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Theming Basics For Drupal 7

Learn the fundamentals of building a Drupal 7 site, from installation to launch.

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What you'll learn

Theming Basics for Drupal 7 will provide a solid foundation for translating designs into Drupal themes. You'll learn to work with .info and tpl.php template files, how to add CSS and JavaScript, how to work with the rendering system, how to override templates, create regions, and use the Theme Developer tool. You'll start with the original HTML, CSS and JavaScript template files that were provided by the designer so that you can follow along in translating the design into a Drupal 7 theme. This series will cover the basics of Drupal theming while the more advanced theming topics of working with the template.php file will be covered in the Advanced Theming for Drupal 7 series. These courses pair with each other, and will finish the complete implementation of the 960 Robots theme used in both courses. You can download the completed theme we're building from Drupal.org at https://drupal.org/project/ninesixtyrobots.

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