| Drupal core consists of Drupal themes and they | | | | XHTML, CSS, and PHP; and collectively build up a |
| contribute toward the aesthetic look and feel of the | | | | Drupal page. Each Drupal theme consists of regions |
| site. The administrator has the option of choosing a | | | | and they define certain areas of a Drupal page |
| theme to suit his purpose via a special menu. You can | | | | structure. Drupal populates these regions with site |
| even change the color schemes of certain themes | | | | content. Each content page will have nodes and |
| through a web browser interface. This unique feature | | | | blocks. Nodes are pages of content, which might be |
| of theme customization adds a higher level for a | | | | articles or blogs and blocks are secondary content |
| non-coder. Dozens of Drupal 6 themes have already | | | | that appear in the left or right bar columns. |
| been released. Also, you can use these professional | | | | Web designers can produce custom templates pages, |
| Drupal themes for free. | | | | nodes, and blocks. By default, Dreamweaver can edit |
| Drupal is a mix of PHP and web standards such as | | | | Drupal theme templates that end with dot tpl dot |
| XHTML and CSS. PHP experts can theme Drupal | | | | php. The default Drupal installation comes with several |
| without even taking the help of templates by just | | | | themes and these themes can be changed from the |
| using Drupal API. Web designers, who have expertise | | | | administration area. Drupal usually keeps its skin in the |
| with markup, can theme Drupal better and faster | | | | theme subfolder. The archived themes in the |
| than developers. There is no need for any custom | | | | SiteGround Drupal themes gallery are compatible with |
| code and that makes the life of web designers much | | | | Drupal 5.x. To install additional themes, you need to |
| simpler. The theme layer simply picks up template | | | | extract the files under the themes subfolder. |
| within a theme folder. The templates are known as | | | | The active Drupal community of developers ensures |
| TPI files and the template file name ends with dot tpl | | | | that there is a steady flow of wide variety of |
| or dot tpl dot php file extensions. | | | | themes for Drupal CMS. You can choose from both |
| Drupal allows simultaneous installation and running of | | | | design ideas and complete themes. You also need to |
| multiple themes for administrators and for site | | | | identify the source of themes and designs and decide |
| members. Drupal themes are collection of styles, | | | | if you would like to work with an existing theme or |
| graphics, and templates. These templates use | | | | convert a design into a theme. |