Version: Drupal 6.17
Theme: Modified version of Bluemarine
URL: http://lcccradio.mudmagic.com
Mission: To try to create a "Sliding Door with CSS" for my site's navigation menu. I am so impressed with the possibilities that could come about by trying such a thing.
Problem: Do not know where to begin. I spent over five hours looking at site after site after site after forum page after forum page. I am dead lost.
Why?: Even though I know my way around CSS very well, I am unclear how and where exactly to set such terms on raw data like a navigation menu - and such coding like "#header" used in ( http://www.alistapart.com/comments/slidingdoors/P10/ ) is of no use to me at all (because the navigation menu does not such such coding in the first place). Plus... Bluemarine has no "template.php" file, and I do not know how in the hell to compensate for that. I can't go blindly around, creating such a thing... or can I? Simply put, I don't know.
Desired Result: It may sound silly, but a step-by-step process for me (especially with regard to the Bluemarine theme) would be the best way to go. I am such a newbie in this subject that I have no clue what to do. I need help as soon as possible, if not, I may have to scrap the idea of "sliding doors" for good.
Thanks to anyone in advance for their help.
Moving to appropriate forum - VM
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yes you can. You create a template.php file for those themes that don't have it which is very rare. You happen to be working with blue marine which isn't a very advanced theme at all. Thus no need for a template.php.
It's documented in the theme developers guide.
You're likely going to have to work with #primary-links rather than #header. firebug will aid in determining the css being called in bluemarine with reference to menu structure. It's a tabled layout, I rarely used it beyond getting my feet wet with drupal over 3 years ago. I forget what it is off hand and I've removed blue marine from all my installs since it won't be part of core in D7.
You're likely going to have
I've been getting my feet wet with Drupal over the past three months... so yeah. Of course (and probably thankfully) the site shown bears almost zero resemblance to the Bluemarine theme in the first place, which might make it easier for me to do a different theme modification (or just spin off the mod into a theme of my own).
I did install firebug for the occasion... prior to upgrading to Drupal, I had used FTP programs (even the antiquated "WS_FTP 95"... simply because it just did its job lol)
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For the record, I got it working just fine. :)