[Cialug] OT: CSS Help

[Kulish, Chris]

That's one thing I've noticed when messing with other people's themes.
More often than not, the code is really ugly.

 

There is also a firebug module for drupal 6.x in the modules section.  I
may download that and try it out.

 

Thanks!

 

From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:35 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: CSS Help

 

Here are some tops I suggest for doing great things w/ drupal themes:
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. 
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. 
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. 

Matthew Nuzum
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	On Nov 3, 2009 7:45 PM, <lister at kulish.com> wrote:
	
	First, thanks all for the firebug tip.  That thing works GREAT!
	
	A special thanks to Kenneth for the direct tips.
	
	At this point it's mostly fixed up.  At least everything is
usable.
	Only issue is still with the story/blog post preview.  Getting
some white
	fields still.  It's ugly but functional.  The main body of the
preview
	has the correct background color now.
	
	I've been keeping notes on what I changed and why in case there
are
	unintended consequences.
	
	Main site: http://tech.kulish.com/
	Problem list: http://tech.kulish.com/content/d4rk-theme-issues
	
	Thanks again for all the suggestions!
	
	On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:55:12 -0600, Kenneth Younger
<kyounger at gmail.com>
	wrote:

	> Firebug is a terrific suggestion - here is how I personally
would fix it if > I were you. > > cha...

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