Drupal is widely recognized as a powerful back-end system for web sites, but Drupal 6: Creating and Editing Custom Themes shows how the application can also be used to manage the look and feel of a web site. Web architect Chris Charlton introduces the core themes that ship with Drupal. He shows how to install and administer new themes, change color schemes, and add sub-themes to existing themes. He also demonstrates how to build a custom theme from scratch; integrate HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; and apply themes to specific nodes and blocks. Exercise files are included with this course.
Topics include:
- Setting themes and theme permissions
- Using the Color Module to change color schemes
- Building sub-themes
- Adding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to themes
- Understanding templates
- Applying themes to pages, nodes, and blocks
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Frequently asked questions
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about Drupal 6: Creating and Editing Custom Themes.
- Q: I'm editing the code in the file page.tpl.php as shown in the movie "Building a sub-theme: Adding custom theme regions":
<?php if ($content_top) ?>
<div id="content-top" class="clear-block">
<?php print $content_top ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
But the browser shows the following error message:Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDIF in /home/u/u5522419/www/drupal/sites/all/themes/subgarland/page.tpl.php on line 80.
- A: The code is incorrect. (The syntax error, by the way, displayed indicates which line of code contains the error.) The line containing the IF statement is missing the colon character ( : ). It should read:
<?php if ($content_top): ?>
- Q: I have a button in Flash, but Internet Explorer is blocking it from opening up. At the top of the window, a message appears saying "Pop-up blocked. To see this pop-up or additional options click here..."
What can I do to this button so that it opens a new browser window and keep IE from thinking it's an unauthorized pop-up?
- A: To get around the pop-up blocker, try using the "_self" parameter in Flash. So instead of:
navigateToURL(myURL);
use:
navigateToURL(myURL, "_self");
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