All your HTML are Belong to us #2.5 Revenge of the Markup

All your HTML are Belong to us #2.5 Revenge of the Markup

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Drupal comes with a lot(!) of predefined markup & css.
Modules are adding styles and markup to the themes and so themers have limited control over whats going on inside the theme - that works well for some themers - others not so much.. or to put in other words:

"WTF does all this bib markup do in my bib site - aaargh for >>--bib--<< sake, Gimme lean mean mother >>--bib--<< 'ing markup"

This session is all about controlling and cleaning up the markup.
So the theme dont have to be build upan a markup that modules have defined - and when to understand that it makes sense to use the markup that drupal provides.

A lot of these methods can be combined into your own starter theme, that can be used as a platform for all your own custom build html,css & js (and general markup fun)

prelude

1. Why even bother about the markup?
   its just html (!) ... cause we dont need to do ie6 anymore (and santa is real)

• Why design and markup and css is a hot threesome, but getting to choose whos gonna be there is crusial
• Why Developers are spawns of evil - and themers are heros that will safe the day + get the prince / princess (of your own chooosing)
• woudnt it be wonderfull if theming were just like writing html

You put the X in sex

1. Understanding why drupal theming is like it is. and not like you think it is

* How to kiss your developer on the first date.
* understanding what it is drupal is really doing, and why its messing with the markup ...and why you should stop crying!

Among the Theming

1. CCK

* no more divitis
* when to cut the crap and when not to.

Views were made for loving you

1. Views 2

* Win & losses. when you should be accepting the drupal way (and when take your own)
* How to be a views rockstar rocking the tiplphips, without getting hurt

Can I play with panels

1. Panels 3

* Uuuuuh mamma! control panels by 2 lines of code
* doing almost whatever you wanna do

Master of templates

1. Subtheming and öwesome tools

* Inheritance - subtheming ftw!
* why you shold stop crying over spilled html (and css)
* * Take out the crap! - Dude I didnt ask for that class so get it outta my markup RFN!
* Why the mothership the is pretty goddamn awesome, but dosnt really do anything!

• HTML5 so is that hard to implement?

Disclaimer: there will be no half naked danes in this session, but we do take request.

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