Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Drupal 7 Starter Themes

Drupal 7 Starter Themes


Michael J. Ross

There are many ways to create a Drupal theme, but probably the most common general approach is to modify an existing theme -- instead of building one from scratch. In the Drupal world, the phrase starter theme refers to any theme that is intended to be used as a starting point for developing a custom theme. Such starter themes tend to be simple and stripped-down, with no aesthetic styling.

Theoretically, any Drupal theme, even the most complex, could be used as a foundation upon which to build a new theme. But beginning with an existing complex theme would be counterproductive in most cases, because time and effort would be required to remove all of the complexity and styling not desired for the intended final theme -- which could be much of the HTML and CSS code, and would defeat the purpose of choosing that theme in the first place.

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