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![Step by step process for
Converting (X)HTML/CSS to
Drupal 7 theme. regions
Step 9– Insert your block
Start Inserting all your regions, any part of
your page you want to be editable in the
Drupal interface(via Blocks) need to be
converted to a region.
Code example:
<?php if ($page['sidebar_second']): ?>
<div id="sidebar-1" class="sidebar-1">
<?php print render($page['sidebar_second']); ?>
</div> <!-- /#sidebar-1 -->
<?php endif; ?>
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![Step by step process for
Converting (X)HTML/CSS to
Drupal 7 theme. regions
Step 9– Insert your block
Start Inserting all your regions, any part of
your page you want to be editable in the
Drupal interface(via Blocks) need to be
converted to a region.
Code example:
<?php if ($page['sidebar_second']): ?>
<div id="sidebar-1" class="sidebar-1">
<?php print render($page['sidebar_second']); ?>
</div> <!-- /#sidebar-1 -->
<?php endif; ?>
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Converting (X)HTML/CSS template to Drupal 7 Theme
The document provides a step-by-step guide for converting (x)html/css templates into Drupal 7 themes, emphasizing that this approach avoids the complexity and unnecessary features of base starter themes. It lists the necessary prerequisites, outlines the preparation process, and details each theme creation step, including setting up files and modifying templates. The guide suggests utilizing tools and resources to facilitate the theming process and concludes with additional tips for advanced theming.
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- 1. Converting (X)HTML/CSS template toDRUPAL 7 theme By: Adolfo G. Nasol – http://danreb.com http://cavhost.com
- 2. Additional option forcreating DRUPAL theme As I said, this will give us another flavour on creating a Drupal 7 theme, Drupal THEMERS usually create themes using a base starter theme and modify to fit into their needs, with this, we are creating themes base on your existing (X)HTML structures and its corresponding CSS files. http://cavhost.com
- 3. What Designer(s) andNoob think about Drupal Themeing? Noob assume that Drupal theming is complicated and its overwhelming They try to look at several Base starter themes and got confused (OMG, I've better stay with WordPress / Joomla) Better create my own CMS huh! http://cavhost.com
- 4. What should youdo? Never fear!, because its possible to create your own theme base on your designs and concepts and base on your existing (X)HTML and CSS structures and layout. http://cavhost.com
- 5. What should welearn? Step by step process for converting your (X)HTML/CSS template into Drupal 7 theme Finds the location of Drupal’s default template files (.TPL files ) and modify as you need it. Some examples and a demonstration http://cavhost.com
- 6. Basic knowledge required You need to know how to install and setup a Drupal site. (X)HTML/CSS – of course! Basic knowledge in PHP scripts A little knowledge in JavaScript (jQuery) Drupal Terminology (nodes, blocks, regions and etc...) http://cavhost.com
- 7. Why not justuse a Base Starter theme? Hey, instructions for creating a Drupal theme usually tells us to start with an existing theme or base theme and customize it to fit to our needs. Do you have problem with that? Are you against it? - NOPE! http://cavhost.com
- 8. Then you’d betterexplain!, What’s the problem? Avoiding frustration(specially for noob). Existing themes and base theme often include options and features that you don't actually needs - lots of regions - bunch of CSS files that makes it work - So many features that make your site slow. This is fine if that's what you need but also result in very complex template files and bloated CSS. http://cavhost.com
- 9. Then you’d betterexplain!, What’s the problem? To help us learn how Drupal theming actually works and gain better understanding of the theming system. http://cavhost.com
- 10. Drupal 7 themes http://cavhost.com
- 11. Other valid reason? Your client gives you an existing (x)html/css template and he wants you to use that for their drupal website. Using a base theme for this is a lot harder because you already have existing html structures and layout, CSS class and ID’s won’t match and your frustration begins. Instead of using a base theme, its better to convert that existing template directly into a DRUPAL 7 theme. http://cavhost.com
- 12. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7 theme. Step 1 - Prepare the template Prepare your existing (X)HTML/CSS template, make sure all files are intact and working properly, test it in the browser if it is working fine and bug free. http://cavhost.com
- 13. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7 theme. Adjust the following as a part of preparation process Rename the logo as logo.png - Drupal looks for "logo.png" files inside a drupal themes and use it as default logo. If the logo is inside the images folder, copy that logo into the directory where the index.html file resides, they must be in the same level. http://cavhost.com
- 14. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7 theme. (X)HTML/CSS layouts, Analyze your existing each section of the template will need to be converted into DRUPAL block regions, tools such as firebug can help you or even an HTML editing software such as Adobe Dreamweaver. Take note of the sections in the html template, we will use this sections as block region and we will need to define it in themename.info file. http://cavhost.com
