DrupalConParis2009 - theming http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/taxonomy/term/25/0 en Real-time End-User Theme Configuration http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/real-time-end-user-theme-configuration <p>By changing a theme's settings, an end-user can add their logo or mission statement, change some colors if the theme's designed to work with the color module, or adjust any other settings the themer has made available. These could be fields that allow you to change specific pieces of text or modify the page-layout. But what if you have a lot of custom settings - say about 300 - and you want to see the changes made to these settings in real time? Well with a little help from jQuery and jQuery UI, you can add this type of functionality to your theme.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> I am the Assistant Director of Communications and Web Technologies for the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. I&#039;ve also built and/or themed Drupal sites for other groups at Harvard and beyond. I came across Drupal 3 years ago and I&#039;ve have been hooked ever since. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/real-time-end-user-theme-configuration" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/real-time-end-user-theme-configuration#comments theming Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:50:36 +0000 maureen 1244 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org 45 Modules in 45 Minutes - the Best Modules You're Not Using http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/45-modules-45-minutes-best-modules-youre-not-using <p>Most Drupal developers are more than familiar with the top 25 Drupal modules in terms of usage (Views, CCK, ImageCache, etc...) But what about the other few thousand modules? Don't have enough hours in the day to sift through them? Take this opportunity to get a vetted list and practical rundowns of each.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Mike Anello is a partner in DrupalEasy.com and has been developing Drupal sites for over 3 years. He specializes in Drupal training, theme integration, project management, and custom module development. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/45-modules-45-minutes-best-modules-youre-not-using" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/45-modules-45-minutes-best-modules-youre-not-using#comments modules theming Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:57:15 +0000 ultimike 1174 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org You don't know what you don't know - How to design for Drupal http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/you-dont-know-what-you-dont-know-how-design-drupal <p>This session is for designers who are new, or moderately new to Drupal. During this session, we'll explore common user centered design methodologies and map them to architecting an experience in Drupal. </p> <p>By the end of this session, you will have a solid grasp of:<br /> - Why you might use Drupal over Wordpress or Joomla<br /> - Installing Drupal locally without technical knowledge. Alternatively, using Acquia Garden as your base.<br /> - Drupal's features and major add-ons. What's possible in Drupal and how would you go about defining it.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-session-day"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Day:&nbsp;</div> Day 3 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Jeff Noyes is an interaction designer with Acquia where he facilitates the design efforts of Acquia.com and Acquia Gardens. During lulls, you can find him lingering around IRC trying to help improve the Drupal experience. Jeff has over 14 years in the experience field and has worked for major brands like Coca Cola, Fidelity Investments, Bank of America, Freightliner, John Deere, Nestle, etc. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/you-dont-know-what-you-dont-know-how-design-drupal" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/you-dont-know-what-you-dont-know-how-design-drupal#comments designers interaction design theming Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:29:11 +0000 jeffnoyes 1142 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org How to Be a Design Rockstar in Drupal: Topics and Techniques http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/how-be-design-rockstar-drupal-topics-and-techniques <p>We balk at some of the more uninspired themes seen in everyday Drupal sites. Some sites we can't stand, and some contrib themes we want to bury alive. If you've ever found yourself at a loss as to how designers harness their creativity to produce exceptional designs, this is for you.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> A freelance Drupal designer with creative experience stretching back to 2001, Preston So specializes primarily in design and consulting in accessibility and usability. Since 2004 he has operated a studio out of Colorado Springs. Preston presented at DrupalCon DC 2009 and manages the Southern Colorado User Group. He&#039;s 17 and a rising high school senior. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/how-be-design-rockstar-drupal-topics-and-techniques" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/how-be-design-rockstar-drupal-topics-and-techniques#comments design rockstar theme theming user experience Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:29:01 +0000 prestonso 1121 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org Drupal Theming for Flash Interactive Sites http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/drupal-theming-flash-interactive-sites <p>Would you like to create Flash websites and allow your clients manage the content of their websites without breaking what you've created, and without you having to do it for them? This session takes you through the basics concepts of theming Drupal in a way that will save both you and your clients a lot of time and headaches.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Jason is a Drupal themer and front-end developer. He has spent the last decade doing design, web development and programming for the automotive and advertising industries in Metro Detroit. He has combined his experience in front-end web standards, Flash animations and Drupal to create some beautiful, interactive sites using Flash and Drupal. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/drupal-theming-flash-interactive-sites" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/drupal-theming-flash-interactive-sites#comments candidate-for-bof flash theming Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:42:44 +0000 jasonrsavino 1080 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org All youre (x)html(5) are belong to us! http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/all-youre-xhtml5-are-belong-us <p>Drupal comes with a lot(!) of predefined markup &amp; css.