This is a special interest group dedicated to improving and expanding the Drupal theme system including theme functions and templates, CSS, markup, and how contrib modules add in their functions, CSS, and markup.
for example, we'll take stock of the location and number of CSS files and discuss if the architecture can be improved through emerging frameworks like Object Oriented CSS.
We will consider the questions "What do themers need from Core in terms of CSS? Module developers? SEO specialists?" and "What's new in CSS? What does Drupal support? What's the roadmap for CSS support?"
Proposal: Themes as full-fledged modules
Recently I realized that most if not all the things you can do in a theme (add styleshhets, override templates and functions) can be made in a module as well. So I started to wonder why we don't make themes fully functional modules. This would make easier to add functionalities through themes (i.e. an header image that can be uploaded by the user).
For what I see there aren't many reasons for having this two different kind of plugin.
What do you think?
Problem with contribited theme
Hello I am havong this problem with this theme and cannot figure it out. I have menus setup in the primary links and has drop down menus, but in order to access them you have to click on the link thne you can access them what could cause this?
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IE6 breaking Zen
Hi, IE6 is breaking my Zen layout. I believe the issues relates to clearing #main, but for the life of me, can't figure out what I need to do. Any insight greatly appreciated.
http://rhill.gogrow.org/entertaining/
Thanks!
-NP
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Tools for Choosing Accessible Colors
At last night's Austin Drupal meetup, I promised to post the links to the tools I demonstrated for testing color schemes for sufficient contrast. I plan to share more about these in the Accessibility portion of Drupal documentation, but for now, here are the places to find the tools:
Read moreWould like to display on Story page and in teaser the time the Story was last updated
I'm building a site for a small daily newspaper in ProsePoint. I would like to be able to display a "timestamp" on stories -- on the Story page and on the teaser that appears on the Channel/Edition pages. I would like for the "timestamp" to reflect "last updated" time for the story -- which needs to be either the time that the Edition went "live" or the last time the story was updated since the Edition went live (if the story was published as part of the Edition and then updated after that).
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thesixtyone.com a great new music site. It's like a myspace music site, but, done properly and with elegance.
This isn't a Drupal site, but, I was blown away by the elegance in the layout and design. A superb example of a simple but very good site.
Apart from the general look n feel, I like the way the iconised navigation is implemented. Superb.
Great music too!
Read moreRollover image swap on logo
I am in the process of creating a new website for a small daily newspaper, and since the site logo is also a link to the home/front page, I would like for the image to change slightly to confirm to the end user that it is a link.
I'd like to be able to swap out the image on rollover ... but how do I do that in Drupal? Any suggestions?
Read moreCreate tabs
How do you add or create tabs on page or node? Thanks
Read moreWould like to see ability to display am/pm as a.m./p.m.
I am working on a test site in preparation for designing a newspaper website. The AP style for times is a.m. and p.m., but the PHP default is am and pm (or AM and PM). I have been searching for a way to change the way that times display (as I have created a Time field for all stories, so that the time that the story was posted or last revised is displayed) so that they display correctly in the story (and in the teaser) as a.m. and p.m.
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Theme Developer Install Profile + Dummy Content Generator
One of the things themers run into when developing themes for contributed themes is having to do lots of configuration and create dummy content in order to be able to style it. Devel is a big help in this regard, but more is needed. Things like pagers, blocks with different types of content, polls, support for popular modules, etc. are not things that immediately jump out at a theme developer/designer as things they need to worry about.
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Design to Theme online workshops
Thanks to the fantastic feedback I have received about my presentations and my book Front End Drupal, I am offering workshops that are specifically geared to designers. To launch the 2010 training program I am starting with two of the most-requested topics from designers:
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Best practice to theming a Node by its type
Hi guys, my first post here ;)
My question is pretty simple but googlin around i didnt find anything that exactly answer me: what is the drupalish way to theme a node by its content-type?
Theming Question
I have a question. I am theming a block and it has here in the html:
Box Title Goes Here
php print function here
I would like to create a box for every new item in a certain block is their anyway to do this?
