![]() ![]() you create the override module with a css, a js and php and all what is needed to keep running artisteer and thru the module override and create whatever you need differently. When you do this, you can not use artisteer anymore as it keeps overwriting the changes. However, one complication is artisteer does not cover everything and you will need to get into the tpl.php or css files to get things done. Really nice is the new approach with glare and texture, things normally only attainable with photoshop designers. Fluid width is not yet here, but using the module mentioned later that is not issue. We have had some unconventional layouts and managed to prototype them with artisteer. The standard creates a host of regions, user 1.3, banner 1.3, bottom 1.3 etc. Then export and ready to go and that is with complete usable themes. A quick change of colors, fonts, layout what ever is made quick and thorough. It turns out to be a great time saver and base css manager. Hi we have been using artisteer for some time now. ![]() Sort of like the Pirates Code on Pirates of the Caribbean: "the code is more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules".Īny Artisteer users out there? Does it create more than three regions yet? Any fluid width yet? Any header region yet? Still mangling Titles and other essential bits of the site? I'm hoping it can create a rough outline that I can polish by tweaking the resulting code. I don't expect Artisteer to crank out a complete theme for me. But I have a few things I want to complete before I take myself offline for the arduous task of re-installing everything from scratch. I traditionally test out an unproven app or two (stuff I wouldn't dream of putting on my work computer, like "perfomance utilities") just before rebuild time - my reasoning is that if I blow my box up, no biggie: I was going to wipe and re-format anyway. I may well end up posting a review myself, since I just got my Windows 7 DVD and have to rebuild my computer anyway. So I am wondering if anyone has experience with recent (circa 2010) versions of Artisteer. And yes, I know there is an "API" for Dreamweaver to interface with Drupal, but my experience was that it made more work for me, not less. I have often wondered why Adobe doesn't cash in on this with some plugins for the major CMS software out there, but I suppose they have enough cash rolling in from their existing products. I have always felt that working with Drupal themes is needlessly obfuscated and complex, with the methodologies way too fragmented (several Grid-type bases, Starter Themes of half a dozen flavors, fluid vs fixed, competing theme engines, etc). Lots of promises and hype but no hard data on what it can really do for me. In other words, I am left with that MLM, Flim-Flam taste in my mouth - much like that time-share condo seminar I attended when I was very young. I haven't downloaded a trial yet: their web site content lacks the substance and depth of a solid product, with many, many basic questions unanswered. Sure, I have Adobe CS4 Master Edition to help me, but I want the Drupal front-end development to be as easy as possible.īut I am somewhat intrigued by the Artisteer software. I learned to code HTML, I learned to write countless config files for various OS's and packages, I can learn the secret jargon of themes. I will probably go that way, as I like learning and mastering technology. The process seems pretty straightforward, with the added advantage of learning as I go. I have also watched a couple of videos on developing a theme from scratch (one approach Emma Jane endorses). Having said that, I have a copy of Emma Jane Hogbin's awesome book, "Front End Drupal". I have tried the "starter themes" as well, but they seem to be more work than making an existing theme do what I want.Īs much as I love Drupal, I am not a fan of coding be it CSS, Javascipt, or PHP. To date I have been modifying available themes to make them do (kinda) what I want them too, with mixed success. ![]()
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