Build a New PHPTemplate Theme

To create a new PHPTemplate-powered theme, we need to create the following files:

• page.tpl.php

• style.css

We'll also need a directory to hold them, so create a new directory and name it Bluewater; this will be the home directory—and the name—of our new theme.

Testing during theme development is easiest if you have access to a development server. Unlike straight HTML, it is difficult to preview the PHP files. If you have access to a development server, go ahead and place the Bluewater directory into the sites/all/themes directory. Next, copy into that directory a sample logo file we can work with and name it logo.png—the default Drupal logo used in the themes included in the distro will work just fine.

Note

You can grab a copy from any of the default themes in the distro. Typically, the logo can be found inside the theme directory and is named logo.png, for example, themes/garland/logo.png.

Place the directory and basic files for our new theme, Bluewater, inside...