By bernar on

Hi everybody,

I'm new to Drupal. I've decided I want to use it for my new website and I'm learning to theme now. I'm watching a video course but they don't tell if I should create an HTML/CSS layout first. I'm used to create layouts for every website I create using Wordpress, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to do the same with Drupal or if it's going to be a waste of time.

The website is pretty simple and elegant: "Do you recommend me to create an HTML/CSS layout before theming in Drupal 7?"

⋅ Categories: Drupal 7.x

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BlackyWhoElse’s picture

BlackyWhoElse commented

I just make my design in PS and create then the layout for Drupal.

bernar’s picture

bernar commented

I supose that means "yes"

imranweb’s picture

imranweb commented

Are you talking about theme development?
If yes, then you need to understand how Drupal theme works.
e.g. pages, regions, blocks, nodes, etc

I recommend you to go through the http://drupal.org/documentation/theme to get the detailed insight.

-Imran

bernar’s picture

bernar commented

Yes, I'm talking about theme development. I'm watching a video course that explains what you say but I'm not sure if I should write the HTML/CSS before or jump into Drupal directly and do all the work there.

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

Personally I do not make a separate html/css layout. I prefer to start with one of the contributed themes, there are a number of them that are meant to be used as starter themes from which you create a sub-theme.

bernar’s picture

bernar commented

That's great. What about developing a theme from scratch? I guess it's a good idea to write the HTML/CSS before.

bernar’s picture

bernar commented

Thanks, I've decided to watch the entire lynda video series and then write the different pages in HTML/CSS so I get an idea of how it's going to look like before theming in Drupal.