Lullabot Theming Basics For Drupal

The Lullabot Learning Series continues with a handson look at Drupals theming system. In this 2 hour and 44 minute long indepth video guide Nate Haug Jeff Robbins and James Walker explain the steps for translating a web design into a Drupal theme. The video explains Drupals design vernacular concepts and special needs. The team shows how to associate the proper CSS j097 vascript files add all of the necessary regions and control the HTML output through page and node-specific templates. Youll learn about the best tools and strategies for controling the look and feel of your Drupal website. This video covers the basics of Drupal theming. Drupals more complex theming topics are covered in the Advanced Theming video (to be released soon) which pairs with this video and finishes the complete implementation of the 960 Robots theme used in both videos.

Introduction
Overview of Drupal theming
Setting up environment switching themes
Designtotheme translation strategies
Theming tools: Firebug Web Developer
Overview of .info files
Creating a theme applying CSS
Overview of template files
Creating the page template
Filling out the site adding regions
Working with node templates
Using the Theme Developer tool
Adding j 097vascript to a theme
Exploring page template variables
Adding a screenshot to your theme
Conclusion