This video is another introductory video for those who are interested in Theming, but may not be aware of some of the options in the theme settings. This will explain the search box, logos, favicons and other aspects.

Subthemes is the second video in my Bending Zen Series. This shows you how to quickly set up a subtheme using Zen as your base theme in Drupal 6. Setting up a subtheme is a quick and easy way to utilize Zen's functionality without tinkering with Zen itself. It also allows you to run updates to the Zen theme without completely reworking your theme.

Pre-IE 6 Browsers for PC render boxes with padding differently than more recent browsers.  You might notice this issue when you browser text a page that is heavy in boxes and padding.

Here is the CSS code for our example:

Here is the slideshow I put together for the local Drupal Users Group (Drupal Indy Group). I did a presentation on bending the Zen Theme into your own. The concept was to use the Zen Theme as a starting point and create a new theme that will be packed with the functionality of the Zen Theme. This is the Intro to the Bending Zen screencast. This is just for reference information and to give you an overview of the concepts and best practices that should be followed when bending the Zen Theme.

Recently I did a presentation about how you can 'bend' the Zen Theme to make it your own (view the presentation intro here). The zen theme has a lot of cool features that I have always liked in theming. The more I work with it, the harder it is for me to build a theme from scratch. Here's what I love about the Zen Theme.

ZEN BLOCKS