[documentation] Theme developers guide overhaul

Steven Peck speck at blkmtn.org
Wed May 24 03:40:20 UTC 2006


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: documentation-bounces at drupal.org 
> [mailto:documentation-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Kieran Lal
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:38 PM
> To: A list for documentation writers
> Subject: Re: [documentation] Theme developers guide overhaul
> 
> 
> On May 23, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Heine Deelstra wrote:
> 
> > Dear fellow Drupaleers,
> >
> > In my opinion, the theme docs could use some love and attention.  
> > Perhaps a reorganization or even a rewrite.
> > A stronger focus on learning themeing (how do theme functions  
> > work); not too difficult, not too dummy *and* a complete reference  
> > would be a boon.
> >
> > I'm envisioning something like the Forms API quickstart guide  
> > coupled with the Forms API reference.
> >
> > - A proper introduction to theme functions
> > - A list of form_ids and corresponding form would be great for  
> > themers. The list of form_ids is a simple grep -rn 
> drupal_get_form *.
> > - A list of themeable functions, with arguments and a short  
> > description.
> > - Assorted goodies for phptemplate, smarty etc
> >
> > As you can see I haven't thought it through yet. This is were you  
> > come in. Any ideas?
> > I'm also looking for people willing to work on this. It's fairly  
> > large, and I'm not sure whether I can do it all by myself.
> 
> Get an outline and we can start helping to fill it out.
> 
> Kieran

Pretty much what I said in IRC chat ;)

-sp


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