A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF
THEMES IN DRUPAL 7
CONSALD meeting 11 October 2012
What is Drupal?
• “Drupal is a free software package that allows you to
easily organize, manage and publish your content, with an
endless variety of customization”
• Underlying Drupal is PHP and a database such as
MYSQL
• Many core THEMES and MODULES available.
• Themes can rapidly be modified by CSS stylesheets
What is CSS?
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CSS defines HOW html elements are to be displayed
Sites can make use of multiple style sheets; more
complex css styles can overlay basic css styles
Child elements can “inherit” parent elements—hence the
concept of cascading
Drupal THEMES often make use of CSS
Hence, there are different types of themes—ranging from
BASIC to PREMIERE, etc.
Drupal Themes
• 382 Drupal 7 themes are available (see for yourself!)
• 10 themes already available for Drupal 8!!!
• Drupal 6 accumulated 613 full project themes
• Basic “starting themes” include Zen, Omega, Tao, etc.
• Regular themes include Marinelli, Danland, etc.
• Default themes include Bartik, etc.
• Many themes have subthemes available—Dartik is a dark
version subtheme of Bartik
• Many free themes but also subscription based premiere
themes
For our immediate purposes …
• A well reviewed, well tested Drupal 7 theme
• Works on a variety of platforms—laptops, mobile devices,
ipads, etc.
• Works on a variety of browsers (within reason)
Danland (simple default theme)
• Representative of our current site
• Includes image slideshow or photo slideshow feature on
standard installation, Also includes one subtheme without
slideshow feature.
• Danland demo site
• Gary’s recommendation—a good default theme, but we
could probably do better for our own specific purposes
Corporate Clean (simple corp. ex.)
• Simple clean design
• Clear breadcrumb display
• Corporate Clean demo site
• Not recommended. Overly corporate for us
Sirate (small/medium businesses)
• Clean layout and a lightweight code
• Extends the Nucleus theme
• Sirate demo site
• Not recommended. Overly corporate style
Alphorn
(corporate style)
• “The overall design aim is, not to be complicated, but to
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be sufficiently enough.”
A dark theme available in default, gray or green
Uses responsive design; has modules such as Google
Analytics
Extends Omega base theme
Alphorn demo site
Gary’s recommendation—IF we want a corporate style
theme, this is an excellent choice
Marinelli
• A 3 column, tableless layout theme with a wide image
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banner and a top-tabbed primary-links system
Optional built-in megadropdown menu (only if activated)
Integrated rotating banners system
No longer supports IE6
Live demo of Marinelli
Gary’s recommendation—IF we do plan on substantially
building up the content side of the CONSALD site, this
could be an excellent choice
Touchpro
• Magazine style theme optimized for touchscreen as well
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as desktop devices
Recommended to get a website set up really quickly.
Includes “our famous 5 minute installation” Default
installation is live demo site—can immediately edit, add,
remove blocks for customization
Free premium theme from SooperThemes
Built on underlying base themes of Arctic and Tundra
Demo site for TouchPro
Gary’s recommendation: A good free premium theme.