Conclusion

Dear Reader,

If you haven’t realized it already, Drupal can be kind of like the Wild, Wild West, and it gets wilder when new versions of Drupal come out. You may have also noticed that it can be a challenge to write a book about Drupal, as it is being changed and updated constantly.

My own general approach has been to use themes and modules that are fairly popular and stable. I like Acquia Marina, for example, and at the time of this writing I was using it on a Drupal 6 site at www.rgbgreen.org, although it wasn’t ready for Drupal 7. Part of the reason I like it is because it is supported by a company, Acquia, even though it is still free.

I haven’t explored themes extensively, but there are some good ones out there. I’m not a designer per se. For the initial version of the RGBGreen site, I had some help from a friend who helped me to get things going, when I knew less about Drupal, and I was content with Acquia Marina. But then when I wanted to make an effort to have a more sophisticated site, I had two options—either to work with a designer to implement a professional precreated theme, or to get some help to implement a site design from scratch.

In that case, I decided it was worth it to develop things from scratch, so at the time of this writing, I’m working with Sky Floor (www.theskyfloor.com) on a couple of ideas. The developers are making them in Photoshop, and they are going to be adapting them into Drupal. It will remain to be seen whether we use Drupal 7 or Drupal 6.

Upper half:

Lower half:

So by the time this book is released, (hopefully) the new www.rgbgreen.org will be up. To see more thoughts about working with a designer, see Chapter 1.

And that is a real option—even if Drupal 7 is more stable by the time you read this, you can always go back to Drupal 6.

Regards,

Todd