Your first Drupal 6 theme from scratch
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EmailOn June 26th, 2010 I gave a talk on introductory theming in Drupal 6. I tried to squeeze about 2 hours of content into under an hour's worth of presentation time, but didn't manage to fit it all in. Attached are the slides and the sample code for leisurely perusal.
From http://drupalcampcolorado.org/sessions/your-first-theme-scratch
We will go through the building of a theme starting from nothing but stock Drupal 6. No Views, Panels, Zen, or other new-fangled devices.
You should know some HTML and CSS, but that's all that's needed. No PHP experience is necessary ... we'll cover the four lines of PHP you need for basic theming.
How far we get depends on how long the session runs (so, um, how long do these sessions run?) and the participants' wants/needs.
Almost guaranteed to be ugly, but the theme will be your own.
| Attachment | Size |
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| YFTFS Presentation Slides.pdf | 6.62 MB |
| YFTFS Code.zip | 1.87 MB |
Great tutorial!
Thanks a ton for this tutorial, I missed your session at Drupal Camp, and it really helped me get started with Drupal theming.
Are you going to post tutorials on more advanced techniques?
Thanks again!
Hey, thanks. Glad it was
Hey, thanks. Glad it was helpful.
I hadn't really thought about making more tutorials. This one was for a DrupalCamp Colorado presentation, and I'm not sure when I'll be doing another presentation.
Thank you
Brian,
I saw this presentation at Drupal Camp CO and even though I have been theming Drupal sites for a number of years, the basics and the way you showed how to take the reigns without the need of subtheming really touched alot of my own questions. Thank you for this great presentation. It's easy to understand and very straightforward.
Best,
Zach
Hey, thanks for the
Hey, thanks for the feedback. Glad it was helpful.
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