Theme talk

Posted by mdowsett on June 9, 2008 at 7:34pm

Thanks for the talk on Theming last week. I learned a lot.

Two things...

1) was it 'Zen' or 'Zen_basic' that was the theme you recommended starting from? Is there a difference?
2) Martin - where can I find that PDF of Zen that you talked about that laid-out all the div's of the basic Zen theme....I want to try a crack at making a theme from scratch using it as a starting point to put your recommendations to work.

Comments

Glad you found it useful. 1)

Posted by mandclu on June 9, 2008 at 8:19pm

Glad you found it useful.

1) The one I like to use is called zen_classic. The parent theme is zen, and the official way to build a subtheme is by using the folder called STARTERKIT (instructions are in the folder). If you want to see the difference visually, try following the directions to set up a complete STARTERKIT, and switching your site between it and zen classic. The STARTERKIT's main CSS file is really just a bunch of selectors with no CSS declarations inside, so it's possible you'll end up with a smaller file by going that route. Personally I find it easier to have some existing declarations in there, and just change them to what I need.

In Drupal 6, the structure is a bit different, so let me know if that's what you're planning to use.

2)The PDF can be found at:
http://www.mollyclare.com/drupal/homepage-diagram-zen.pdf