By tvink on

Hi,

I have spent several hours reading everything I can about Drupal and am ready to install a learning version in a hidden corner of my site.

What I have not figured out yet is if I will be able to create a theme that works sort of like my existing site. The design does not conform to what seems to be the standard today but I do not want to loose the look and feel. Here is the URL

http://www.pcmb.net

I am excited about what Drupal can do especially for colabritive developemnt but am afraid that the look I am going for will require a most geeked themer. Can any of you offer some insight as to what I will be in for in creating a Drupal site that has the look and feel of my existing one?

Thanks,
Tony

Comments

vm’s picture

vm commented

looking at the site in question I see no reason it can't be duplicated in drupal. The most complex element may be the primary menu, However, if one had to resort to hand coding some HTML to get that element in, it shouldn't be that difficult.

tvink’s picture

tvink commented

Thanks!
I'm encouraged...

I'm sure that I will be back with more quesitons once I get started.
Tony

redtray’s picture

redtray commented

Drupal will definitely give you the power to create a great and interesting site. The main nav can easily be handled with Nice Menus and some clever CSS.

joseonate’s picture

joseonate commented

There's nothing in Drupal that would hold you back from turning that design into a theme. The templating system is pretty straight-forward once you get the hang of it. The most work will be to make adjustments to your HTML + CSS to play well with the HTML generated by the theme and modules - particularly on the menu, which (as pointed out) will probably be driven by something like Nice Menus.