By Sooki on

Hi,

I'm new to Drupal and I would like to use existing html template in Drupal. I am not the creator of this design but I have html and css knowledge (no php knowledge, but I'm willing to learn some if it what it takes)

http://img111.imageshack.us/my.php?image=16584bmt0.jpg

Can someone please recommend a way to do this or refer me to a beginners guide.

Any help would be most appreciated,

Sooki.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

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nimazuk’s picture

nimazuk commented

You may use drupal handbook.
Take a look at these links, I started with this handbook.

http://drupal.org/node/11774
http://drupal.org/phptemplate

N.Mehrabany
Baruzh web design & programming

Nima

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themegarden.org commented

Take look at article Quick and Dirty - OSWD theme to Drupal for porting existing html template to Drupal Theme.
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CmsTT’s picture

CmsTT commented

Sooki, since you are beginner(like myself) perhaps, you should try a simpler theme to convert. Get the basic concept right first. Then you can apply what you learn to more advanced stuff. So, I'll recommend you try with a simpler template (a one column, with header body and footer) to get your arms around the php templateing system. Psychologically,humans are inspired to move on when we excel in little things, than when we fail trying to do bigger things. So, IMHO start smaller and simpler.

God bless.

Sooki’s picture

Sooki commented

Maybe I should start with simpler theme, kinda like a practice.

I have another question, would I need to adjust every module I install to the new theme?

Sam330’s picture

Sam330 commented

No, modules will "adjust" themselves to work with your theme. They get the same data that your theme will be getting (as far as CSS and stuff, if any). So it will 'auto-correct' itself, if you will...

CmsTT’s picture

CmsTT commented

Yea, the modules would work themselves out. One thing I realized with Drupal though, is that you should first install all the modules together that you're gonna use and then try your theme with it. Then, you can edit the theme to suit you further. Hopes this helps.