creating a CMS website.
Drupal employs a specialized templating system and supports themes, which allow you to change the look and feel of the system's front and back-end interfaces.
Drupal 6 Themes is an ideal introduction to theming with Drupal 6. If you want to create a striking new look for your Drupal 6 website, this book is for you. This book is a revised, updated and expanded edition of Drupal 5 Themes, written specifically for Drupal 6. The book will show you techniques and tools to help you improve the look and feel of any Drupal 6-powered website
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. You will find out about tools to make your theme development easier, and also find invaluable information about under-documented elements of the theming system.
Read the full Table of Contents for Drupal 6 Themes
- Learn about the Drupal 6 Theming Architecture
- Find and install new themes
- Get the most from Drupal's theme configuration system
- Create a new theme from scratch
- Master PHPTemplate
- Modify the default templates and styles
- Override the default templates with your own
- Create dynamic styling which responds to the content or the user
- Discover tools that make theming easier and more efficient
Chapter 1: The Elements of a Drupal Theme – In this chapter we examine how the theme system in Drupal works and examine the different approaches to working with Drupal themes.
Chapter 2: Theme set Up & Configuration – Here we look at all the various theming options that are available in the default Drupal system. By way of example, we take a default theme and customize it using only the options provided by the system.
Chapter 3: Working With Theme Engines – You will learn how the PHPTemplate theme engine works and how you can use this powerful tool,
Chapter 4: Identifying Templates, Style Sheets and Themable Functions – This chapter identifies all the themable elements in the Drupal system and tells you where to find the elements together with an explanation of their functions.
Chapter 5: Intercepts & Overrides – You will learn how to employ intercepts and overrides to modify the default styling in your Drupal theme.
Chapter 6: Modifying an Existing Theme – Here we look at how to implement extensive modifications to a default Drupal theme. This is a hands-on example of the techniques covered in previous chapters.
Chapter 7: Building a New Theme – In this chapter we examine how you can build from scratch a new theme employing the PHPTemplate theme engine.
Chapter 8: Dynamic Theming – You will learn how the Drupal system enables you to vary the styling between sections, pages or users.
Chapter 9: Dealing with Forms – This chapter covers the styling of forms in Drupal, one of the more complex areas in the system.
Appendix A: A Guide to Drupal Style Sheets – An inventory of the contents of all the style sheets in the Drupal system.
Appendix B: The Themers' Toolkit – A listing of tools and extensions that make your work with themes easier and more efficient.
This book helps you understand the logic behind the theming system employed in Drupal, and how to make it work for you. You will learn key concepts and work through examples with careful, step-by-step instructions.
The main requirements to make use of this book are knowledge of HTML, CSS, and a touch of creativity - you don't need to know anything about theming in Drupal, although you should be familiar with the basic operation of the Drupal system.
Although this book aims to make Drupal theming accessible to designers, theming in Drupal 6 involves writing some PHP code, and a basic knowledge of PHP will be helpful.
Regardless of your technical skills, this book will teach you to design themes for your Drupal websites in the easiest way.
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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