Well PHP is not my "first language" either, but the Drupal project just impressed the hell out of me a little over a year ago. I am still learning the API's but there is a ridiculous amount of power even before you get into any development. <div>
<br></div><div>I had to learn to theme for myself right out of the gate. Zen has def been the ticket for me.<div><div><br clear="all">Ryan LeTulle<br><br><a href="http://www.bayousoft.com" target="_blank">bayousoft.com</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:49 PM, shawn wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="http://ag4ve.us">ag4ve.us</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
ok, i've downloaded zenophile and i'll check it out. i also found some drupal document on creating my own themes (seems pretty self explanatory - <a href="http://drupal.org/node/226507" target="_blank">http://drupal.org/node/226507</a>).<br>
<br>just for the record, i am brand new to drupal and i don't really like php (namely because i read about issues with php updates not being backward compatible - something i've learned to be true in my short time with drupal). that said, drupal seemed to be the most mature, flexible, open source cms - so i use that. i am comfortable with linux, mysql, perl, etc. i'm not too familiar with js or dhtml.<br>
<br>so, i don't have that good of grasp of how exactly things in drupal work but i know the underlying systems. <br><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Ryan LeTulle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bayousoft@gmail.com" target="_blank">bayousoft@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">I love Zen. I use the Zenophile module to create sub-themes fast.<div><br clear="all">Ryan LeTulle<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:04 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajohnson@ecotropolis.com" target="_blank">ajohnson@ecotropolis.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
I agree with Chris's answer that you need to use a sub-theme. That is<br>
definitely the real solution. I also stick with Zen most of the time. It<br>
has a 3-column fixed or fluid layout, and takes care of most issues you<br>
would run into.<br>
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I had assumed that you were a newer Drupal user, and figuring out a theme<br>
can be daunting. If you're up for it though, that's what you should do.<br>
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>The solution to the problem of updates is to make a sub theme of some<br>
>other one. It borrows everything from its progenitor except the stuff<br>
>that's overridden.<br>
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