Hi
   The problem seems to clearly be with the PHPTemplate setup.  I tried a theme, Goofy that did not have a requirement of the PHPTemplate script and that theme was found right away by drupal.  Unfortunately, it didn't seem to appreciably change the site look at all, even when I set the new theme to be the default theme.
Any thoughts, suggestions, etc?
Bruce

Bruce Whealton <brucewhealton@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
   Thanks for the help/support.  I did both of these things.  The PHPTemplates is installed in the directory as described.  Then I put box_grey in the directory in the folder themes/box_grey
But other than the default themes that came with the Drupal installation, I have no other theme options showing up.
Thanks,
Bruce

"Metzler, David" <MetzlerD@evergreen.edu> wrote:
There are some theme installatioin instructions at:
 
http://drupal.org/node/43767
 
Basically, you need to install "Theme Engines" to support specific themes.  PHPTemplate is a theme engine used by many themes such as Box_Grey.  So if you want to use some of the PHPTemplate themes (like box_grey) then you need to first download and install the PHPTemplate theme engine.  Then you download and install a particular theme (like box_grey). 
 
To summarize:
 
1.  Download and untar/zip the PHPTemplate them and put it in the themes/engines folder.
2.  Download the box_grey theme (which happens to use the PHPTemplate theme engine). Untar/zip the theme and place it in the drupal themes folder.
3.  Navigate to Administer themes, and you should see the new box_grey theme as an option.
 
THe second question is a bit more complex, and I'd recommend you looking through the modules list to make sure you find a module that's closest to doing email the way you want to do it prior to trying to encorperate it into a menu.
 
Dave
 
 

From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Whealton
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 2:02 PM
To: support@drupal.org
Subject: [support] Basic help getting started

Hi all,
     While I did get Drupal installed, I am having some startup problems with my first Drupal sites.  I have more than one, as it appears that Drupal is a web application that will be useful for a few different sites.
    One of the first issues deals with themes.  It seems that themes would be much easier to use and setup then things have been for me.  Unfortunately, the themes I check out at: http://drupal.org/project/themes/ when downloaded, do not have a readme or installation instructions file that will tell one what to do.
   Relatedly, the PHPTemplate theme tool said that all one does it upload the expanded zip (actually it was a tar/gz file) and upload it to the themes/engine folder.  Am I supposed to look for something after this is installed?  I had used Fantastico to install Drupal 4.6.4 but thought that PHPTemplate was installed;  I guess I was wrong.
   At the risk of sounding naive, what does one do to use PHPTemplate?  It said that only one file is needed in the particular theme folder such as theme/mytheme
I'm missing something, as I'm still not seeing any additional themes from the default installation.
So, to get started with Themes, and PHPTemplate, I will need to do what?  or start where?
 
The second question deals with menus and Contact forms.  Suppose I want to add a menu item which will present a form for submitting content to two different email addresses.  I know that for a menu item, I first create the new menu and then add that menu as a block.  However, the path t o a contact form to contact some default emails, like editors, is not presenting itself clearly for me.  I'm not finding it, can someone help, please,
Thanks,
Bruce


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