Drupal Theming Training
MicroTek, 1101 Vermont Avenue NW Suite 300
Class Description:
This class starts by discussing the anatomy of a Drupal theme, and explaining the PHPtemplate system Drupal uses to render HTML. We'll guide you through creating a custom theme from scratch by overriding the template files provided by Drupal core, adding new style sheets, and defining your own theme and preprocess functions with a little PHP code.
We’ll cover how to create the basic look for your site by defining a page template with block regions, and including a custom style sheet. We’ll then create general template files for the display of blocks and nodes followed by specific templates for certain types of nodes, or blocks belonging to a certain module. Special attention will be given to changing the HTML that is output from the views module. We’ll demonstrate how to locate and override snippets of HTML generated by theme functions in Drupal core or contributed modules. We’ll cover how to change the contents of those pesky variables that get printed in your template files. While we're explaining the PHP you'll need to use to make this theme your own, we’ll also explain how to make all your data safe for display using Drupal’s internal functions.
In just two days time you'll jump from being a theming novice to having a rich understanding of Drupal’s theme system. By the time the course is over you'll be well versed in using FireBug, and theme developer tools, and you'll have the confidence to tackle similar projects on your own.
Prerequisites:
To get the most out of this class you should be proficient in HTML and CSS and not be afriad of a little PHP code. You should be familiar with Drupal terms such as Nodes, Blocks, CCK, Views, etc. Experience with installing Drupal and contributed modules/themes will help to understand the concepts of theme development.
Registration:
Sign up here to register.
Free Ticket:
We'll be giving away 1 free ticket to this class, by random drawing. Enter here for a chance to win.
Comments
Announcement
When and where [if] will this training be announced more "publically"? Will it be on acquia.com? Any pricing info available at this point?
Free ticket
Trying to vote for that free ticket, but following the link just gives me a message that I already cast my vote. But I haven't. Really would like a free ticket -:)
More information / survey fixed soon
@hurricane
More information about the Drupal Theming and Drupal Module Development public training classes offered is available on the Chapter Three web site.
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Thanks for your respond. The
Thanks for your respond.
The above dates I found at the Chapter Three website before posting yesterday. In the original post, wasn't the dates for this training set to the begining of December?
The link for the free ticket
The link for the free ticket sign up is http://gs-survey.com/s.asp?s=13183
This was the error in the link before: gs-survey.com/survey.asp?s=13183
@Hurricane - I don't know if the dates were ever planned for beginning of December? I think there are some other companies offering training for then?
The registration link to
The registration link to purchase tickets is :
http://www.carahsoft.com/event-detail/583/acquia/