One of the best ways that we've found to learn Drupal is to look at a finished site. Drupal's out-of-the-box experience doesn't really show its full potential. In our latest Drupal theming videos, we needed to build a complete website in order to provide content to "fill out" the theme being built. Once we finished that site, we thought that video viewers and others might like to be able get access and try it out for themselves. So we've done two things with the code:
- We've uploaded the code and database to http://960robots.lullabot.com to act as a demonstration of the 960 Robots theme the we built in the videos. This is more for people to look at the front end and HTML output. We've disabled commenting and account registrations in order to keep the site in tact.
- We've also bundled up all of the code (modules, core files, etc) along with the database dump and created a installation profile which you can download here and install just like you would install Drupal core.
- UPDATE: We've also made available the original HTML template files with associated javascript & images so that you can follow along with the Theming Basics video.
Is This The Long-Awaited Lullabot Drupal Distribution?
No. While this is a Drupal distribution, it's just a companion for our theming videos. Many new Drupal users will also enjoy being able to install a fully-functioning Drupal site complete with content, custom content-types, views, and custom blocks. It's a great way to get inside of a site and see what makes it work. This code is provided as-is and we don't have plans to keep it updated or supported.
Download it!
Just click the link below, unzip, and install. Having trouble installing? This video should get you going.
Enjoy!