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Time Narration
00:01 Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on Styling a Page using Themes.
00:06 In this tutorial, we will learn about:
  • Introduction to themes
  • Finding themes and
  • Installing a basic theme.
00:16 To record this tutorial, I am using:
  • Ubuntu Linux Operating System
  • Drupal 8 and
  • Firefox Web browser.

You can use any web browser as per your choice.

00:30 As mentioned earlier, a Drupal website can look like anything we want.
00:36 In fact, here are some of the different looks and feels from several Drupal sites.
00:42 Notice that they are completely different.
00:45 This is based on the Theme.
00:48 Themes can make your Drupal site look like anything you want.
00:51 Here are a few things to remember about Themes.
00:55 We can get Themes from a few different places.

We have free Themes at drupal.org which are called Contributed Themes. Or, we can purchase a Theme from a number of different vendors also.

01:11 Or, we can create our own Theme like Artisteer from Artisteer.com i.e. build it from scratch
01:19 Contributed Themes can be found at drupal.org/project/themes.
01:26 Block Regions are all determined by the Theme.
01:29 So, where we can place Blocks on our website, is a part of the theming process.
01:36 If we don't have the right region then its a Theme issue, not a Block issue.
01:42 Let's now understand Themes a little bit more.
01:46 We can get some fantastic free Themes at drupal.org.
01:51 Go to drupal.org/project/themes.
01:56 Let's take a look at some of the Themes that are available for Drupal.
02:01 Recall from our Modules tutorial, we have to filter by the Core compatibility of the Drupal version we're using.
02:10 There are 2205 Themes here. When we click on Drupal 8, this comes down to a smaller number.
02:18 With new theme additions, after this tutorial was recorded, you may see a higher number now.
02:25 Let’s talk about how to find and evaluate Themes.
02:30 This is very similar to Modules.
02:33 We will start here at drupal.org.
02:36 Now, when we filter by Core compatibility, they get automatically sorted by Most Installed.
02:43 Adaptive Theme is number one at this point
02:46 and Bootstrap is number two.
02:50 Let's click on Bootstrap.
02:53 Recall our DMV illustration from the Module tutorial? It’s the same thing here.
02:59 You have to read the documentation first.
03:02 Then check out the Maintainers.
03:05 And look at versions and project informations.
03:08 At the time of recording, this particular Theme is in Drupal 8 x 3.0 alpha 1 version.
03:16 And, there is a development version also.
03:20 Later on, there's going to be a Drupal 8 version of this Theme, up here in the green.
03:27 A Contributed Theme can have several flavors as well. There are 3 different kinds of Themes.
03:34 We can have a very simple Contributed Theme that you can configure to a point.
03:40 We can have Starter Themes like Bootstrap or Zen.
03:46 It will literally give you a blank screen and minor framework, in order to put your own CSS in.
03:52 Or, we can have a Base Theme that is designed to have other Sub-Themes placed on top of it, something like Adaptive Theme..
04:02 But the rules are all the same here.
04:05 Look at the documentation; look at the Maintainers and look at the versions.
04:11 We will install a Contributed Theme now.
04:13 Let’s go to drupal.org/project/zircon.
04:20 Scroll down. This is a nice Theme, that's been developed specifically for Drupal 7 and 8.
04:28 It's not used on many sites.
04:31 We will be using this theme because it is ready for Drupal 8, as of today.
04:37 Let us right-click on tar.gz and copy that link. This is similar to installing Modules. Let’s go back to our site.
04:47 This time click on Appearance and Install new theme.
04:52 Again, same process as with Modules.
04:56 Let us paste that URL and then click Install.
05:00 The Theme is downloaded to our web server, and we are able to now turn it ON.
05:06 Click Install newly added themes.
05:09 Scroll down to the bottom.
05:12 And you'll see Zircon.

"A flexible, recolorable theme with many regions and a responsive mobile first layout".

