It’s been just over a year since I rolled out the current design of Pixels and Widgets and for the past four weeks, I’ve been itching to tear it down and start all over again. I guess the question that occurs to me is: Why redesign a site that you barely update? I’ve been asking […]
UPDATED: I added some further thoughts on why I think MB Design is being really brave Mark Boulton and his team are the bravest designers I (don’t) know. I personally don’t know, but Mark Boulten & Leisa Reichelt intend to find out. Mark Boulten Design was recently chosen to redesign Drupal.org and to their credit, […]
Frequently, I tag entries referring to Drupal on my web journal with “suckage“. It’s horrible, but the sense of frustration I’ve had with Drupal is greater than I have ever had with any other FLOSS CMS. That being said, there are some things that are really just awesome. Consequently, I’d like to talk about some […]
I have always stood by the adage of using the “right tool for the right job”, and it is clear to me that in this case, Drupal was not the right tool for this site. It was however the right tool for me; using Drupal as the underlying CMS for this site has been a […]
[UPDATE: 10/16/2008] I take back most of what I think about the Zen Theme. The more I poked around, the more I “got it”. Great job by the guys at Lullabot. I’ve taken the last week and a half exploring Drupal. Some people say it’s the Cat’s Meow, but I say that it still needs a […]
Finding the source can be difficult to track down due to the hierarchy of theming calls whose source can be spread throughout the whole system.
From Overriding themable output | drupal.org regarding drupal theming
Wow. There is a startling admisssion. Even Drupal admits that theming is a bit hairy.
I don’t intend for this to be trolling, but I was googling the term “Drupal is ugly” looking for why most of the themes which are formally submitted to drupal.org are so, umm, un-inspiring. This found an interesting blog post from a well known Drupal developer AND designer who quit his involvement earlier this year. The post […]
