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Introduction to painlessDrupal theming

Django Beatty - Adub Drupal Solutions - http://adub.com

Top Two Drupal Theming Myths

1. Theming is difficult

2. You can't control Drupal's HTML output


Two ways to customise output

• Theme functions • Template files


Theme functions

• Slightly easier for developers • Better performance before Drupal 6


Template files

• Allows a page element to be overridden by a file in the theme e.g. Article, Block, List, List item

• Change output simply by creating a template file

• Consistent approach is clearer to understand and maintain

• No performance penalty


Contributed modules

• Not all contributed modules follow this approach • But many do!

• For those that don't, theme functions can be mapped to

template files


Getting started

• Install Devel module • Enable theme developer


Examining how an element is themed


This approach can be used throughout the site


Resources and further reading

• Devel - http://drupal.org/project/devel • Gigulate - http://drupal.org/project/gigulate

• Front End Drupal - http://frontenddrupal.com/


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