Online PSD to Theme Class Starts Tomorrow</h1> <article> <h1>Online PSD to Theme Class Starts Tomorrow</h1> <p>emmajane — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:06:28 +0000</p> <p>DrupalCon was last week, but if you want to learn how to convert your designs to Drupal themes, class starts this week. In fact, class starts tomorrow (March 29th). After selling out for my face-to-face workshop (twice), I puckered up my resources and am offering the class ONLINE for 30% less than the face-to-face workshop in Denver. The first webinar kicks off tomorrow, and the recordings will be available to participants online after the class.</p> <p>Best of all? This class includes ONE MONTH of free follow-up support.</p> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/online-psd-theme-class-starts-tomorrow" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>From PSD to Drupal Theme Workshop</h1> <p>emmajane — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:34:17 +0000</p> <p>In 2011, Acquia hosted my very popular session <a href="http://www.acquia.com/resources/acquia-tv/conference/psd-drupal-theme-0">From PSD to Theme</a> as a webinar. 1800 people registered. Eighteen HUNDRED people. And in one of the best response rates I've ever seen for a free webinar, over nine HUNDRED people signed on and watched the session live. An early draft of the slide deck received over twenty nine THOUSAND views <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/AcquiaInc/ps-dto-drupalthemeacquiawebinar101111">on slideshare</a>. And now? There are FOUR. 1..2..3..4..</p> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/psd-drupal-theme-workshop" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Three New Workbooks</h1> <p>emmajane — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:31:36 +0000</p> <p>Just in time for holiday reading, I've released THREE new Drupal workbooks.</p> <dl> <dt><a href="http://designtotheme.com/ebooks/multimedia-and-drupal-7">Multimedia and Drupal 7</a></dt> <dd>Earlier this year two of my good friends asked me to build them a web site for their band, <a href="http://beckonofficial.com">Beckon</a>. This workbook outlines (in great detail...over 70 pages) how I built the features you see on the site and even more features that are still in the works.</dd> </dl> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/three-new-workbooks" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Chain of Pain: Sending new user login info</h1> <p>emmajane — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:20:57 +0000</p> <p>For my new workshop I had to create 200+ accounts. It was enough that I wanted to do it programmatically, but not enough that I wanted to set up <a href="http://drupal.org/project/migrate">Migrate</a>. I opted to use <a href="http://drupal.org/project/feeds">Feeds</a> instead. That turned into a world of pain that went something like this:</p> <ol> </ol> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/chain-pain-sending-new-user-login-info" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Free Guide and Workshop Reminder</h1> <p>emmajane — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:43:53 +0000</p> <p>There's a brief window between where I feel comfortable selling a product that's no longer totally up-to-date and that product becoming totally obsolete. Today I pulled the plug on my best-selling workbook Theming Drupal: A First Timer's Guide and have made it available as a free workbook: <a href="http://designtotheme.com/tutorials/theming-drupal-6-free-guide">Theming Drupal 6</a>. No subscriber wall. No hassles. No worries. No time limits. No interrupting turkey dinner or whatever else you're up to this week/end. That link will be there for you when you're ready.</p> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/free-guide-and-workshop-reminder" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Evaluating Base Themes</h1> <p>emmajane — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:22:49 +0000</p> <p>It’s rare in Drupal that you need to truly build a theme from scratch. It’s also rare that you should use Bartik as the base theme for your site (unless you want to — which is okay too). My three favourite base themes are <a href="http://drupal.org/project/ninesixty">NineSixty</a>, <a href="http://drupal.org/project/zen">Zen</a> and <a href="http://drupal.org/project/fusion">Fusion</a>. I like them for different reasons and each of the three themes only when it’s appropriate.</p> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/evaluating-base-themes" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Seeing Drupal Themes</h1> <p>emmajane — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:18:38 +0000</p> <p>Unfortunately Drupal theming has developed a reputation of being a black art. It isn't. But it is something that takes a little skill and a little practice. I've created a 20ish minute video to show you how I "saw" the original design for the <a href="http://drupal.org/project/domicile">Domicile theme</a> and how I converted that design into a theme.</p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/seeing-drupal-themes" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>New Workshop: Responsive Web Design for Drupal</h1> <p>emmajane — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:30:23 +0000</p> <p>Earlier this week I did a private launch for a brand new workshop and now I am happy to extend the registration to you as well. <a href="http://designtotheme.com/workshops/responsive-web-design-drupal">Responsive Web Design for Drupal</a> is one of the first (if not <em>the</em> first) workshop of its kind that teaches you how to build responsive themes for Drupal 7 sites. This workshop is for freelance web designers whose clients are begging them to create mobile sites ... and for those who are afraid they might be asked.</p> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/new-workshop-responsive-web-design-drupal" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Steps to Building a Drupal Theme</h1> <p>emmajane — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:58:53 +0000</p> <p>Continuing on from yesterday's post on <a href="http://www.designtotheme.com/blog/base-themes">Base Themes for Drupal</a>, let's jump into the process of how I build a theme.</p> <dl> <dt>1. Communicate with your whole team.</dt> <dd>If you're a team of one this is easier, but chances are you have at least a graphic designer, site builder/developer and a client on your team. It's really important to know what's most important to each of these stakeholders. Make sure you know <em>their</em> priorities for the finished theme.</dd> </dl> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/steps-building-drupal-theme" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Base Themes</h1> <p>emmajane — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:11:47 +0000</p> <p>Continuing on from yesterday's post on my <a href="http://www.designtotheme.com/blog/theming-philosophy">Theming Philosophy</a> of building themes that are budget-appropriate, accessible and responsive, let's jump into base themes.</p> <p>Yesterday <a href="http://meganmcdermott.com/">Megan</a> confessed, "I often suspect that there must be something big that I'm missing with base themes. I've just felt a lot better about my process since I stopped trying to use them."</p> <p><a href="http://designtotheme.com/blog/base-themes" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>