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https://github.com/barraponto/drupal-xmas-theme

Drupal port of Site5 Xmas Wordpress Theme
https://github.com/barraponto/drupal-xmas-theme

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Drupal port of Site5 Xmas Wordpress Theme

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// $Id: README.txt,v 1.3 2009/11/08 18:28:48 johnalbin Exp $



BUILD YOUR OWN SUB-THEME

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*** 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