Posted by bneil on May 18, 2012 at 6:46pm
The University of Northern Iowa will be looking for a Drupal shop/individual to build out an Omega theme for the homepage website in collaboration with another firm who has done user research and is contracted to do design work. This is probably going to be an RFP - if you're interested please contact me to be put on the list to be sent more details in the future: http://drupal.org/user/586386/contact
The institution is planning to use Omega for all Drupal 7 sites and most will be designed based upon this work for the homepage site.
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omega sub theme
hello sir ,
i am new in drupal, how can i work on omega subtheme.
i want change its layout according to my Design.
email :ashishrao0@gmail.com
Making a subtheme with Omega
Ashish,
Here is a video I created showing how to make a subtheme using Omega.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmmO6IO8r-o
Once you have the subtheme then you can use the basic theming techniques on the subtheme to change the look and feel of your site. The parent Omega theme contains all the essentials and your subtheme simply overrides the pieces you want to change. It is like adding frosting on top of a cookie, you can do the frosting anyway you want but the cookie remains stable.
Peter
Omega Subtheme
Ashish,
I work almost exclusively with omega subthemes. If you want to do a "Mobile-First" design, I think this is the best theme to sub-theme.
To begin when you subtheme with Omega you have two choices, the Alpha Starterkit and the Omega Starterkit. The Alpha Starterkit is a "barebones" subtheme choice, and the Omega Starterkit has more pre-set features. Personally I prefer the Omega Starterkit, because the Omega developers have done a really good job anticipating the needs of a "mobile-first" design. If you choose the Omega Starterkit, you will find the css files pre-pended with "alpha" label. Do not be disturbed, as it is, you can mix elements of both starterkits together smoothly. I often use the Alpha Starterkit templates in my Omega Starterkit subtheme.
The multiple css files you will care about most are labelled "global", "Narrow", "Normal" and "Wide". These labels correspond to the media calls the css makes to respond to different screen sizes. 99% of your custom theming will occur in "global.css", so don't sweat it.
Previous to Omega, i did all my sites in Zen, as a test I did two sites in a row using Fusion and Omega respectively. Omega won and I am in the process of converting all my sites to Omega. The default settings with the block structure as is have multiple options on where to place major page elements like headers, footers and sidebars. The zone and region structure is also very configurable, where you can not only set widths, but also positions and weights to control how the site responds when screen size changes. If you are used to themes like Zen or Garland, the Omega way of doing things will seem unfamiliar at first. But as you have to solve design problems you will find that the theme developers have really done a good job in giving you the tools you need.
Good luck, if you have worked with other subthemes, you will really like this one.