[themes] layout: translating wireframe into drupal reality

[brendan]

*Thanks Johan!*
After reading your response, I was able to turn one of my barebones 
xhtml/css layout templates into a drupal theme with mixed results; a 
good learning experience but I'm still a little unclear as to how get 
specific nodes from the content variable into two different columns..  
I've the feeling its something obvious I've just overlooked...  
(probably the custom content type)

Additionally, I stumbled across the SEOPostion theme: ( 
http://drupal.org/node/154312 ) which has a layout similar to my 
wireframe, so i'm going to try using/modifying it.  I've also seen a few 
modules that may be helpful:  views & panels + cck. 

*brendan-*







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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:38:42 +0200
From: "Johan Forngren" <johan at forngren.com>
Subject: Re: [themes] layout: translating wireframe into drupal
	reality
To: "A list for theme developers" <themes at drupal.org>
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On 6/19/07, brendan <hello at fresh-off.com> wrote:

> >
> >  *hello!*
> > *i've got a wireframe/basic layout that i'd like to implement in drupal.
> > *
> > *i have some BASIC php skills, but am quite comfortable with xhtml &
> > advanced CSS.  I'm also in the middle of reading "Pro Drupal Development" -
> > so i'm somewhat familiar with the idea of replacing certain template pages
> > in order to customize the look of specific pages.  (note, i actually haven't
> > DONE that yet... just read about it in the book) - but it seems pretty
> > doable!*
> >
> > i think my site can be broken down into three page types:
> >
> >    1. The Home Page
> >     2. Content Pages
> >    3. Portfolio Pages
> >
> > you can see a wireframe illustration of my homepage here:
> > http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/8/6/18/f_homepagem_68ba209.gif
> >
> > *But, I dont know how to organize all the content types on the front
> > page...
> >
> > Questions:*
> >
> >    1. Should i sent the homepage up as a "story", or as a "page"?
> >
> >
>   
Probably in page.tpl.php. You maybe want to use the frontpage module or
$is_front.



> >    1. Is positioning the blog teaser (right column), and the "image
> >    gallery & caption" (left column) simply a matter of what theme i have
> >    installed?
> >
> >
>   
Yes.



> >    1. Should i create a custom content type for the image gallery &
> >    text description (left column)?
> >
> >
>   
Probably, it can help/speed up theming a lot.



> >    1. Is there some other question i should be asking in regards to how
> >    to carry this out?
> >
> > http://drupal.org/node/509
>   

i have drupal installed at http://drupal.fresh-off.com , but there's not

> > much to see yet.
> >
> > Like others, i'm trying to document my learning process, and hope one day
> > to be able to publish it for others to learn from!
> > Thanks for any help you can give me.  Also, if this question has been
> > answered in the forums (which it likely has) - suggestions on what to search
> > for might be helpful as well!
> >
> > thanks every so much  for reading, and any help you're able to offer!
> >
> > *brendan*
> >
> > <http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/themes>
>   


Good luck with your theme/site!


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