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Sustainable themingIts actually not just about theming.
What is it?
Sustainable Theming is...
developing a site that does not rely on you. You being the key word.
process for multi-person development teams.
keeping the team healthy.
streamlining your business processes.
patience.
It is not...about you.
It is not...CSS built before data architecture plan or development
CSS built before content types
CSS built before Views
CSS built before proliferated content
CSS built before fiddling with the TPLs
About writing HTML
Limited to theming
It’s about relying on what’s there
The markup structure that is coming from the system.
Using the markup provided by modules like Views and CCK.
And if you have a problem with the markup, get involved in making it better, in core, and not rewriting it yourself.
It may not be for...
a solo web developer
a person who will never update a site.
mortendk ;)
unless we can get him drunk enough
Who is it for?
And it’s not about the technique
So why should you do it?
So You Don’t Get Burned!!!
So you can take a vacation!
and...
Avoid having to start from scratch every time.
Easier to work in parallel with other teams.
So the client/maintainer can extend the site...without you, or a developer, or CSS additions, or HTML modifications, or TPL tweaking.
Why can’t we...put the power in the hands of the user?
make ourselves replaceable?
make things easier on the maintainer?
Palantir’s Approach
Palantir’s ApproachThere is no stylistic approach to HTML or CSS
Re-arranging markup first, rarely removing or modifying markup
Admin before TPL
Consider ease of workflow over ease of theming
Why we use ZenBecause we have commit access
CSS broken out by task
Semantic markup
Paint by numbers CSS
Logic based CSS classes
Layout method for markup source reordering
Common starting point
Flexible and complex designs, predictable markup and CSS
Why we transitionedSo we could support sites 6+ months after release.
So our clients could extend their own sites.
So our clients could adopt their sites as their own.
So we could have multiple themers on a project.
So we could streamline our process.
Streamline yourbusiness process
design process
development process
Q/A
knowledge transfer
Drupal is not a website.
Drupal is a content
management system
Just because it works doesn’t mean it’s right.
http://thereifixedit.com/2009/08/17/epic-kludge-photo-now-with-twice-the-windows/