Amanda Luker

Themer / Designer

Amanda Luker is a web designer in Minneapolis, MN. She received her MA in Media Studies from The New School in 2004, and has been making websites for nonprofits, artists, writers, educators and musicians ever since. Most recently she worked as a web developer for the Science Museum of Minnesota, creating sites for Wild Music and Idea Cooperative, among other things.

Amanda is a co-founder of Twin Cities Open Circuit, a technology knowledge-sharing network that hosts open workshops and the soon-to-be Free Geek Twin Cities program. She also loves doing print design, listening to loud music, riding bikes, and volunteering at Arise!, a collectively-run bookstore in Minneapolis.

Volunteering at Free Geek Twin Cities

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Arm yourself with Drupal $body_classes!

A common question I get for theming Drupal sites is how to apply css to specific pages. For example, you might want your background image for your header to change on specific pages. Out of the box, Drupal doesn't give you any class in the HTML that's unique to your node to grab onto. This is... more

Theming the User Login Block

Don't want people to look at your site and immediately know it is Drupal? Theme your user login block! While it isn't always your top priority, customizing the look and feel of the login form helps maintain the integrity... more