Dissecting the Drupal Page

Each time you look at a Web page you quickly asses each of the major parts of the page and decide which part is most relevant to your current needs. Looking for an article? You'll skip the navigation. Looking for an article you read a while ago? You may look for the search box or a link to the "Archives." Each time you make an assessment of a page you are also breaking a page into Drupal's template files and variables. Even though most people who use the Web regularly perform this task hundreds of times in a week lots of folks still find it difficult and frustrating to locate the template files and variables they need to make Drupal look pretty.

If this sounds like you, it's time to learn how to see Drupal Template Variables everywhere you look. This simple tutorial breaks apart two Web sites and shows one way to build them back up again using Drupal.