[themes] Workflow Question

[squiggy]

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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 24, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Tony Crockford <tonyc at 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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