INTRO TO SUB-THEMINGOC Drupal

Steps to creating a subTheme

• Download base theme to “site/all/themes” folder

• notice: D7 will allow you to install theme from

module interface

• Copy subtheme template out of base theme

folder into “sites/all/themes”

• Change subtheme folder name and .info

filename to match your theme name.

• Show example…..

Template_suggestionsPlease see : http://drupal.org/node/1089656

CODE! (php to be exact) What is a template_suggestion?

An override of a base theme structure When should I use a template

suggestion?When you want to change a hard

coded layout of the base theme, i.e. change the order of the DOM layout.

Template_suggestions ( cont. )Please see : http://drupal.org/node/1089656

Overriding a theme element

requires finding the right file to

copy and edit.

Download Devel_themer module

Page.tpl.php – most common file

edited from a base theme

Node—[content-type].tpl.php

Template_suggestions ( cont. )Please see : http://drupal.org/node/1089656

Put template files in “sites/all/themes/[yourtheme]/templates”