Converting Wordpress.fun theme

Hi Dennis,

I'd be happy to help if I can. I started writing up a description of how to do this, but it does get a little complicated. I'd say your best bet is to take a basic Drupal theme and have it open so you can compare the two.

So --one thing. Wordpress themes use php includes in a way that Drupal themes don't tend to -- that's why there are separate php files for the header, footer and sidebar, for example. You'll want to merge any includes into the page.tpl.php file. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think in Wordpress the index.php file is the template for the front page and the page.php file is the general page layout. If that's the case, work off page.php first, and then use index.php to make your page-front.tpl.php file or however you choose to theme your front page. I haven't done too much intensive theming of Wordpress...

Take out any Wordpress specific php, and then find the Drupal equivalent from your example Drupal theme and drop it in.

Check out the Drupal API's variable list for what php variables you can use.

Hope that is helpful!

I posted something on my personal blog about converting a regular web page to a Drupal 5 theme -- maybe that would be helpful as well.

Amanda

Hi Amanda, David,

First of all, thanks for the nice write up Amanda. That's a wealth of information for me to dig through! It looks like it isn't as hard as I initially thought it would be. Secondly, I don't know David, I haven't started the conversion yet, I'll probably start this weekend.

I'll let you guys know about the progress.

Regards,

Dennis