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Templates, Drupal themes. Customize themes, regions and blocks.

17/04/2025, by Ivan

In the previous lesson, we installed the Drupal theme Forest Floor, after which the appearance of the site changed, but all the content and menu links remained. This is because the theme controls only the site's appearance. Now let's take a look at what each Drupal theme consists of.

File: theme_name.info

name = theme_name

name – the name of the theme

description = A 3 column fixed width theme that also works very well with one or even no columns.

description – description of the theme. Displayed with the name in the themes list.

screenshot = screenshot.png

screenshot – screenshot of the theme

core = 6.x

core – the Drupal version the theme is compatible with.

engine = phptemplate

PHPTemplate – the template engine developed specifically for Drupal.

Information added by drupal.org packaging script on 2009-01-31

Information about when it was added to drupal.org’s theme list.

version = "6.x-1.7"

Specifies the Drupal version (6.x here) and the theme version (1.7).

project = "forest_floor"

project – project name on drupal.org

stylesheets[all][] = theStyle.css

Used to attach CSS stylesheets to the theme.

scripts[] = myscript.js

Used to attach JavaScript files to the theme. Note that jQuery is loaded by default.

regions[left] = Left sidebar        
regions[right] = Right sidebar
regions[content] = Content
regions[header] = Header
regions[footer] = Footer

In the regions array, we define the theme's regions where blocks will be placed. We will cover creating regions in detail in an upcoming lesson.

Regions and Blocks

Blocks are placed into the theme’s regions defined in the .info file. You can configure block placement via Admin menu: Site Building - Blocks.

Drupal blocks

By default, several blocks are available for use. Simply drag a block to the desired region (area).

Let’s click “Add block” and insert some text content.

Drupal blocks and regions

We will display the block in the left column and save the configuration.

Drupal first block

Now your block appears in the left column (left sidebar).

Drupal display block