[lynda.com] Drupal 7 Creating and Editing Custom Themes
Date: 31 October 2012 | Posted by: pm1
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[lynda.com] Drupal 7 Creating and Editing Custom Themes
English | .ISO | Team: JWARE | Ex. files included | 447 MB
English | .ISO | Team: JWARE | Ex. files included | 447 MB
Drupal 7: Creating and Editing Custom Themes shows the tools and techniques needed to build custom web sites with Drupal. Author Chaz Chumley introduces Drupal theme administration and takes a look at basic theming concepts, such as templates, regions, and variables. The course explores how Drupal default themes are configured and structured and how to install and edit a theme. The course also explores the tools a designer needs to create a Drupal 7 theme, using HTML, CSS, PHP, and Drupal templates, or migrate an existing Drupal 6 theme to Drupal 7. Exercise files are included with this course.
Topics include:
Installing Drupal 7 on Mac or Windows
Using the Devel and Theme Developer modules
Understanding templates and variables
Choosing global and theme specific settings
Exploring how CSS and javascript references work in Drupal
Creating a theme roadmap
Creating the theme folder, structure, and .info file
Customizing HTML templates and variables
Creating template regions and rendering page variables
Optimizing site CSS and javascript
Understanding performance considerations such as caching
Migrating themes from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7
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