From a html/css template to a drupal theme

Track: 
Theming
Experience: 
Beginner

This session shows how you can turn a html/css prototype into a Drupal 7 theme.

  • Drupal Theme anatomy
  • Filestructure of a Drupal theme
  • Creating a theme as a subtheme of a base theme or starter theme
  • Creating a theme from scratch from your own html/css template
  • .info file
  • css and js in a theme
  • page.tpl.php
  • node.tpl.php
  • Regions
  • multiple page, node, block template files
  • Theme variables
  • Theme developer module
Intended audience: 

Webdesigners that know html and css and want to turn their static template into a Drupal theme.

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
How do I get my static template into Drupal?
Question 2: 
How is the Drupal theme system structured?
Question 3: 
Should I build my theme from scratch or use a starter/base theme?
Question 4: 
How can I dynamically change my theme depending on the context of the page?
Question 5: 
What is new in Drupal 7 theming?
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