The (PHPTemplate-based) theme that I would like to see in core more than any other is FriendsElectric. This is the only Drupal theme, that I know of, that uses a tableless CSS layout, and that fully validates as XHTML. All of the themes currently in core use a table-based layout, and I don't think that this helps at all, if we're trying to give Drupal an image of being a modern and standards-compliant web platform. FriendsElectric also looks really good - better than most of the current core themes, IMO. It does use a 'bazillion' of small images to do this, but they're all part of the CSS, rather than the XHTML, so this is not a huge problem. Jaza. On 5/2/05, Dries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net> wrote:
- What PHPTemplate-based theme should we ship with core? Should we port either Bluemarine or Pushbutton to PHPTemplate or should we go with fresh themes? My requirements for such theme would be: 1. The theme must validate as XHTML. 2. The theme's CSS classes/IDs must comply Drupal's naming conventions. 3. The theme should work on all browsers without hacks. 4. The theme should be simple and easy to customize. No themes with a bazillion of small images that no one will ever change.
-- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/