Zen theme
Taekyon - February 25, 2007 - 17:46
I am starting a new site and would like to customize the zen theme (minor changes).
However, I see that the theme contains several css stylesheets, including an empty style.css and a zen.css
Question: my customization would have to be added to the style.css?
Or would I have to edit the zen.css and/or the others? I did try changing things in zen.css but it doesn't seem to do anything.
Where should I document myself on zen theme?
use firebug
I would strongly recommend to use firebug firefox extension (http://www.getfirebug.com/) and everything will start making sense to you.
-simul
thank you for firebug i was
thank you for firebug
i was using webdeveloper but after seeing firebug ............... wow
is there a button in firefox to open it up when you need it?
F12
Just press F12 on your keyboard.
One small step forward...
Thanks to the use of firebug I've discovered that drupal doesn't actually use any of the css files in the themes sudirectory: what it does is create a series of (temporary ?) css files in the files/css folder : any change in the theme css files must be followed by deleting these last before its effect can be seen ...
Only when you have 'css aggregation' turned on.
It's a performance tweak that helps a lot on production sites, but is a pain WHILE you're developing your theme. Go to admin/settings/performance and turn it off. :-)
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In what application
>Go to admin/settings/performance and turn it off. :-)
What app would that be in?
Also, I have tried using Style Master to explore and edit the CSS files: obviously I barked up the wrong tree.
Besides Firebug, can anyone suggest an easy way to perform the same edits?
app
"What app would that be in?" <-- Drupal.
Michelle
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My site: http://shellmultimedia.com
A diagram of how Zen lays out the homepage
I don't know if this is helpful to anybody, but I just spent half an hour diagramming the source code of my Zen home page. It's always helpful for me to see things laid out. So if you're new to this and just want a quick visual, it might be helpful. [link to .pdf file]
Cheers
Molly
great work, thanks
great work, thanks
Nice!
Thanks for doing this,
Michelle
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My site: http://shellmultimedia.com
excellent
very helpfull, thank you.
Awesome! Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks!
Is the PDF still availible?
It seems the PDF is no longer downloadable from the posted location; could someone provide a new link, or upload a jpg screenshot?
thanks,
dialectric
Whoops, sorry
I was rearranging things and accidentally moved it. It's back up now. :-) Glad this is proving useful!!
Thanks!
Thanks Molly, this will help me! -NP
Mirror
Try http://pauldelsignore.com/create/images/drupal_zen.pdf
That is useful. Thanks,
That is useful. Thanks, mollyclaire! :-)
awesome!
hey should include this in the theme itself since it is a "use this to customize your own site theme thingy"
craigntammy.com
rename folder on siteground hosted sites!!!
because of other software on this provider, you can't use the folder name zen. It caused me a full day to figure it out.