"Taking Logic Out of Your Template Files" from Drupal Camp Victoria 2008

Submitted by Dale on February 18, 2009 - 4:11pm
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Rene Hache of North Studio presents Taking Logic Out of Your Template Files at Drupal Camp Victoria 2008. In this session Rene discusses template file theming and the separation of presentation and logic. It proved an engaging session with the Q & A lasting almost as long as the original session. By popular demand, Rene made the North Studio base theme available for download from the Drupal Camp Victoria website: northstudio.com Theme.

DCVic08: Taking Logic Out of Your Template Files

The video can also be viewed directly: DCVic08: Taking Logic Out of Your Node Template Files at blip.tv

For a summary of Drupal Camp Victoria check out: Drupal Camp Victoria 2008.

Comments

Submitted by Olly on February 19, 2009 - 9:23am

That's a really good presentation with some great tips. Thanks for recording it Dale.

Submitted by Anonymous on February 20, 2009 - 11:23am

Thanks for putting up that presentation.

You may want to let people know that we will be releasing our theme for Drupal 6 on Drupal.org very soon. It will be officially be called Layout Studio. Anyone who wants an advanced copy can contact me.

Thanks,
Rene

Submitted by Dale on February 20, 2009 - 10:27pm

Happy to put up the presentation!

Submitted by Anonymous on February 21, 2009 - 4:03pm

Both of our themes are now available on our Drupal Camp Victoria site: http://drupalcamp.northstudio.com/blog/northstudiocom-theme

The Drupal 6 theme in particular is fantastic for developers, as we have introduced many enhancements.

Thanks,
Rene

Submitted by Anonymous on February 24, 2009 - 2:06am

thanks!

Submitted by noussh on March 23, 2009 - 11:37pm

thanks Rene,

You are a great teacher... really enjoyed the video..

noussh.

Submitted by Willem Mol on April 13, 2009 - 11:08am

Thanks Rene. You are a very good tutor. Unfortunately I couldn't hear all the questions, but then I guess I should have been there. But the check you put in to see if everyone gets it and the easy pace is very nice.

You mentioned that devel was necessary to see dpm output. Do you mean just to easily see the output while developing the theme?
Or is devel required to run the theme?
E.g. do you need to have devel installed to have your theme use the $delta variable to set your class attributes in lists (like you showed in your example).
I've been told never to use devel in a production environment.

Submitted by Dale on April 14, 2009 - 12:13pm

Willem, I don't know if Rene is following the comments in this post. I believe I can answer your question, though.

Regarding dpm, it's the first one: "to easily see the output while developing the theme." It isn't a prerequisite for using theming variables like $delta.

Your information is correct, Devel should never be left enabled in a production environment. In some limited situations it might be ok to turn on for a short time to help fix a problem.

Submitted by Willem Mol on April 16, 2009 - 3:54pm

Thanks Dale. I have my eclipse configured (finally) and my Devel updated on my testsite. Layoutstudio and Mothership are all set. I'm looking forward to the weekend. (famous last words)