I've built themes for both (about 10 for Joomla and 3 for Drupal.) I am partial to Drupal in general but I've found Joomla themes easier to build and more flexible. My process is to use a photoshop document created by the designer (or create one if I'm designing, which I try not to do because I'm not very good at it) and use that to build the XHTML structure and the style definitions for everything that appears on the site (and common tags). With Joomla (more than Drupal, I think) it is not-terribly-difficult to modify a theme that has the structure you want by changing it's CSS and images. That is definitely the way to go the first time or two. There is is some PHP involved (and a line or two added to the XML if you change the structure) but the cut-and-paste kind.
Diana Rob Pennington wrote: > Thanks folks - Joomla and Drupal look pretty interesting. Does anyone > have experience building templates from either? > > >From researching, it looks like templates for drupal may be a bit > simpler. > > From reviewing their samples and users, I'm just concerned for what we > need it might all be a bit to elaborate. > > Cheers, > > Rob > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Diana <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Agreed. But I suspect it is a smaller task than developing a custom > template that holds up to editing content in Dreamweaver and > integrates > with an open-source product gallery. > > Diana > > Keith Aric Hall wrote: > > Note: building custom templates for Drupal or Joomla may not be a > > small task. > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Keith Aric Hall > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > Agreed. Joomla, Drupal or even Wordpress. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Diana <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > wrote: > > > > > > Rob, > > > > Have you considered using a CMS as the foundation of your > > site, like > > Joomla, for example? That would make adding content, > pictures > > etc easy > > and once you find a designer to create the template, the > > design will > > apply itself to your content. > > > > Diana > > > > Rob Pennington wrote: > > > I am looking for some assistance in developing a > website for > > a local > > > artist group and wanted to see if any of you might be > > interested in > > > assisting. > > > > > > I am the business manager for a small, local, textile > screen > > printing > > > team on the side. We are working on developing a website > > for the > > > business - we are in the conceptual stages, but ideally we > > are looking > > > to have a classy, orginal design that has an rss feed > on the > > main > > > page, a option to sign up for a mailing list, a gallery > > which links > > > back to paypal to purchase items. We should be able > to use > > a lot of > > > free tools for this, but the design is what is important. > > > > > > I will be managing the site and have the skills to > maintain, > > update > > > and manage the website, but need assistance with creating > > the basis > > > for the site (a template if you will). It would be > perfect > > to have > > > some sort of design template that we can use to add > information, > > > pictures, content, etc. via Dreamweaver. > > > > > > We have an extremely limited budget for this, so I > wanted to > > see if > > > anyone might be interested in discussing design and cost > > with me to > > > see if we might be able to work together! > > > > > > Thank you for any assistance you might be able to provide! > > We do not > > > want a cookie cutter, pre-fabbed design. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Keith Aric Hall > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Keith Aric Hall > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin/web/refresh-austins-job-posting-guidelines. We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
