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// $Id: README.txt,v 1.3 2009/11/08 18:28:48 johnalbin Exp $
BUILD YOUR OWN SUB-THEME
------------------------
*** IMPORTANT ***
* In Drupal 6, the theme system caches template files and which theme functions
should be called. What that means is if you add a new theme or preprocess
function to your template.php file or add a new template (.tpl.php) file to
your sub-theme, you will need to rebuild the "theme registry." See
http://drupal.org/node/173880#theme-registry
* Drupal 6 also stores a cache of the data in .info files. If you modify any
lines in your sub-theme's .info file, you MUST refresh Drupal 6's cache by
simply visiting the admin/build/themes page.
The base Zen theme is designed to be easily extended by its sub-themes. You
shouldn't modify any of the CSS or PHP files in the zen/ folder; but instead you
should create a sub-theme of zen which is located in a folder outside of the
root zen/ folder. The examples below assume zen and your sub-theme will be
installed in sites/all/themes/, but any valid theme directory is acceptable
(read the sites/default/default.settings.php for more info.)
Why? To learn why you shouldn't modify any of the files in the zen/ folder,
see http://drupal.org/node/245802
1. Copy the STARTERKIT folder out of the zen/ folder and rename it to be your
new sub-theme. IMPORTANT: Only lowercase letters and underscores should be
used for the name of your sub-theme.
For example, copy the sites/all/themes/zen/STARTERKIT folder and rename it
as sites/all/themes/foo.
Why? Each theme should reside in its own folder. To make it easier to
upgrade Zen, sub-themes should reside in a folder separate from their base
theme.
2. In your new sub-theme folder, rename the STARTERKIT.info.txt file to include
the name of your new sub-theme and remove the ".txt" extension. Then edit
the .info file by editing the name and description field.
For example, rename the foo/STARTERKIT.info file to foo/foo.info. Edit the
foo.info file and change "name = Zen Sub-theme Starter Kit" to "name = Foo"
and "description = Read..." to "description = A Zen sub-theme".
Why? The .info file describes the basic things about your theme: its
name, description, features, template regions, CSS files, and JavaScript
files. See the Drupal 6 Theme Guide for more info:
http://drupal.org/node/171205
Then, visit your site's admin/build/themes to refresh Drupal 6's cache of
.info file data.
3. By default your new sub-theme is using a fixed-width layout. If you want a
liquid layout for your theme, delete the unneeded layout-fixed.css and
layout-fixed-rtl.css files and edit your sub-theme's .info file and replace
the reference to layout-fixed.css with layout-liquid.css.
For example, edit foo/foo.info and change this line:
stylesheets[all][] = css/layout-fixed.css
to:
stylesheets[all][] = css/layout-liquid.css
Why? The "stylesheets" lines in your .info file describe the media type
and path to the CSS file you want to include. The format for these lines
is: stylesheets[MEDIA][] = path/to/file.css
Then, visit your site's admin/build/themes to refresh Drupal 6's cache of
.info file data.
Alternatively, if you are more familiar with a different CSS layout method,
such as Blueprint or 960.gs, you can replace the "css/layout-fixed.css" line
in your .info file with a line pointing at your choice of layout CSS file.
4. Edit the template.php and theme-settings.php files in your sub-theme's
folder; replace ALL occurrences of "STARTERKIT" with the name of your
sub-theme.
For example, edit foo/template.php and foo/theme-settings.php and replace
every occurrence of "STARTERKIT" with "foo".
It is recommended to use a text editing application with search and
"replace all" functionality.
5. Log in as an administrator on your Drupal site and go to Administer > Site
building > Themes (admin/build/themes) and enable your new sub-theme.
Optional:
6. MODIFYING ZEN CORE TEMPLATE FILES:
If you decide you want to modify any of the .tpl.php template files in the
zen folder, copy them to your sub-theme's folder before making any changes.
And then rebuild the theme registry.
For example, copy zen/templates/page.tpl.php to foo/templates/page.tpl.php.
7. THEMEING DRUPAL'S SEARCH FORM:
Copy the search-theme-form.tpl.php template file from the modules/search/
folder and place it in your sub-theme's folder. And then rebuild the theme
registry.
You can find a full list of Drupal templates that you can override in the
templates/README.txt file or http://drupal.org/node/190815
Why? In Drupal 6 theming, if you want to modify a template included by a
module, you should copy the template file from the module's directory to
your sub-theme's directory and then rebuild the theme registry. See the
Drupal 6 Theme Guide for more info: http://drupal.org/node/173880
8. FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF YOUR SUB-THEME:
Discover further ways to extend your sub-theme by reading Zen's
documentation online at:
http://drupal.org/node/193318
and Drupal 6's Theme Guide online at:
http://drupal.org/theme-guide