Drupal Themes Online Class

April 16th, 2010 lvs Posted in In The Spotlight | No Comments »

Drupal Themes Drupal is a free and open source Content Management System written in PHP. With Drupal you can create a simple personal homepage, a company website, a blog, an ecommerce site, etc. Themes play a key role in the Drupal system. The theme is the most significant piece of your Drupal installation. It is responsible for your visitor’s first impression of the site.

The Drupal Themes Online Class is designed to take you through the development of your own Drupal themes. You will be setting up your own design environment on your personal computers. We will examine the Drupal System and the files that make up a Drupal theme. In this online class you will learn how to make a subtheme of an original theme, use a starter theme and style it to suit your needs, and build your own theme from scratch.

When you finish this online course you will be able to use your design environment for future projects and have a few new themes that you have designed for use on your website.

Lesson 1

  • What is a Theme?
  • The Drupal System
  • The Drupal Theme Engine

 Lesson 2

  • Setting up the Design Environment
  • Installing Themes
  • Using the Administration Area
Lesson 3

  • The PHP Template Engine
  • Theme Files
  • Placeholders and Regions

 Lesson 4

  • All About Sub-themes
  • Building Sub-themes
Lesson 5

  • All About Starter Themes
  • Styling Starter Themes

 Lesson 6

  • Building your own Themes

The Drupal Themes Online Class is instructed by Yvonne Zaborac. Yvonne loves web design and creating graphics. She is currently working as an Application Programmer at a minor university in Illinois. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems with a major in Computer Science. She also has an Associate’s degree in Computer Networking, a Web Developer certificate, and a Web Administrator certificate.

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