05:21 Click Install and set as default.
05:25 Now, as we learnt in the intro video-
  • Number one : Installing new Themes doesn't change the content and
  • Number two : We may need to re-position our Blocks.
05:38 Now, let's take a quick look at the settings.
05:42 Click on the word Settings.
05:45 We have the normal TOGGLE DISPLAY in Zircon
05:49 and the shortcut icon.
05:51 Once again, if you want to update the logo- that's under Global settings
05:56 And LOGO IMAGE SETTINGS,
05:59 Click Save
06:02 And then go to our site.
06:04 This is Zircon - a completely flexible, robust, and global friendly Theme for Drupal.
06:11 Let's head over to Structure and Blocks.
06:15 And click on Demonstrate block regions for Zircon.
06:19 We'll see a number of Block regions here.
06:22 A Header region. The Main menu needs to go in the Main menu Block Region because then it gets proper formatting.
06:32 There's a Slideshow region, in case you are using something like View Slideshow.
06:37 A Featured block region,
06:39 Help,

Sidebar First, Sidebar Second, Content,

06:44 Panel First, Panel Second col 1, 2, 3 and 4. And then a Footer region.
06:53 Notice that some of the regions from our default Theme are no longer available.
07:00 Let's take a quick look and see what we need to do here.
07:03 There are a lot of stuff in the Header region. The Footer region to which we had assigned the "Powered by Drupal" block, no longer exists.
07:14 We will put that back into Footer.
07:17 It immediately disappears from the Header.
07:20 Let's take the Status message out of the Header and put it into messages.
07:26 Let's put the Footer menu again, down into Footer.
07:30 We'll leave Search, Site branding and User account menu where they are for now.
07:36 Primary menu is in the wrong spot but let's just take a quick look at that.
07:42 Click Save blocks.
07:44 Go back to our site.
07:47 And we'll see that the Main menu is nowhere to be found. That's because Primary menu doesn't exist in this Theme.
07:55 So, we will take our Main navigation and change that to Main menu.
08:01 Scrolling down.. let's take a quick look.
08:05 In our Content area, we've got the Help block.
08:09 Let us put that in Help.
08:12 Page title, Primary admin actions and Page Tabs are fine.
08:18 Sidebar first, Welcome to Drupalville, Book navigation, Recent Events Added and Tools.
08:26 Let's take the Tools menu and put that inside Sidebar second.

We haven't done this before.

08:34 There are four Panel regions here in which we can place anything we want.
08:39 Now, click Save.
08:41 And let's take a look at what we did.
08:44 This is a lot better now.
08:47 Our menu is properly placed in the Main menu block region.

The CSS is picked up, making it a nice in-line menu, with some shading and some colouring.

08:58 BOOK NAVIGATION, RECENTLY ADDED EVENTS on the left.
09:03 And the TOOLS are on the right, again Sidebar first and Sidebar second.
09:10 And all the content is in the middle.
09:12 A couple of things to point out here.
09:15 We've changed our themes. Everything has changed, except our content.
09:20 We've got new fonts, new font styles, new H3 tags, new Block regions, layouts and a new Footer area.
09:31 But what's not changed is our content and the actual layout of our content.
09:37 To change those, we will need to use Panels or Display fields.

Those are the add-on Modules that we can get from drupal.org.

09:48 Themes are fantastic. Now this is a really simple theme.

There are also some very complex themes that we can get for Drupal.

09:58 You can come back to drupal.org/project/themes. Take a look at some of the Drupal 8 themes that are available.
10:08 Find some themes that you like, install them and play with them.
10:13 This is a great way to learn about how themes impact your site. You may find just the design that you want.
10:21 With this, we come to the end of this tutorial.
10:24 Let us summarize. In this tutorial we have learnt about:
  • Introduction to themes
  • Finding themes and
  • Installing a basic theme.
10:45 This video is adapted from Acquia and OSTraining and revised by the Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay.
10:54 The video at this link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Please download and watch it.
11:00 The Spoken Tutorial Project team conducts workshops and gives certificates. For more details, please write to us.
11:08 Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, Ministry of Human Resource Development and NVLI, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
11: 19 This is Vanessa Varkey, signing off. Thanks for joining.

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