Instant Premium Drupal Themes

Learn how to create visually stunning themes to add the wow factor to all of your Drupal sites!

Overview

• Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
• Understand commonly used Drupal terminology, tools, and conventions of Drupal
• Configure raw HTML in a Drupal environment quickly and efficiently
• Use raw HTML to create advanced Drupal themes with the help of simple yet comprehensive instructions and examples.

In Detail

Drupal’s theme layer, and the themes that use it, are responsible for the look and feel of a Drupal web site. Themes have the final say and ultimate control over almost every aspect of each page. Good themes consist of all the same elements that you would find on any reputable web site, including standards-compliant XHTML markup, CSS, and JavaScript. How it all comes together is what is so special and what makes Drupal themes so flexible and powerful.

Premium Drupal Themes is a practical, hands-on guide filled with clear, step-by-step examples which shows you how to create Drupal themes using HTML. This book will show you the best practices and conventions that you should adopt and utilize so you can change the way Drupal looks using HTML without wasting energy digging through Drupal’s code.

Starting with the essentials including Drupal terminology and Drupal theme structures, this book will show you how to configure raw HTML in a Drupal environment. You will learn about the Drupal template variables and also how to populate a Drupal theme with dynamic content. You will also discover how to customize the search result page and how to add regions to your home page. This book will help you familiarize yourself with the theme engines and will help you learn about the core of Drupal’s theme rendering system. Finally, you will learn how to create your very own Drupal theme that will take people’s breath away!

What you will learn from this book

• Understand Drupal theme structure and terminology
• Configure raw HTML in a Drupal environment
• Populate Drupal themes with dynamic content
• Learn how to customize the search result page and how to add regions to your home page
• Discover the best practices and conventions of using Drupal to speed up your development

Approach

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. A step-by-step guide filled with recipes that will show you how to create your very own Drupal themes using HTML.

Who this book is written for

This book is great for developers who are new to Drupal. It is assumed that you have some experience in HTML, PHP, and CSS. You’ll need a PHP (LAMP/WAMP) environment to install Drupal. It is also assumed that you know how to install Drupal. Some familiarity with CMS will be useful but is not essential.

學習如何創建視覺上令人驚艷的主題，為您的所有Drupal網站增添驚喜效果！

概述：
- 在瞬間學習新知識！一本短小、快速、專注的指南，立即獲得成果。
- 瞭解常用的Drupal術語、工具和慣例。
- 快速高效地在Drupal環境中配置原始HTML。
- 使用原始HTML根據簡單而全面的指示和示例創建高級Drupal主題。

詳細內容：
Drupal的主題層及其使用的主題負責Drupal網站的外觀和感覺。主題對每個頁面的幾乎所有方面都有最終決定權和終極控制權。優秀的主題包含了您在任何值得信賴的網站上都會找到的所有元素，包括符合標準的XHTML標記、CSS和JavaScript。這一切是如何結合在一起的，這就是Drupal主題如此特殊和靈活強大的原因。

《高級Drupal主題》是一本實用的、實戰指南，充滿了清晰的、逐步的示例，向您展示如何使用HTML創建Drupal主題。本書將向您展示應該採用和利用的最佳實踐和慣例，以便您可以使用HTML改變Drupal的外觀，而無需浪費時間查找Drupal的代碼。

從Drupal術語和Drupal主題結構等基礎知識開始，本書將向您展示如何在Drupal環境中配置原始HTML。您將學習有關Drupal模板變量的知識，以及如何將Drupal主題填充為動態內容。您還將了解如何自定義搜索結果頁面以及如何在主頁中添加區域。本書將幫助您熟悉主題引擎，並幫助您了解Drupal主題渲染系統的核心。最後，您將學習如何創建令人驚艷的自己的Drupal主題！

本書將教您以下內容：
- 瞭解Drupal主題結構和術語。
- 在Drupal環境中配置原始HTML。
- 將Drupal主題填充為動態內容。
- 學習如何自定義搜索結果頁面以及如何在主頁中添加區域。
- 發現使用Drupal的最佳實踐和慣例，加快開發速度。

方法：
本書充滿了實用的、逐步的指示和清晰的解釋，針對最重要和最有用的任務。這是一本逐步指南，充滿了食譜，將向您展示如何使用HTML創建自己的Drupal主題。

本書的讀者：
本書非常適合剛接觸Drupal的開發人員。假設您對HTML、PHP和CSS有一些經驗。您需要一個PHP（LAMP/WAMP）環境來安裝Drupal。同時假設您知道如何安裝Drupal。對CMS的一些熟悉將是有用的，但不是必需的。