Theme and Site Setup

This guide will help you set up your theme files and your site.

• Theme Guide
• Subtheme Variables

Setup theme files

Logos

1. sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/logo.png (* create a gif version of all logos for IE6 if png32 alpha transparency is used)
2. sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/logo.png
3. sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/logo-mobile.png
4. sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/logo-subscribe.png
5. sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/logo-blog.png
6. favicon.ico – save a 32×32 image as a .bmp, then rename to favicon.ico

Site Configuration

1. Site Name in <title> + Webmaster email + Footer Copyright text + default front_page name
   • Site Configuration -> site info – admin/settings/site-information
2. Block Title Configurations – admin/build/block/list
   • Nice Menu 1
   • • removes "Primary Links"
     • admin/build/block/configure/nice_menus/1
   • Utility Nav
   • • admin/build/block/configure/menu/menu-utility-nav
   • nodequeue_1: Featured Hero"
   • • removes "Queue 'Home Page Featured – hero'"
     • admin/build/block/configure/views/nodequeue_1-block_1
   • Queue 'Home Page Featured'
   • • admin/build/block/configure/views/nodequeue_1-block
   • Queue 'Home Page List' (plain list of internal links, unused by editors)
   • • admin/build/block/configure/views/nodequeue_3-block
   • Media Library: More About QT Block
   • • admin/build/block/configure/quicktabs/3
        
3. Configurations – admin/build/menu/list
   • Pisces-Penton.com
   • • renames footer category navigation header
     • admin/build/menu-customize/menu-main-footer-nav
   • Site Features
   • • admin/build/menu-customize/menu-site-features
   • Pisces-Penton Corporate
   • • admin/build/menu-customize/menu-footer
   • Follow Us
   • • admin/build/block/configure/block/10
   • Search Pisces-Penton.com
   • • admin/build/mini-panels/list/footer_columns/content
   • Site Logo + "Penton Media" (previously "Subscribe to Sitename.com")
   • • admin/build/block/configure/block/11
   • Penton Pisces Platforms
   • • admin/build/menu-customize/menu-new-hope-sources
4. Configurations – Mobile
   • Make sure mobile, categories, and topics features are turned on
     • admin/build/features
   • enable PISCES Core Mobile theme (do not select as default)
     • admin/build/themes
   • Mobile Settings:
     • admin/settings/mobile-tools
       • General Configuration > change Mobile URL
       • Theme Switching: Switch theme based on URL
       • select "pisces_core_mobile" as Mobile theme
   • add 168_1 position, ad dimension 168×28
     • admin/settings/pm_doubleclick/adblocks-add
     • admin/build/context/list/mobile-structure-global-sitewide/edit
       • after creating the ad block – add it to the mobile footer. It should be in this order:
         • Mobile Content Footer
           168_1
           Mobile Footer
   • configure all 4 mobile menus:
     • admin/build/menu
       • Categories
       • Mobile Content Footer
       • Mobile Footer
       • Mobile More Information
     • admin/build/menu-customize/menu-mobile-footer
       • configure "View Full Site" link
     • admin/build/menu-customize/menu-site-features
       • configure "View Mobile Site" link

Templates

1. Sign Up for Newsletter Link
   • sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/newsletter-sign-up.tpl.php

Images

• sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/bg.png <—background of header area
• sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/nav_bg.png <—background of navigation bar
• sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/default_video_thumb.gif <—site logo as default thumbnail image for media
• sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/sprite-must-reads.png <—must reads buttons
• sites/all/themes/THEMENAME/images/title_bg.png <—must reads header background

Random Notes

• Mobile favicon? 57 x 57