Getting your site not to look like drupal
Session Description
Have you ever visited a website that immediately appeared to be made with Drupal? There’s of course the multitude of blogs with a minimally modified Garland or Bluemarine theme, but even beyond the obvious, there are many signs that give users a feeling of déjà-vu. It’s not that there is anything wrong with Drupal, but sometimes you really need to make your website stand out and there are two things you need to have: an original design and original functionality.
There is no magic recipe for a successful website; what we are going to show you is how themers and developers can work together to make a website look and behave the way you (or your client) wants it to. All of this is done in a clean way through the many interfaces that Drupal provides, we won’t modify existing modules, so we’ll keep the full benefits of a clear update path as well as community support.
Session Presenter:
Florian Loretan
Presenter Info
I have used Drupal for the past two years to build websites and online applications for small companies and non-profit organisations, using a variety of contributed and custom modules and themes. I do all of my work with open-source software, so using Drupal was really a logical choice for me.
I moved to San Diego in August 2007 to work as a full time drupal developer for Achieve Internet.
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My notes
Mon, 11/05/2007 - 15:57 — smokinggoatHere’s a dump of my notes from this session – some repeat with my previous “clean CSS” post:
Drupal Theming
Use a theme that has 0 styles
All design images should be background images
(Good for mobile porting)
Clean / empty themes (my research, not from the presentation)?
Drupal Theming Links
Sat, 11/03/2007 - 11:07 — smokinggoatThis is my compilation of links that came up during the “Getting your site to no look like Drupal”
Unstyled or near-blank themes:
(Also, see the basic layout chart for Zen: http://drupal.org/node/122550#comment-227903 )