By eviljoker7075 on

Hey I am thinking of editing an existing basic theme, such as 'bluemarine'. And I'd like to know if I'm actually allowed to do this?

Basically I like the general layout of the theme but I do not like the colours/images and some of the content layouts. This is what I will be changing. Is this a good idea?

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VM’s picture

VM commented

you can change any theme you want. It is not good practice to manipulate a theme that you know works properly. In this case bluemarine.

what you should consider is duplicating bluemarines folder naming it "yourcustomtheme" then work on this newly created copy.

you do this to insure you always have one workable theme in drupal, so that if a need arises to double check something from the original you have it, unmanipulated.

It is also highly advised to do this inside a test environment, so that users on the site at the time arent having things manipulated before their very eyes.

there are many tools at your disposal. I've found that using the firefox browser with the webdev addon works wonder for finding necessary css, and making changes on the fly so you can get a good idea of what you are doing.

more information on theme developing can be found here. http://drupal.org/node/509

WillieBHines’s picture

WillieBHines commented

It's a great idea to change your theme. Not because I think anything's wrong with bluemarine but because you're gonna want to get control of things in those files eventually so it's good to get familiar with them. Copy the bluemarine folder, give it a new name and start to fiddle.