Lullabot

Come learn how to make your Drupal site not look like a Drupal site!

We'll be working on an example site, implementing a theme from our initial design. We will address how to approach the implementation with Drupal and how those decisions affect our theming tasks.

What will we cover?

• How to approach a Drupal theme
• Creating a theme from a pure HTML/CSS design
• Working with template files
• Overriding theme functions
• Adding custom variables to template files
• The Drupal theme system and how it works
• Advanced overrides with the Drupal theme system
• Tools and techniques for finding bugs and diagnosing errors
• Javascript with jQuery

Who should attend?

• Drupal site administrators who are interesting in learning to tweak the way their site looks and feels
• Web developers interested in how to change Drupal's interface the right way.
• Drupal themers looking to take presentation control to the next level.
• PHP developers interested in tweaking Drupal's interface.
• Web designers or developers interested in making Drupal not look or act like Drupal.

We will be working with Drupal 6, but questions about other Drupal versions are always welcome.

Attendees should be comfortable with HTML, CSS and PHP and have some experience with Drupal. Seating is limited, so register soon.

What Should I Bring?

Bring your laptop in order to get the full benefit of the workshop. Lullabot will provide each participant with free wifi and their own hosted Drupal site to work on during class.

You'll also want to bring your list of things that you're trying to do and have questions about. We're here to help!

Additional Information:

For workshop attendees, the Avalon Hotel has graciously offered a room rate of $149 per night. When you call to make your reservation, please contact Ana Maret amaret@avalonhotelandspa.com and mention that you are with Lullabot.

Each morning will begin with registration and continental breakfast at 9:30am. Classes run from 10am to 5pm.

Attendees will be responsible for their lodging and dinner. Lullabot will provide a light breakfast and lunch with vegetarian options.

Past Attendees Say:

It's the equivalent of taking an art class from Michelangelo. These guys know their stuff.
Jason Crichton, Interactive Director, Elevate Studios

The Lullabot team has done it again, creating a fantastic learning experience with their API workshop. The team explained some really dense material in a clear and easy to understand fashion. Can't wait to create my own modules.
WayGee Ho - Technical Project Mgr, VH1

The approachability of all the Lullabot staff was awesome. It was very easy talk to any one of the Lullabots, and all of them had a ton of knowledge to share.
Tom Friedhof - Active LAMP

Smart, experienced, and friendly. If you like that sort of thing...
Geoff Butterfield, Director of IT - The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Need more information?

If you need help making a decision about attending or have further questions about the class, please contact us here.