In this amazing five-week course you will learn how to transform a Photoshop file (or Illustrator or GIMP) into a Drupal theme. No more relying on programmers. You're now in control. Whether you want to build and sell your own designs, or you're a newly hired designer at a Drupal Web development shop, this course will give you the confidence to transform your imagination into a working Web site.

Topics

In this course participants will:

• Build designs optimized for transformation to Drupal themes using common design software.
• Convert Photoshop files into basic Web templates using a text editor.
• Create and apply a new Drupal theme to a Web site using a text editor and simple Web tools such as FTP.
• Evaluate common base themes and know when to choose between several popular base themes.
• Create a new Drupal theme by extending a base theme.
• Develop common template files (tpl.php) necessary to theme pages and nodes using a text editor.

Who should attend

This course is for designers who know how to make a basic Web site using HTML and CSS and now want to take their skills to include theming.

Class format

Design to Theme in Five will be taught online. Participants will get access to a private course Web site. Every week new assignments will be released and students will be able to work through the material at their own pace. A discussion forum will be available to ask questions and post success stories. Class size is limited. You will get individualized feedback when you ask questions. You do not need to have a fancy computer, or a fast Internet connection to participate in this class.