<br /> Modules are adding styles and markup to the themes and so themers have limited control over whats going on inside the theme - that works well for some themers - others not so much.. or to put in other words:</p> <p>"WTF does all this <em>bib</em> markup do in my <em>bib</em> site - aaargh for <em>bib</em> sake, Gimme lean mean mother <em>bib</em> 'ing markup"</p> <p>The Mothership is a theme thats build in the opposite way normal drupal practice: clean out "useless" markup &amp; remove classes that clutters op what should be beautiful source.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> mortendk is a markup loving design geek straight outta copenhagen who loves all finer things in life: Drupal, Rock n Roll, bulldogs, CSS, the GF, XHTML, beer tasting, metal \m/, &amp; nerdy stuff (miniature painting!) and fiddling with themes Runs a one man theming army shop: geek Röyale Been involved with the D. since 4.7 - and still loves it, even that he whines abit about the lack of designers in the D. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/all-youre-xhtml5-are-belong-us" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/all-youre-xhtml5-are-belong-us#comments markupmarine theming Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:10:43 +0000 mortendk 1024 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org Kill your programmer - Easy Installing Drupal modules and themes in D7 http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/kill-your-programmer-easy-installing-drupal-modules-and-themes-d7 <p>I just want a website.<br /> <strong> Why the hell not?</strong></p> <p>I heard that Drupal does everything you want and more<br /> <strong> Of course it does </strong></p> <p>I heard that it was free<br /> <strong> Like beer </strong></p> <p>I heard it was easy to set it up yourself<br /> <strong> Sure... </strong></p> <p>I can add on all kinds of free themes and modules that do anything from mapping your house to doing your taxes<br /> <strong> Yeah! 2500 and counting! </strong></p> <p>Anyone can install new modules! and update them when they change</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> I am a Principal Engineer for Acquia. I mostly work on Acquia Search, I&#039;m also an American expat living in New Delhi. I will write more, when I have more time. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/kill-your-programmer-easy-installing-drupal-modules-and-themes-d7" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/kill-your-programmer-easy-installing-drupal-modules-and-themes-d7#comments modules theming usability Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:09:08 +0000 JacobSingh 858 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org Accelerated grid theming using NineSixty http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/accelerated-grid-theming-using-ninesixty <p>This session will be co-presented by <a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/drupal-users/todd-nienkerk">Todd Nienkerk of Four Kitchens</a>.</p> <p>Finding the proper starting point for a theme is a long drawn out process for any themer. We struggle with either maintaining our own base theme, starting from Garland, creating a <a href="http://drupal.org/project/zen">Zen</a> sub-theme, or just writing something from scratch.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Jake is an engineer/themer with CommonPlaces E-Solutions, currently busy with various theming projects, and maintaining and creating several contributed modules. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-co-presenters"> <div class="field-label">Co presenters:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/drupal-users/todd-nienkerk" title="View user profile.">Todd Nienkerk</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/accelerated-grid-theming-using-ninesixty" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/accelerated-grid-theming-using-ninesixty#comments 960gs ninesixty theming Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:34:10 +0000 himerus 695 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org Wham! Pow! Boof! Drupal as a Graphic Novel! http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/wham-pow-boof-drupal-graphic-novel <p>Started as an 'prove it by doing it' challenge concept in design for presenting in a session at Design4Drupal Boston in June, ComicPlaces is now intended to become an installation profile and theme, to allow anyone to easily use Drupal for Web Comic publishing (or photo blogging, or any other visually focused content management), as well as an good example of 'This does not look like a Drupal site!' to help inspire others to push the envelope of Drupal theming to new heights.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Seth Cohn has been working with Drupal for over 4 years, and is a Senior Engineer with CommonPlaces. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/wham-pow-boof-drupal-graphic-novel" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/wham-pow-boof-drupal-graphic-novel#comments favorite-of-the-king theming Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:01:20 +0000 sethcohn 635 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org Stump the Themer Challenge http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/stump-themer-challenge <p>Got a difficult theming problem you can't solve? Can't get Drupal to look how you want it to? Need to get that bit of content over the there and to look like this?</p> <p>Throw us your most difficult theming questions and win prizes if you can stump us.</p> <p>A panel of advanced drupal themers from the community will attempt to answer live questions from the floor, twitter and IRC and solve them in real time. Example code solutions will be coded live if appropriate and possible.</p> <p>You can win a prize by asking a question that none of the panelists can provide a useful answer for!</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-session-day"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Day:&nbsp;</div> Day 4 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Bevan is a Drupal themer and engineer at CivicActions. More panelists are needed. Please contact Bevan if you are interested: http://drupal.org/user/49989/contact </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/stump-themer-challenge" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/stump-themer-challenge#comments code-sprint theming Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:56:01 +0000 Bevan 588 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org