Summary

We started this chapter looking at how to find and install themes and we ended by trying to extract as much as we could from the default system. Given the flexibility of the system it is perhaps not surprising that a number of people work exclusively from the default themes. The Fluid Carbon example in this chapter shows that you can extract quite a bit from the basic set up.

As you will see in the chapters ahead, the techniques we covered in this chapter are just the beginning of what you can do with Drupal themes. Nonetheless, the configuration principles in this chapter, particularly as they relate to the use of Modules and Blocks and the control of visibility settings, are important for all theme work. We will come back to some of these points when we get more into heavy customization and building custom themes, in the chapters that follow.