December 2011
Intermediate to advanced
170 pages
3h 50m
English
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Grids in Theming
There are several base themes available for Drupal that have the 960.gs grid built right into them. You will learn more about two of them, NineSixty (drupal.org/project/ninesixty) and Omega (drupal.org/project/omega) in Chapter 10, Working with Base Themes; however, several base themes are available that incorporate 960.gs in their styles. Two other options available for Drupal 7 are:
- Panels 960gs (drupal.org/project/panels_960gs)
This is an HTML5-based theme that incorporates the 960 grid system with Panels (drupal.org/project/panels), a module that allows you to create customized drag-and-drop layouts for multiple purposes. Panels is a module created by the Earl Miles, the creator of Views. I can’t say I’ve ever used this theme, as I don’t tend to use Panels in my sites; however, for those who use Panels regularly, it seems like a great option.
- Sky (drupal.org/project/sky)
Developed by Jacine Luisi of Gravitek Labs, Sky isn’t so much a base theme as it is a nice, basic theme with sensible defaults. It’s also Color module enabled, which means that you can easily change the default color scheme of the theme in your site’s Appearance settings. I used this theme for a project I worked on in early 2011; while many of the defaults seemed very sensible, I found there were a large number of overrides needed in order to customize it to the level I needed for the project.
Aside from the ones listed, just about any base theme can be adjusted to incorporate the 960 grid system. ...
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