to follow along with this node http://drupal.org/node/324294, let me explain what has happened now. I'm not sure what the problem could be.
I'm getting a very good conceptual grasp of how everything is fitting together BUT I was working on the bluemarine template file and something strange happened. In the process of using firebug to analyze what the css is doing and to position my
, right???? to get a feel for how everything fits together. It was working. Then...
I went into the "theme" panel to turn on the logo so that it would pop into place in my
All of a sudden, firebug reveals that all of the IDs that I had been working with on my template file change into some other IDs! AND the page.tpl.php template that I was working on becomes null and void....that is if I take the header
This is what has been giving me problems but I until now have been unable to really see what was going on.
Has anyone had this happen, or know what could be the problem?
I feel relieved in a way that I at least can articulate some semblance of the issue that I have been struggling with.
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Is bluemarine your default
Is bluemarine your default template for your site and your account?
Also I think Drupal caches stylesheets by default - you can turn this off in /?q=admin/settings/performance
regarding bluemarine
well, I'm hacking the bluemarine files because I had this same problem happen a few days ago. So I'm trying to work with what is there. I haven't touched anything in the core, only the stylesheet and the page.tpl.php.
And the extent of the changes have been converting the tables in the page.tpl.php file to divs and minir changes on the CSS.
This is the CSS is still being used to some extent but firebug exhibits this whole new structure AND when I delete the page.tpl.php something is being served. But it becomes pointless to edit the page.tpl.php file.
Man, when I figure this out I will be home free.
Is it wrong to hack the bluemarine files?
I have cleared the cache in the performance section to no avail.
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you should copy the blue marine theme and alter a copy of it rather than hack at the core default theme. Bluemarine itself will be overwritten at the next update/upgrade, a copy wouldn't get overwritten and you could then compare the source of the files to see what changed.
that makes sense, but
but yet another strange thing that happens is when I do that...I get an error saying that the copied theme is incompatible, even if I change the name of the .info file and the name parameter in the file.
If I change the directory and everything like you say, will that cause problems with how the core works? I mean, are there includes or other files that rely on the path to bluemarine that will be broken if I change the name?
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no there are no includes that would reference the bluemarine theme.
Off hand I don't remember if bluemarine comes stock with a template.php but if it does, you may need to change somethings in there to reference your new theme name as well, I've enver come across an error saying "copied theme is incompatible". In my time of duplicating themes.
thanks
I just made another post regarding this. I think it's the root of my problem here. You are correct there is no template file with bluemarine so there is really nothing else to change.
I just uploaded the new directory named "bluemarinea." As it's listed in the admin panel, it's incompatible. I can work with it by selecting it but with the strange behaviors I've been encountering, I feel like I need to get to the bottom of the problem before I proceed any further. I appreciate your help. I'm sure a solution is on the horizon.
SOLUTION
http://drupal.org/node/325020