4 Yay! You opened the correct file first. The first thing that people notice when
5 they download the Zen theme is that there are A LOT of files -- way more than
8 Don't worry! You don't need to learn everything all at once in order to make a
9 drupal theme. Zen will do the bits you haven't learned and patiently wait for
10 you to discover the documentation and inline comments about them.
17 If you don't know how to install a Drupal theme, there is a quick primer later
21 See the STARTERKIT/README.txt file for full instructions.
24 Your sub-theme's .info file holds the basic information about your theme that
25 Drupal needs to know: its name, description, features, template regions, CSS
26 files, and JavaScript. Don't worry about all these lines just yet.
29 Once you have created your sub-theme, look at the README.txt in your
30 sub-theme's css folder.
33 Now take a look at the README.txt in your sub-theme's templates folder.
39 Full documentation on the Zen theme can be found in Drupal's Handbook:
40 http://drupal.org/node/193318
42 Excellent documentation on Drupal theming can be found in the Theme Guide:
43 http://drupal.org/theme-guide
49 1. Download Zen from http://drupal.org/project/zen
51 2. Unpack the downloaded file, take the entire zen folder and place it in your
52 Drupal installation under one of the following locations:
54 making it available to the default Drupal site and to all Drupal sites
55 in a multi-site configuration
57 making it available to only the default Drupal site
58 sites/example.com/themes
59 making it available to only the example.com site if there is a
60 sites/example.com/settings.php configuration file
62 Please note: you will need to create the "theme" folder under "sites/all/"
65 For more information about acceptable theme installation directories, read
66 the sites/default/default.settings.php file in your Drupal installation.
68 3. Log in as an administrator on your Drupal site and go to Administer > Site
69 building > Themes (admin/build/themes). You will see the Zen theme there
70 with links on how to create your own sub-theme. You can optionally make Zen
73 4. Now build your own sub-theme by reading the STARTERKIT/README.txt file.