Drupal 6 Themes

Ric Shreves is one of the founding partners of water&stone, an interactive agency that specialises in open source web content management systems. Ric has been building CMS websites for over 10 years, and during that time has been involved in projects for a number of global brands, including BASF, BearingPoint, Colgate-Palmolive, Tesco Lotus, FPDSavills CBRichard Ellis, Mercy Corps and many others. Ric has published a number of books on open source in general and on open source content management systems in particular. Past work includes books on Mambo, Drupal, Joomla! and Ubuntu.

Chapter 1: The Elements of a Drupal Theme - In this chapter we examine how the theme system in Drupal works and examine the different approaches to working with Drupal themes. Chapter 2: Theme set Up & Configuration - Here we look at all the various theming options that are available in the default Drupal system. By way of example, we take a default theme and customize it using only the options provided by the system. Chapter 3: Working With Theme Engines - You will learn how the PHPTemplate theme engine works and how you can use this powerful tool, Chapter 4: Identifying Templates, Style Sheets and Themable Functions - This chapter identifies all the themable elements in the Drupal system and tells you where to find the elements together with an explanation of their functions. Chapter 5: Intercepts & Overrides - You will learn how to employ intercepts and overrides to modify the default styling in your Drupal theme. Chapter 6: Modifying an Existing Theme - Here we look at how to implement extensive modifications to a default Drupal theme. This is a hands-on example of the techniques covered in previous chapters. Chapter 7: Building a New Theme - In this chapter we examine how you can build from scratch a new theme employing the PHPTemplate theme engine. Chapter 8: Dynamic Theming - You will learn how the Drupal system enables you to vary the styling between sections, pages or users. Chapter 9: Dealing with Forms - This chapter covers the styling of forms in Drupal, one of the more complex areas in the system. Appendix A: A Guide to Drupal Style Sheets - An inventory of the contents of all the style sheets in the Drupal system. Appendix B: The Themers' Toolkit - A listing of tools and extensions that make your work with themes easier and more efficient.