[support] Please help Modal Forms

[Richard Damon]

On 3/11/12 2:08 PM, Tony MAC wrote:
> Isn't one always supposed to create a personal instance of a theme?
> Sorry maybe an ignorant question from a newbie.
> Tony
>
>
> tony mac is building web sites.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Damon <Richard at Damon-Family.org>
> Sender: support-bounces at drupal.org
> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:17:26 
> To: <support at drupal.org>
> Reply-To: support at drupal.org
> Subject: Re: [support] Please help Modal Forms
>
> On 3/11/12 9:55 AM, Gerald Klein wrote:
>> No I didn't use the module at all, I added an iframe to a custom
>> page.tpl.php and used jquery to manipulate it. This wont be effected
>> when I upgrade anything partially because it is not part of a module. 
>>
>> --jerry
> page.tpl.php is part of a theme. If it is part of a standard theme, when
> that theme upgrades, the changes will be lost. If you created a custom
> theme or subtheme then you are safe.
>
Many themes, like Bartik or Garland, are usable "out of the box" for a
basic site, with simple customizations (like changing the logo) through
the control panel. IF you are just doing this, then there is no need to
create a personal instance. If you need to customize it, then you should
create a sub-theme (preferred) or personal copy under a new name to
edit. Note that if you just rename a theme, you should probably still
keep the original theme around (even if disabled) so that Drupal can
check for updates for you to incorporate into your private version. (One
advantage of sub-themes is that unless the change affects a piece that
you changed, the updates to the base theme are reflected automatically
into your sub-theme.

Other themes, like Fusion, Omega, and Zen, are designed as base themes,
with the intent that you will build a sub-theme off of them and not be
used directly, the theme "out of the box" isn't very appealing, but the
theme provides lots of good hooks to add your design to.

-- 
Richard Damon