By ricoflan on
newb here. I'm sure this has been asked and answered several times across the life of this forum, but where's the best place (best set of resources/tutorials/whatever) to get started on theme development? (I have visited the handbooks.)
TIA
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Hi rico, This question was
Hi rico,
This question was asked just last week.. By me :)
http://drupal.org/node/112775 I got some good advice.
Start with 'BlueMarine' theme because its simplified alot.
Download all the files in your '/httpdocs/themes/bluemarine' folder.
Create a new directory on your test server at: /httpdocs/themes/ and name it something like 'mytheme'.
Start playing around with style.css
Setup a test server and site manager (if yor using dreamweaver) so you can quickly upload changes to view them.
If you want pages to have unique layouts from other pages (and your using Drupal 5.0 and up) view this:
http://drupal.org/node/104316 its very helpful.
And thats as far as ive got :)
thanks
Hey, Flasst -- thanks for the tips. Sounds logical and that is where I shall start...
best,
rico!
I'm a newb too!
I would also like to know that, so I will be reading this threat with you... I think it is hard to start finding out "how to make your own template" which I really would like to know!
Kind regards, Anthrazit
hi i've read the howto but
hi i've read the howto but still don't understand:
in drupal 5.x
1) i want to have a custom template in the frontend and gardland for administration:
have i to modify themplate.php or add a admin.tpl.php ?
2) want to have different template for any section - i.e gallery - writings eccc...
may i use section module or is too old?
is better to use custom.tpl.php based on taxonomy?
Try the Dudertown tutorials
Have a look at the Dudertown tutorials listed on the Drupal tutorial videocasts page, particularly the lesson 5,6 and 7 on theming.
Even though the tutorials are based on Drupal 4.7, the same principles apply to Drupal 5.x.