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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Landing/intro page to themeing and customization… The Drupal approach we all are somewhat familiar with but don't do such a good job on.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A while ago the Customization and theming section got a few new sections that are really good, but they didn’t fit with what I'd thought was going to happen there, so I did nothing to see how things evolved and talked to folks about it. It evolved well and has a ton of useful information and is really better then my original idea, which is a good thing…. It's more of a bits and pieces reference section then a complete how to. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">However it lacks an approach landing page</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">So I am going to ramble here and lets see if we can define it some more. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Installation and Configuration section was focused on the basics so it was relatively easy to organize. It needs some tutorials (installed 'now what') but I haven't seen any from the people who promised them and haven't had the time yet myself.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Drupal out of the box can be a CMS and it's a framework for those with the skills to extend and use it. However, we really don't have an 'Approach to Drupal site customization' page that explains all that. So, I was thinking of a page that kind of gave a brief over view on doing this. An paragraph idea, then a link to one of the PHPTemplate snippets. One on PHP snippets and such. I need to dig up ISA'a posts on HTML snippets so we can get an HTML snippets section for all of us without php skills.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">So, anyone want to take a stab at an outline or a start? I picture this page being the top link and explaining the philosophy of putting together your site.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Also, should I move the site-recites page to the installation and configuration section?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-sp</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Note: This section does need updating </FONT><A HREF="http://drupal.org/node/509"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://drupal.org/node/509</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> but that's sort of an aside.</FONT>
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