It depends on your design. I tend to prefer creating my own perfect markup and CSS. Then I change the name of the HTML file to page.tpl.php and add in the variables. If I do use Zen, I create my own page.tpl.php the same way.
If you start a theme from scratch, check out the Anatomy of a theme documentation (http://drupal.org/node/171194).
And this might be more than you were asking about... But the minimum required for a theme is an .info file (http://drupal.org/node/171205) and a CSS file. Themes automatically recognize a style.css. But if you want to add other CSS files, then declare those in the .info file (including any style.css).
-squiggy
Mark Shropshire wrote:
Both methods work and are best depending on the design. It comes down to how close is Zen to what you want to do without a ton of tpl.php changes. Sometimes I have found Zen to be perfect. Other times I use blueprint or completely custom theme.
It is good to try Zen for a real project so you can get a feel for it.
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On Oct 24, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Tony Crockford tonyc@boldfish.co.uk wrote:
I'm new to Drupal Theming, but have solid experience in PSD to HTML/ CSS template creation, in other words I can build the HTML and CSS for a visual, efficiently and quickly.
So my question is is it easier to adapt the Zen theme to a visual design, or is it easier to convert a set of HTML and CSS to a Drupal theme?
or am I asking the wrong question?
What do you do?
TIA
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