By matty2470 on

Before I go into my major project, I need to check out the design implications of going with drupal. It seems to be an issue.

With Mambo I can do what what I want design wise.

The same with Drupal? The sites I have seen, examples have seemed to be a little samey.

WHat is drupal like for design, honestly?

Thanks

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cog.rusty’s picture

cog.rusty commented

The Onion, for one, looks a bit different from most drupal sites, which means that it is possible.

http://www.theonion.com

To be honest, this kind of design in Drupal requires heavy customisation, not only to the css and template files but also in php code. You won't get anything like Mambo's "positions" out of the box. You will get modules and code snippets to help you assemble your design.

I believe that if you are only a designer you can't do what The Onion did, not without a lot of coding assistance. However, you can add multicolumn slices here and there by using a module such as Dashboard.

Drupal's power is mostly elsewhere. It lets you organize your content and your access control with a flexibility which simply does not exist in most other CMSs. If page layout is your main concern, go with Mambo and its "positions".

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sepeck commented

Samey how? 2/3 column design is the easiest and documented across everything. You can put anything anywhere pretty much. DOing unique original designs is harder.

Check here: http://drupal.org/handbook/drupal/gallery
Also http://www.zimmertwins.com is one not there.

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