Read morebase theme = bluemarine (or garland) does not work in .info file
Hey guys,
I am new to drupal and what I'm trying to do is to create a theme with bluemarine as base theme...Here's what I have in my oreo.info file (sites/all/themes/oreo)
; $Id$
name = Oreo
description = Oreo theme based on bluemarine
version = 1.0
core = 6.x
base theme = bluemarine
What I get is a messy website with no theme (see image attachment)...Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance!
Read moreTheming Using Panel & Mini Panel
[ I apologize this is a cross-post from http://groups.drupal.org/node/39372 ]
I am trying to customize acquia slate. What is the best way to achieve a desired design? I really know nothing about designing (except for few fundamental concepts).
I am trying to accomplish this: http://gomockingbird.com/mockingbird/index.html?project=af22e4a4a6e062a2...
Can this be done with Panel & Mini Panels alone? If not how difficult it is to customize the template? Do I really need to go down the base code of the template and do the dirty stuff?
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Using views in cck formatters
In my last project I develop module that may be intersted to community.
The problem was that I need to show list of images (imagefield) from nodes (type A) that references to node (type B) in on full node view page in the node body region. Also I was need to show list of nodes (type C) that have same taxonomy as current viewed node.
The decigion was to run view in the formatter code for nodereference field and to pass in this view value of this field as argument.
What do you think about this solution?
Find a Better Name for "skip-navigation" Class
We need to come up with a good name for a CSS class, but I don't want this discussion to clutter up the issue queue. (Let's reserve the queue for presenting and discussing patches that fix functional or programmatic problems.) So I'm posting this item to see if we can develop an idea that is better than the ones we've already come up with.
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Adobe MAX 2009 conference in Los Angeles, California
Adobe's annual MAX conference is taking place this October 4-7th in Los Angeles, CA. I will be presenting three Drupal related sessions at this conference for Adobe. Most of my sessions show people how to customize Drupal 6 through themes, modules, and its administration. My sessions are 1-1.5hrs, with one session being a lab (BYOL: Bring Your Own Laptop Lab).
Adobe MAX is a paid conference, and has something like over 200 sessions. Early bird discount still available (as of this writing).
My sessions are:
- Customizing Drupal Using Dreamweaver - skill: Beginner - Learn how to install Drupal, a robust, full-featured web content management system, and publish your first pages. You'll be guided through common designer workflows using Drupal and learn how to customize Drupal theme templates. When this lab is complete, you'll be able to take your new skills back to work and be more productive.
- Exploring Web Content Management Systems from a Designer's Perspective - skill: Beginner - Watch an expert guide you through a selection of today's popular web content management systems and learn which one is right for you. This session will include detailed demonstrations of WordPress, Drupal, and the Adobe InContext Editing service in action, covering installation and publishing.
- Learn to Rock Drupal Using Dreamweaver - skill: Beginner - Explore the functionality of Drupal from a designer's perspective while learning about the most common workflows. Learn how to integrate Drupal with Dreamweaver and how to use Creative Suite 4 Web Premium to customize Drupal theme templates.
I have presented at MAX before, and attended twice. This conference is huge. Last year 5,000 attendees ran around chatting Flash, Flex, AIR, Photoshop, After Effects, everything Adobe. One of the new things Adobe has done at MAX is run un-conferences inside the main conference building. Last year there were four un-conferences going on all week inside MAX, adding to the already hundreds of sessions. This year I am involved with the Web CMS theme of the conference, promoting Drupal & PHP. Some of you know my Drupal Dreamweaver extensions and Theme Starter desktop software, so I am glad to be exclusively covering Drupal in my talks this year. One session covers the different approaches in Web CMS software like Wordpress & Drupal. For that session I will be sharing the stage for that session with a Wordpress counterpart. I hope that session turns into a feature flinging match as it'll help me get caught up with Wordpress limitations.
I'd like to promote the MAX conference to the Drupal community, and at the same time ask who is already planning to attend. We can meet up and rep Drupal together.
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