The document summarizes some of the key changes in Drupal 7 theming compared to Drupal 6. Some of the main changes include improved core themes, a new Appearance page for configuring themes, cleaner template files with renamed variables, additional regions and blocks, and a new theme hook suggestion system to allow for more granular theming control. The document also notes that fields, image handling, and preprocess functions remain very similar to Drupal 6.

1. What’s new in
Drupal 7
theming?

2. Who is this guy?
JohnAlbin Just found out yesterday…
me and 19 other people
( Wilkins ) wrote 50% of Drupal 7
Twitter: @johnalbin

3. What’s similar in Drupal 7?
• theme functions, templates, preprocess
functions are almost unchanged.
• Fields in core ~ CCK
• Image fields!
• Images styles ~ Image cache

4. Drupal 6 Core Themes
Themes
That Suck
Garland

5. Crappy-Themes-Be-Gone™

6. What else?
• Appearance page!
• Template cleanup
• Numerous name changes
(like sidebars and menus)
• primary/secondary » main/secondary
• .clear-block » .clearfix
• $left/$right » sidebar_first/sidebar_second

7. What else?
• phptemplate_ prefix is GONE!
• $classes and $classes_array
• theme functions can have preprocess functions
• theme funcations now variables. ONE
parameter, an array of
only have

8. What else?
• More regions, less hard-coded page
variables
• $help
• $search_box
• $mission
• $submitted
• $footer_message
• Holy crap, content is now a block!

9. What else?
• “Template suggestions” are dead.
• Long live “theme hook suggestions”!
• bartik_links() « overrides all “links” styling
• bartik_links__node « just the node ones!
• node--article.php « just articles
• preprocess functions can add:
$variables[‘theme_hook_suggestions][] =
‘node__morten’;
$variables[‘theme_hook_suggestion’] =
‘node__johnalbin’;

10. What else?
• JQuery UI
• html.tpl.php
• Granular theming
• hook_page_alter()

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