By adavidow on

We have a nascent site which uses several completely different designs. Is there a simple way to attach a specific theme to a specific node, such that all of the pages which relate to the internal blog use the internal_blog theme (that would be the main page, the comments page, etc.), but the external blog could use an entirely unrelated external_blog theme?

Is the better way to do this through using og or multi-site? If so, can someone point me to an example and/or documentation? We're still feeling our way into this and making some intriguing mistakes....

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wpd commented

There are many ways to do this.
You can change the template based on the node type, the path, or even the user role.
There is a ton of information in the handbook about customizing and themeing: http://drupal.org/node/257
Here a specific page that will lead to what you need (I think):
http://drupal.org/node/46006

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adavidow commented

I am having =some= success with the technique described in http://drupal.org/node/46027 , but it only seems to work on groups, so far, not any old node, and not for things like "admin". I am using 4.6.6.

I think that the problem is deeper than just the theme. I need to be able to change the contents of various blocks for different sections of the site. Is there a best practice for this?

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wpd commented

If you want multiple sites with a shared user base then you can do a multisite install.
http://drupal.org/node/43816

(I have used 4.7 for a long time, so this may not work under 4.6)
You can set a block visibility for given page.
So you create all the variations of blocks. Then set the visibility for a given path.
This will probably not work for a large number of variations.

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