Post Description

Drupal 7: Creating and Editing Custom Themes shows the tools and techniques needed to build custom web sites with Drupal. Author Chaz Chumley introduces Drupal theme administration and takes a look at basic theming concepts, such as templates, regions, and variables. The course explores how Drupal default themes are configured and structured and how to install and edit a theme. The course also explores the tools a designer needs to create a Drupal 7 theme, using HTML, CSS, PHP, and Drupal templates, or migrate an existing Drupal 6 theme to Drupal 7. Exercise files are included with this course.
Topics include:

    Installing Drupal 7 on Mac or Windows
    Using the Devel and Theme Developer modules
    Understanding templates and variables
    Choosing global and theme specific settings
    Exploring how CSS and JavaScript references work in Drupal
    Creating a theme roadmap
    Creating the theme folder, structure, and .info file
    Customizing HTML templates and variables
    Creating template regions and rendering page variables
    Optimizing site CSS and JavaScript
    Understanding performance considerations such as caching
    Migrating themes from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7