New Adobe.com article: Building Drupal Zen sub-themes with Dreamweaver CS4
The third article in my Drupal series for Adobe.com is out now. This article covers Drupal Zen Sub-Themes, including Dreamweaver tip(s) when working with Drupal themes.
"When asked why I would recommend the Zen theme versus a core theme such as Garland, I answer, Zen was built to be a seed for your tree—you plant the seed, water it, and watch it grow! Garland looks nice, but is not documented well and has custom page template code that should not appear elsewhere. In short, Garland is just not right as the basis for a theme; the Zen theme is."
Read the article now at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/drupal_zen_subthemes.html
Read moreDrupalCampLA 2009 Shirt Design Contest
Drupal Camp LA 2009 will be taking place from August 8-9th. Our annual two day event features training, sessions, an install fest, and networking opportunities with hundreds of Drupal users!
New this year is our DrupalCampLA 2009 Shirt Design Contest! You design a shirt and the winner will receive a printed shirt with their design or a Drupal book (provided by book sponsors). Each prize option valued over $25.00!
Rules: Entries must be submitted before Monday July 13, 2009. Designs can be in color. Multiple entries per person is allowed. Usage of the Drupal logo is not required, but helps. One or more of the following phrases should appear in your design(s):
* Drupal Camp LA
* 2009
* Los Angeles
* www.drupalcamp.com (or just drupalcamp.com)
* www.ladrupal.org (or just ladrupal.org)
We Need You! Drupal Design Camp needs Developers
Drupal Design Camp is next weekend! http://boston.design4drupal.org/
We need you!
We need you the amazing developers to come and give Drupal Fundamental sessions. This is our chance to support a genuine effort to improve designing in Drupal and grow our community.
Why?
A lot of the attendees will need a foundation laid before they can understand theming topics.
Read moreWebsite launched! Drupal Design Camp Boston
The Drupal Design Camp Boston website is launched and we are getting ready for the June 13-14 event at MIT.
The attendee list is growing, and the sponsors are almost as excited as we are!
If you plan to attend, jump in at http://boston.design4drupal.org and sign up before it fills up completely.
Attendees can submit sessions, post to forums, join live chat on IRC, make small financial donations, and check out the latest News.
You can also follow us on twitter at D4DBoston.
Read moreNew free theme for Ubercart coming!
In partnership with Ubercart, Acquia, and Commerce Guys, TopNotchThemes is creating a free premium Drupal theme optimized for Ubercart e-commerce sites.
Read moreDo you think it would be helpful to invite the g.d.o community to provide input during the development phase of public themes?
香港國際設計創意研討會 Hong Kong International Design and Innovation Forum
I don't want to start an event thread here but still want to give a shout out to the HKDUG. This Saturday, May 2nd, I'm organizing an event called "Hong Kong International Design and Innovation Forum". It will be hosted at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) in Shek Kip Mei from 2 - 5 pm. Please check out the event web page and help spread the word.
http://www.currystar.com/event/hk-international-design-innovation-forum
Thank you!
Read moreLogo Design Prelim #1
Boy, aside from the cliche "I'm Meelllting!" Mr Drupal graphic, there is a bit of a challenge in combining the climate of the High Desert and the very vulnerable waterdrop into a graphic. I replicated a desert scene (complete with stylized Joshua tree). At Kricket's suggestion, I tried to break my graphic artist block and added the tumbleweed element to things.
Read moreUnikt designprojekt för Drupal 7 - var med och påverka!
Någon som följer arbetet med ny design till drupal 7 och drupal.org?
Projektet är förmodligen unikt eftersom formgivarna gör det tillsammans med drupals community! Det är Mark Boulton och Leisa Reichelt. Nu har de en blogg för kommunikation med communityn, kolla här:
Leisas blogg: http://www.disambiguity.com/
Marks: http://www.markboulton.co.uk/
Användar grupp på drupal: http://groups.drupal.org/drupal7ux
De finns också på youtube: http://www.youtube.com/group/drupal7ux
How can Drupal get great new contrib themes?
The community wants great new themes for Drupal. How do we get designers and themers to create them? Someone discussed a contest but may designers are oppsed to that.
A suggestion: Call for volunteers to participate in a team effort where they will be grouped with others (perhaps 2 designers paired with 2 themers/UI specialists) and have them come up with a team name which will also be the name of their theme.
Give them a deadline and some publicity on d.o. with their bios and photos or portfolio links.
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