- 15. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7Create the folder for your theme Step 2 – theme. - Create a folder inside sites/all/themes/ directory, this will be the name of your Drupal theme, for example, if you created a folder named "mytheme" then your directory shall be "sites/all/themes/mytheme" http://cavhost.com
- 16. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7Copy the files in themes folder Step 3 – theme. - Copy all the files in your (X)HTML/CSS templates into the directory you've just created "sites/all/themes/mytheme" , make sure to include all the HTML files, CSS, Images, JavaScript's and other assets and etc... http://cavhost.com
- 17. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal –7 theme. Step 4 Create themename.info - Create "themename.info" file, name must be the same with your folder name, theme folder named "mytheme“ must have “mytheme.info” inside it. - Declare the following: name, description, core, engine, stylesheets, javascript’s, and regions. Visit http://drupal.org/node/171205 for information on .INFO file, look on bartik.info files for working examples, copy if necessary and update the information as needed. http://cavhost.com
- 18. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7Create page.tpl.php Step 5 – theme. Duplicate your main html file, usually "index.html“ or “index.htm” and rename the copy as page.tpl.php http://cavhost.com
- 19. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7Copy all other TPL files you want to use Step 6 – theme. and overrides (optional) Copy the template files you want to override and edit the mark-up (html.tpl.php, node.tpl.php, block.tpl.php), put this to your theme folder, this way you can edit the file without hacking the original in the core. Please check http://drupal.org/node/190815 for list of core templates. Also check core modules folder for available .TPL files. http://cavhost.com
- 20. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7Edit page.tpl.php Step 7 – theme. Open your page.tpl.php and edit, remove all tags starting from DOCTYPE up to opening <body> tag. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.tpl.php and also remove the closing </body> body tag and the closing </html> html tag. http://cavhost.com
- 21. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7Check and declare all the reference for Step 8 – theme. the CSS and JS file into .INFO file. Take note of all references to CSS file and JS file in the header section of the (X)HTML file and make sure you declare this into your .INFO file. Note that if your html template used jQuery library, you don’t need to include this to themename.info because Drupal already comes with jQuery library. http://cavhost.com
- 22. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7 theme. regions Step 9– Insert your block Start Inserting all your regions, any part of your page you want to be editable in the Drupal interface(via Blocks) need to be converted to a region. Code example: <?php if ($page['sidebar_second']): ?> <div id="sidebar-1" class="sidebar-1"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_second']); ?> </div> <!-- /#sidebar-1 --> <?php endif; ?> http://cavhost.com
- 23. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal – Insert variables you want to use Step 10 7 theme. Start Inserting all the necessary variables you want to use and you need in the proper spot where you want to show it on your page. Some of the most common variable in page.tpl.php $site_name $logo $title $main_menu $secondary_menu $breadcrumbs $tabs $messages Variables are inserted using the Render API, information can be found here -> http://drupal.org/node/930760 Example of printing tabs <?php print render($tabs); ?> http://cavhost.com
- 24. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7 Adjust your CSS Step 11 – theme. Adjust your CSS and override Drupal default style sheet as you need to fit your design into your Drupal site. Firebug can help you a lot with this to properly find the correct element class and id’s that you want to override. http://cavhost.com
- 25. Step by stepprocess for Converting (X)HTML/CSS to Drupal 7 theme. Step 12 – Test and Done! And were Done! Note: Were done with the basic, its enough for you to be able to convert an existing html/css template to Drupal 7 theme. Advance theming use more .TPL files and requires you to create custom PHP code in template.php files, you need to learn how template hooks works and all the available pre-process functions. More information here: http://drupal.org/node/341628. http://cavhost.com
- 26. Example of themehook Adding external stylesheets ( template.php ) Code: <?php function mytheme_preprocess_html(&$variables) { drupal_add_css('http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=News+Cy cle', array('type' => 'external')); } ?> http://cavhost.com
- 27. Theme Developer module Themer's usually use theme developer module that can be downloaded at http://drupal.org/project/devel_themer You can view template suggestion and existing variables value with the help of this module http://cavhost.com
- 28. Helper PHP function If you don't want to install theme developer modules, you can use the following PHP function to inspect your page for variables and array values: Code: <pre> <?php var_dump($var); ?> </pre> Or with this one <pre> <?php $vars = get_defined_vars(); print_r($vars); ?> </pre> For more info, please visit: http://drupal.org/node/348916 http://cavhost.com
- 29. Happy DRUPAL Theming! Adolfo G. Nasol Mobile: 09195951276 Blog: http://danreb.com Website: http://cavhost.com Email: adolfo@danreb.com More power, PHDUG – Philippine Drupal User Group! 2012 http://cavhost.com