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Columns. While it may seem like a good idea to a graphic designer, the idea of newspaper-style columns strikes fear in the hearts of themers everywhere. In particular, you may run into an instance where you need a list view to be A-L in the first column, then M-Z in the second column. I'll walk... more

Here's a beginner-level Drupal CCK/Views site building recipe for creating a nicely filterable Staff page. After making one like this for a recent project in Drupal 6, I was both pleased and annoyed to discover how easy it is to build in Drupal 7, now that fields are in core. I'll show you both... more

"Drupal sites can look any way you want!" Heard this before? While technically true, it doesn’t mean it’s always the best option. If you are a graphic designer creating comps (compositions) for a Drupal site, here are a few DOs and DON'Ts to follow. Not only can they make theme developers happy,... more

Editor's Note: This is the first in an ongoing series about what our team does in their spare time to help good causes. Photo: Amanda and... more

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

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

In the last month, I've been working on a project that requires a very custom look and feel for login/register/adding content forms, and worked what I've learned into a presentation. Now I've got a little running list of tips for whipping Drupal forms into shape. ... more

In my role here at Advomatic, doing Drupal Development, for the last two projects I’ve worked on, I’ve gotten requests for a surprisingly tedious layout that looks a little like this: ... more

Here’s a mini tutorial on applying imagecache presets to user profile pictures. This isn’t hard to do -- a breeze compared to what one had to do in Drupal 5 -- but this write-up might still save someone a little time, I hope! ... more

Jack and I, co-designers/themers at Advomatic, were given no boundaries for our first redesign attempts. "We want to keep the Advodude and Advofont branding, but beyond that I'm open to anything," Adam said. As designers know, the word "anything" is... more