Drupal 6 theming cookbook : over 100 clear, step-by-step recipes to create powerful, great-looking Drupal themes / Karthik Kumar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kumar, Karthik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drupal (Computer file)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Drupal (Computer file).

Web site development.

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Cascading style sheets.

Open source software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Drupal six theming cookbook

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over 100 clear step-by-step recipes to create powerful, great-looking Drupal themes

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Drupal Theme Basics; Introduction; Installing and enabling a theme; Uploading a new logo; Uploading a new favicon; Adding a slogan to the theme; Allowing users to choose from; multiple themes; Displaying a different theme for; administration; Adding an existing block to the theme; Adding a custom block to the theme; Displaying a block only on the front page; Controlling block visibility based on; user role; Controlling block visibility based on; node type; Chapter 2: Beyond the Basics

IntroductionUnderstanding the anatomy of a theme; Creating a sub-theme based on a; core theme; Overriding base theme elements in a; sub-theme; Changing the screenshot image of a theme; Including a CSS file in a theme; Enabling CSS optimization; Creating the mysite module to hold; our tweaks; Adding a CSS file from a module; Displaying a different theme for each; day of the week; Creating a fresh look using the color module; Chapter 3: Custom Themes and Zen; Introduction; Clearing the theme registry; Creating a theme from scratch; Creating myzen, a Zen-based theme

Choosing a CSS layout for myzenOverriding Zen template files with myzen; Adding a custom region to myzen; Adding a background image to the theme; Adding a conditional stylesheet in Zen; Modifying myzen's theme settings; Chapter 4: Templating Basics; Introduction; Changing the layout of a page using; page.tpl.php; Customizing the appearance of a; particular node type; Customizing the appearance of a; specific node; Theming made easy using the Devel module; Theme overrides using the Theme; developer module; Listing all available variables in a; template file; Displaying the profile name instead

of a usernameStyling the site maintenance page; Chapter 5: Development and Debugging Tools; Introduction; Finding the right function to use to theme; an object; Analyzing variables using the Devel module; Generating sample content using the; Devel generate module; Resetting the default theme manually; Live preview with Web Developer; Validating HTML and CSS using Web; Developer; Turning off JavaScript in the browser; Disabling CSS in the browser; Inspecting elements and debugging; CSS using Firebug; Diagnostic logging of JavaScript; using Firebug; Chapter 6: Advanced Templating; Introduction

Adding a variable to all node templatesDeleting a variable from the page template; Adding a custom theme setting; Hiding all regions on a page; Displaying the last updated date; instead of the submitted date; Module-based variable manipulation; Optimizing using hook_preprocess(); Displaying the date field in calendar form; Chapter 7: JavaScript in Themes; Introduction; Including JavaScript files from a theme; Including a JavaScript file only for; certain pages; Giving the username textfield keyboard; focus; Exporting a variable from PHP to JavaScript

Adding default text to the search textfield

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612905094

9781282905092

1282905090

9781847198693

1847198694

OCLC:

797915385