Before we start creating a concrete5 theme we need a layout. In this book, we're going to use a simple layout without any pictures to keep the code as short as possible—it's about concrete5 not about HTML and CSS.

If you don't have the time for an exercise, you can use your own layout. With good knowledge of the basic technologies underneath concrete5, you should be able to amend the instructions in this chapter to match your own layout. If you don't feel very comfortable working with PHP you should probably use the printed HTML code in this chapter.

First, a screenshot—this is what the site is going to look like once we've finished our theme:

While this layout isn't very pretty, it has an easy structure: Navigation on top and a big content where we can insert any kind of block we want. If you're using your own layout, try to use one with a simple structure, navigation on top or on the left with one big place for the content, and try to avoid Flash. It is possible to use Flash...