<p>Here are some tops I suggest for doing great things w/ drupal themes:<br>
1. Start w/ a base theme. On my main site I use ninesixty. It is a very bland theme that only sets the base styles. Zen is another popular choice. <br>
2. Build your design in a graphical app (I use inkscape but Gimp or PhotoShop are also common), then move to html then make it a theme. This gives you far cleaner code and you just add the features you like. If you use a base theme you may want to take a screenshot of it and use it as the background / onionskin for your design. <br>
3. Professional drupal development by Jon vandyk is a great book. Also check out the developer extension for drupal which has a theme developer mode. You turn it on and it gives your site a firebug like overlay that helps you figure out how to set up your PHP/theme files to get some really awesome customizations. I have a 35% off coupon if you like, but the price on Amazon is already discounted so just get it there. </p>
<p>Matthew Nuzum<br>
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<p><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 3, 2009 7:45 PM, <<a href="mailto:lister@kulish.com">lister@kulish.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>First, thanks all for the firebug tip. That thing works GREAT!<br>
<br>
A special thanks to Kenneth for the direct tips.<br>
<br>
At this point it's mostly fixed up. At least everything is usable.<br>
Only issue is still with the story/blog post preview. Getting some white<br>
fields still. It's ugly but functional. The main body of the preview<br>
has the correct background color now.<br>
<br>
I've been keeping notes on what I changed and why in case there are<br>
unintended consequences.<br>
<br>
Main site: <a href="http://tech.kulish.com/" target="_blank">http://tech.kulish.com/</a><br>
Problem list: <a href="http://tech.kulish.com/content/d4rk-theme-issues" target="_blank">http://tech.kulish.com/content/d4rk-theme-issues</a><br>
<br>
Thanks again for all the suggestions!<br>
<br>
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:55:12 -0600, Kenneth Younger <<a href="mailto:kyounger@gmail.com">kyounger@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
<p><font color="#500050">> Firebug is a terrific suggestion - here is how I personally would fix it
if
> I were you.
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