This is not so much a feature request as a request for help in creating a feature or a port to be more precise. It seems like it would be possible to port goofy to phptemplate but I'm worried that it may not be becasue no one has done it so far. Is it doable and is the doing worth the effort. I know there are alot of images in there that would have to be mapped in the nodes and that would be fiddly work but not conceptually difficult unless I'm missing something.

I think Goofy is one of the best themes ever created for Drupal for certain purposes which are not really very goofy at all. Its ability to separate the users attention into the descrete ideas or blobs of content is superb and unique. Its also pleasant to look at.

Often with complicated ideas or websites its good to breake it down into descrete parts and focus on th eparts one at a time. Moder themes tend to try for a gestault like approach and this can actually be overy complicated or complicate relatively simple concepts. Sorry . back tot he question. Can it be done, should it be done. has it been done. etc..

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#9 pjbscreenshot.png36.79 KBpbarnett
#8 screenshot_26.png62.33 KBpbarnett
#7 goofy-phptemplate.tar.gz44.5 KBAnonymous (not verified)

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gordon commented

It wouldn't be that hard to convert.

Someone just needs to sit down and do it. IMO it would make it easier to extend the theme or modify it for other uses.

jsbthree’s picture

jsbthree commented

Okay,

I think I'll give it a try. Do you have any pretry words of wisdom. If anyone would have some advice on what to watch out for or pitfalls one might encounter it would be you. Thanks for the info btw.

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ymcp commented

Any progress with this?

I just love the look of this template, but it would be so much easier to make minor modifications if it was in Phptemplate.

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ryooki commented

I guess this hasn't been done yet? I'm trying to implement the flat-forum module, but it seems it needs to be in phptemplate format first?

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mystop commented

I don't think any progress was made yet? has anybody started doing this?

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bredemaboyz commented

Hye everybody,

I was just wondering if somebody found or did the transcription of Goofy to Phptemplate...

I'm working on an important project and i just love this theme but i need to have it in Phptemplate otherwise other functionalities won't work, so I was just wondering if I will have to port it or if I could save some time using an existing one...

Thanx

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
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new goofy-phptemplate.tar.gz44.5 KB

Ok.. so I've ported it to phptemplate. It can be seen at http://ocpoetryfestival.com I'm sure it still needs some debugging. This is pretty much a straight port, although I did make a few changes, such as changing the bottom links to secondary links and adding a search box. I also added support for the mission statement, the site name, and the site slogan.

The original theme adds an additional setting to the theme settings page to control the visibility of the second logo. I don' t know if this can be done in the phptemplate engine. Does anyone have any thoughts on that?

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pbarnett commented
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I've ported it to phptemplate too; mostly a case of moving code from goofy.theme to the relevant .tpl.php files.

Works fine in 4.7.2; I've also got a GIMP file with a coloured drop-shadowed box that you can modify and cut the corners/edges out of.

It was done for a specific project, so a lot of it is project-specific, but I'm happy to share the images and .tpl.php files...

Screenshot of part of the screen attached, BTW, I hate the orange title text, too :-)

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pbarnett commented
Title: Port Goofy to Phptemplate » Another screenshot
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I've done a bit more work on the theme; box top section somewhat inspired by MicroGUI...

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michelle
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Title: Another screenshot » Port Goofy to Phptemplate

Just changing the title back. Pesky issue titles, always getting changed... ;)

Michelle

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mhewitson commented

the default on this looks awfull, nothing like the .theme version
Is there a newer version I can try ?

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mhewitson commented

OK - It takes some work with the php files, (all of them! ) but after a bit it was possible to get it looking right..
Just a shame that there ar what seems to be basic flaws in the download file...

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michelle
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If you've found and fixed problems, submit patches. :)

Michelle

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hairylunch commented
Version: 4.6.x-1.x-dev » 4.7.x-1.x-dev

Couple things I've found while trying to use this. Being new to Drupal, and not knowing PHP (though I have a decent knowledge of ASP and VB, and can get myself into trouble with perl), these may or may not be relevant to all.

  • I had to prefix all the <?php print $directory?> snippets with a / so that the image path would be absolute, and not relative to the current directory.
  • The search box in page.tpl.php uses the old 4.6 variables. The original:
    			<?php if ($search_box): ?>

			<form action="<?php print $search_url ?>" method="post">
				<div id="search">
					<input class="form-text" type="text" size="15" value="" name="edit[keys]" />
					<input class="form-submit" type="submit" value="<?php print $search_button_text ?>" />
				</div>
			</form>
			<?php endif; ?>

    To get it to work, change that block to:

    <?php if ($search_box): print $search_box; endif ?>

That's all for now . . . .

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hairylunch commented

Hmm, just found out that I had to rename the theme as well by changing the dash to an underscore . . .

(Reason for this: http://drupal.org/node/11819#comment-108528)

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fgm
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Status: Active » Needs work

A port to phptemplate based on the DRUPAL-6--1 version is under way, to become DRUPAL-6--2. If someone is still using 4.7.x, the backport will probably be easy.

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fgm
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Version: 4.7.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-2.x-dev
Status: Needs work » Needs review

New phptemplate version available as 6.x-2.x-dev for Drupal 6.

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fgm
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Status: Needs review » Fixed

DRUPAL-6-2 is now available, phptemplate-based.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.