The document provides an overview of Drupal theming for beginners. It discusses what Drupal is, what a Drupal theme is, popular contributed themes and services, examples of themes, the anatomy of Drupal themes, how to design for Drupal, how to create a basic theme, and where to find help with Drupal theming. The presentation was given by Danté Taylor, a senior designer with experience working on Drupal projects and theming.

1. Drupal ThemingFor BeginnersBy Danté TaylorMediacurrent Senior Designer South East Linux Fest June 13, 2010

2. We will cover What is Drupal? What is a Drupal Theme? Contributed Drupal Themes, Engines, & Services What can you do with Drupal themes? Drupal Theme Anatomy 101 How to Design for Drupal Create a Drupal Theme the easy way Where to find help `

3. About Me Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Savannah College of Art and Design Worked as a Designer for 10 years Have worked with Drupal since version 4.7 release (5 years) Biggest project worked on in Drupal is savannahnow.com Favorite project worked on in Drupal is ymib.com `

4. What is Drupal? Content Management System (CMS) Application Programming Interface (API) built on top of PHP A community of more than 800,000+ users and developers contributing to build needed tools, services, and programs using a standard methodology or practices. There are more than 6,000+ profiles, modules, and themes supported by the Drupal community People who use Drupal include: Ubuntu.com, Whitehouse.gov, FastCompany.com, MTV.com `

5. What is a Drupal Theme? A set of files and templates used to build the Front-end of a Drupal site. The User-Facing section of a Drupal site that facilitates the majority of the user experience. To put it in Real Estate terms it is the Décor of a Web Site. `

6. Contributed Drupal Themes, Engines, & Services Zen Theme (Themes) Garland Theme* (Themes) PHPThemple* (Theme Engine) Smarty (Theme Engine) PHPTal(Theme Engine) Drupal Gardens (Service)

7. What can you do with Drupal Themes? Design photo sharing sites. Build a site for your local baseball team. Build a personal portfolio or résumé site. Build a theme for your church, civic group, or organization. There are not many limits to what can be done with Drupal and Drupal theme design.

8. Drupal Theme: AutoTrader `

9. Drupal Theme: University of Georgia: `

10. Garland Theme `

11. Choose A Theme `

12. Configure Theme `

13. Add some color `

14. How to Design For Drupal? Install Drupal to experiment and learn how modules UI functions work together, before you begin your design project. Use built-in features of Drupal and modules to achieve Design objectives. (Try not to reinvent) Think in terms of how your Design elements can be reused or repeated throughout Web site. Work closely with specialist in Drupal Design or Development to save on time and budget as you plan your Drupal project. `

15. Drupal Theme Anatomy 101 `

16. File Structure `

18. Taxonomy

19. Settings.php

20. Template.php

21. Views

22. CCK

23. Menu System`

24. Create a Drupal Theme the easy way Create Theme Name directory (mytheme) inside “/sites/all/themes/” (create new directories if they do not exist) Copy Garland theme from “/themes” and move it to “/sites/all/themes/”, then rename it to mytheme directory. Change the garland.info file to mytheme.info. Open new mytheme.info file and change all names with garland to mytheme. Change the screenshot.png file to match your new theme. Clear system cache. (/admin/settings/performance) Go to Themes list page and select mytheme, to start using or editing your new theme. (/admin/build/themes) `

25. .info file `

26. Where to Find Help? Mediacurrent.com/blogs Drupal.org Api.drupal.org Drupal.org/project/Themes AListApart.com Lynda.com Drupal.org/node/39451 Drupal.org/node/171205 Drupal.org/books Drupal.org/node/190815 `

27. Tools of the trade Firefox FireBug Theme Developer Module MAMP Admin Menu Module YSLOW `

28. Contact Me dante.taylor@mediacurrent.com 404 537 2493 `