Drupal Layout & Theming (1 day)

Drupal Layout & Theming (1 day)

Learn the basics of Drupal layouts and theming in this one-day course.

By Promet Source

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Wednesday, July 16 · 7am - 2:30pm PDT

Location

Online

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Course Overview

This one-day course is a comprehensive overview of Drupal layout and theming, including best practices for controlling the look and feel of a website and hands-on training for developing a custom theme. Prior knowledge of Drupal site building or completion of the Drupal Site Building course is required.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe and work with Drupal's theme layer.
  • Declare, style, and use custom regions in a theme and theme settings .
  • Apply and utilize Stylesheets and Javascript in a theme.
  • Build a sub-theme from a base theme.

Target Experience Level

This one-day course requires a working knowledge of Drupal site building, HTML, and CSS. Familiarity with Twig templating is a plus. It is best suited for site builders desiring to dig deeper into Drupal theming and backend developers who need an understanding of how theming integrates with backend development.

Course Outline

Layout & Theming

  • Drupal Theming Fundamentals
  • How does Drupal theming work?
  • What are themes?
  • Making a simple theme
  • Working with regions
  • Adding libraries and dependencies
  • Advanced .info.yml options
  • Adding breakpoints

Customizing your theme

  • Anatomy of a theme
  • Coding standards in Drupal
  • Introduction to Twig template files
  • Overrides, available variables, and hooks
  • Adding custom regions
  • Breadcrumbs

Base themes and subtheming

  • Base themes, subthemes, and core themes
  • Using subthemes
  • File inheritance

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Promet Source

Promet Source delivers thought-leading, dynamic solutions to optimize impact and engagement within the ever-evolving digital environment. We help industry-leading companies and mission-driven organizations by unraveling complexities, expanding knowledge, and serving as a powerful source of digital transformation with our consulting and training — all backed by a full slate of strategy, design, development, and support services.

As a leading open source digital agency, Promet Source is dedicated to educating digital professionals to unlock the power, freedom, and accessibility of open source solutions. We are one of the most active Drupal and Acquia training providers in the United States. We stand out with education and training infused with real world experience that only comes from working in the trenches with our clients every day on digital web projects.

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$545