We begin this chapter with a recipe on using the highly popular Zen starter theme, which takes much of the pain out of Drupal theme development as it does much of the theme developer's groundwork, allowing you to jump straight in. After seeing how to create a Zen sub-theme we then look at how we can override the HTML output of a content type by creating template files within the theme. We then have a recipe on creating a "bare-bones" theme where we see how to create a very basic Drupal theme completely from scratch.
The proliferation of mobile devices has seen a rise in the demand for mobile-optimized sites. In the recipe, Using the Mobile tools module, we will learn how to implement the module that will determine the type of device accessing the site, and respond accordingly by serving an appropriate theme. We then have a recipe on installing an off-the-shelf mobile theme that is optimized for mobile and tablet devices.
We finish this chapter with a recipe describing how to optimize...