Tag Archives: Drupal Theme

Drupal 7 – Customize region template file for specific content type

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We can add preprocess function for regions such that we can add customization before rendering the region template file(.tpl.php).
Drupal 7 – Check if the current loading page is the node view page of a specific content type

Sometimes we may even want edit the template file(.tpl.php) for specific content such as a content type node view. In Omega theme, there are different regions and by default they will use the following template files.

<drupal>sites/all/themes/omega/omega/templates

  • region--branding.tpl.php
  • region--content.tpl.php
  • region--menu.tpl.php
  • region--sidebar_first.tpl.php
  • region--sidebar_second.tpl.php
  • region.tpl.php

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Drupal 7 – Disable certain regions by conditions using Context and Delta

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We have talked about how to disable certain regions using the Context module.
Drupal 7 – Disable certain regions by conditions using Context

But seems that it may not work for certain themes and regions. Luckily, there is another module called Delta which could be served as an alternative. Delta not only could disable the region but it could alter any theme settings for specific context condition. Let’s take a look now.
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Drupal 7 – Disable certain regions by conditions using Context

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Context could help you to manage the layout. In the past, i would use the Page manager of Chaos Tool Suite and Panels to control the layout but now i have completely move to the Context module. You can decide which regions should be hidden.

However, i found that it may not work for certain regions and so i raise it in the Context project page. I will keep my eyes on it.
Context – Disable regions
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Drupal 7 – Styling checkbox and radio button in Webform

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Yesterday we talked about styling the checkbox and radio button as suggested by Ryan Fait.
Styling checkbox and radio button with CSS and Javascript

Here is a simple solution for applying the checkbox and radio button in Drupal 7 webform.

1. Upload the radio.png, checkbox.png and select.png to your subtheme. (Omega subtheme is used in this example.)
Radio Button   Checkbox   Selection list
 
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Drupal – Theme node template by module

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Suppose we have a content type called Silly Question. We can theme the node template by adding the node-silly_question.tpl.php in the theme folder. But if we are working on a module, we should ask Drupal to read the .tpl.php in our module folder first because we shouldn’t ask the module user to copy the .tpl.php from our module folder to their theme folder.
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Drupal – Introduction to Drupal Theming @ 3

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Drupal – Introduction to Drupal Theming @ 1
Drupal – Introduction to Drupal Theming @ 2

So we could now use a .tpl.php for our customized content. The last thing i would like to mention is about the preprocess function.

Suppose i want to load a node content on the .tpl.php, we can either include the node as an arguments when calling the theme function like. Continue reading →

Drupal – Introduction to Drupal Theming @ 2

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Yesterday we have talked about the simplest way to theme Drupal content
Drupal – Introduction to Drupal Theming @ 1

But this is not a very good approach because printing inline HTML/PHP inside the theme function is not a good programming practice. This time, i want to create a .tpl.php for the block so we could separate the backend and frontend coding.

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