There are a lot of theme snippets available in the Theme Guide. There is not, however, a lot of information about PHP which is the language that makes up these snippets. If you're tired of copying, pasting and praying and are ready to understand some of the magic behind those snippets, this session is for you!
In this session you will learn how to manipulate and master:
The very, very basics of PHP and the popular theming engine PHPtemplate
We all want to take vacations, and we all want our sites to grow beyond without us holding its hand, or at least some of us do.
JohnAlbin and I will be co-presenting a session on how to think strategically about your theming so that it can stand on its own legs. At Palantir.net we strive to reduce the amount of bugs related to theming after a site has launched. It can be difficult to do, but with a little patience and planning you can build a theme that works on its own from a toolkit of design elements.
Too often, we see sites that “look like a Drupal website”. To me, that’s an obvious design FAIL. If you’ve ever felt restricted by Drupal’s default rendering of its content and HTML, this is a must-attend session.
We’ll discuss techniques for Themers and Designers to break out of Drupal’s default markup by using the tools already available to us. No kittens will be harmed.
