Drupal 5 themes book in the mail
Remember how I predicted that 10 Drupal books would get published in 2008? Well, the first book showed up in the mail this morning.
Ric Shreves has written a Drupal 5 themes book. The book is published by Packt, who mailed me a handful of copies to give away at future Drupal events.
I don't have a design background but it looks like a good book that explains the workings of the Drupal theme system and Drupal's PHPTemplate enginge, that explains you how to build a theme, and that provides practical solutions to common problems during that process. If you are a hardcore developer, this book might not be for you.
More information, including a free chapter on how to work with theme engines, can be found at the publisher's website
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It's definitely an introduction-to book, IMO.
January 18, 2008 - 13:25It is a great pity that it is not available online.
January 18, 2008 - 13:50Congratulations to Ric Shreves and Pakt. I can hardly wait to get my copy in the mail as well.
January 18, 2008 - 14:15I received one of the first copies and will be posting a review soon on g.d.o
I have a few of my designers reading it as well and they are having those "ah ha" moments only a few chapters in so it is definitely good for those that use that right side of the brain more.
January 18, 2008 - 21:56Packt is about to release another Drupal book: Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6, Expected February 2008.
January 20, 2008 - 23:13Drupal book #2... 8 to go :-)
My review: http://groups.drupal.org/node/8326
January 21, 2008 - 03:43I received my copy three weeks ago. There seem to be some differences, however. On my copy, the title is "Drupal 5 theming", on your copy it's "Drupal 5 themes". And where your copy is orange, mine shows yellow.
I guess I received a beta version of the book ;-)
January 22, 2008 - 01:48Great news.
I've read dragonwize's review and it is pity that CCK and Views theming could not get into the book.
Made me think how hard is to write a book for Drupal. It develops so fast that author can not possibly write up to date book.
I'm going to order a copy anyways.
January 23, 2008 - 18:07What a shame that Drupal 6.0 came out just two months after the book did. I think I will hold off for the new book.
March 14, 2008 - 09:04You can find my not-so-techie review here.
I have stated a different set of criteria for the benefit of the light-hearted Drupal developers out there.
Over-all, I find this themes book very handy even though we have an online documentation. Either way, this brings more power to Drupal themers.
Cheers!
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