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
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