Grok Drupal Theming

So you know your CSS. You have you xhtml down, even are up on HTML5. But Drupal throws so much other stuff at you. What do you do? Where do you start?

This session provides an overview of how themes work in Drupal. The technical architecture may seem complex, but it's actually quite simple once you grasp the concepts and structures.

This session builds off of my previous presentation on theming at DrupalCon San Francisco 2010. It got 5-star marks from attendees then, but much has changed in Drupal 7.

Topics covered include: Core templates and how they work together; most-used templates; variables available; overrides; Drupal design patterns to be aware of; changes between Drupal 6 and Drupal 7; and the parent-child theme thing. And some gotchas, tips and tricks.