By belacena on

Hi,

Sorry the bad English.

I have tried Drupal and i have to say is very, very good, lot of possibilities but i have a big problem.

I´m a Webdesigner and drupal is not built for webdesigners... i have lot´s of difficulty with the themes engine and all around, to you (programmers) it´s easy but to me is not. I will explain.

I have found this software CMS Builder http://www.interactivetools.com/products/cmsbuilder/ and i love it but i found that it didn't have members section.
I´m not comparing software´s, what i what you to se is the part of the cod. Se the video here and you will underhand http://www.interactivetools.com/products/cmsbuilder/video.html

It´s easy to me (webdesigner), i have my html/php file, and i just have to paste the cod. I now drupal doesn't work like that, but my question is:
Drupal has some kind of module or application or software or whatever that help me buit my themes??

Tks and good year.

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bwv commented

Please have a look at this, see if it helps:

http://drupal.org/theme-guide

This also might help you:

http://drupal.org/node/171194

Finally, a module:

http://drupal.org/project/themebuilder

(Your English is excellent, by the way.)

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dnewkerk commented

Theming Drupal is similar, and actually easier, than what was shown in that video.
This video is a good starting point to learn from: Static Theme Conversion

Also, I have a written guide myself that should be helpful:
Convert any website layout or template into a Drupal theme - easily!

80-90% of theming in Drupal is very easy once you get the hang of the basics. An intermediate or better understanding of CSS will also help you solve the majority of your theming needs without ever resorting to adjusting the HTML output (make sure you have the Firebug extension for Firefox installed so you can rapidly see how the HTML and CSS for any given element on the page works). If you find you need to customize something unusual or override the default theming of some module's HTML output then that can require a bit deeper understanding. Also if you'd like to extract all of the fields of a content type and theme them separately that takes a little understanding... I cover how to do that on these pages:
http://www.davidnewkerk.com/book/30
http://www.davidnewkerk.com/book/8

That CMS Builder video was interesting though, thanks - it looks like they have developed functionality similar to Drupal's CCK module, which lets you add custom fields to any content type. I would never use it (Drupal's the best haha, and of course free - that software is $130+) but it's cool to see more CMS taking advantage of that critical feature (to me, no CMS is even worth using without that, and so far very few CMS have that ability). It looks like a variety of the features of that CMS are inspired by Drupal :)

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belacena commented

Tks everyone for the help, i will have to lear the hard way.