Hi guys,
I saw your youtube video (drupal site in seconds) and decided to check you guys out. I made a quick psd file with some of the layers and uploated it here got the zip (unzipped it), put it into my themes, enabled the theme and got an all white no-css looking type thing.
After that I decided to use the drupal theme that is found here: http://newfind.net/DrupalTheme/
Uploaded that psd here, then got my zip which i extracted and popped into the themes folder and still got the same result. Do you know what the problem could be?
I am using drupal 6 btw.
theme not showing up
Hi guys,
I had the same issue. I'm using Drupal 6.8, tried the exact things as mentioned in the tutorial and didn't change anything in the code. After enabling the theme it just looks all white and everything is alined to the left side of the screen in 1 column: header above content above left...
First I thought I did something wrong in my psd-file, but I tested it with the file from the tutorial (DrupalDark.psd) and the result is exactly the same ...
Too bad, I was looking forward to it being easy ...
Since it seems to be working for other people, I kept searching and seem to have found what was going wrong; a couple of things:
1) location of the theme-folder (psd2css) within the drupal hierarchy
When putting the psd2css folder containing all the files on the server, I initially put it in drupal/sites/all/themes/ (as is advised on drupal.org (<a>http://drupal.org/node/120641</a>) for all additional themes on top of the ones that come with the drupal installation), but this didn't work very well. When added to the folder in which the default drupal themes are located (drupal/themes/) it does work. This is however more inconvenient, as drupal doesn't automatically update this folder, so you need to do more manipulations to get all of the settings included in the site.
2) missing references in the .info file
According to the Drupal 6 theme guide, if you're going to be adding style sheets other than the default one (style.css) all style sheets used need to be referenced in the .info file. Since the generated psd2css folder contains also a index.css file, this should also be referenced. If you add this one, you also need to add the default ones, otherwise they'll be omitted.
Thus I added 2 lines to the psd2css.info file :
stylesheets[all][] = style.css
stylesheets[all][] = index.css
(See <a>http://drupal.org/node/171209</a> for more info)
Another issue I'm running into is that some modules don't work anymore, specifically the Administration Menu module doesn't work in combination with a psd2css generated theme. And this is a really useful module, so it's a pity that it doesn't work in combination with this theme. Haven't found a work-around for that one yet...
Any way you could get a solution to avoid the work-arounds, Shaun? That would be much appreciated !
Take care, and keep up the good work !
Kurt
Some Fixes
Thanks again Kurt for the great post and info.
I modified the code generator to put the Drupal theme in the right place now. I also made it generate not only the 2 lines in psd2css.info for style.css and index.css (which has been renamed psd2css.css), but added a 'scripts[] = psd2css.js' line as well. All of the custom javascript that used to reside in each *.tpl.php (or *.html for regular conversions) now resides in the psd2css.js file. This actually solved another problem I was having getting drupal to understand that I need jquery loaded for every page. So we've killed a number of birds with just a few stones :)
Kurt - you mention that you aren't getting the Administration -> Menus working? I assume you are referring to the drag and drop ability to reorder menu items? That was addressed a number of weeks ago - I am getting a functional Administration -> Menus. Would you be so kind as to try your PSD again and if something still isn't working for you there, let me know? Thanks.
I do know that at least one module isn't working with a psd2css Online theme in place, and I don't know why yet. FCKeditor doesn't function while a psd2css Online theme is current. If anyone has any ideas about why that is, I'd be really happy to hear about them.
Thanks!
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Shaun
fixes for theme not showing up
Hi Shaun,
Actually, I'm not referring to the Administration -> Menus part, but to a separate module, called "Administration Menu", which puts another menu at the top of the screen, it's a very hand tool to avoid having to go through all the levels in the normal Drupal hierarchy.
You can find it at the below link, the second one in line : <a>http://drupalmodules.com/top-favorites</a>
I'll try the fixes you mentioned later today. Too bad the FCKEditor is not working, I'm using that one as well.
I'll keep you updated !
Take care,
Kurt
Ah Hah!!
What an awesome tool that is - the Administration Menu module for Drupal! Thanks for mentioning it.
...AND the way it works pointed me to find the problem my templates were causing AND the fix also fixed FCKeditor! It's a huge Drupal day.
So Drupal Themes now work completely, and I believe all modules should work using psd2css Online generated themes too. If anyone finds a module that doesn't work in a psd2css Online generated theme, please let me know ASAP.
Thanks again for all your help Kurt!
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Shaun
Awesome Reply
Hi Kurt -
Awesome reply. I already had an action item to make the code generator put the theme in the (new) correct place, but you have some more tips there that I'll use to make psd2css Online even stronger for generating Drupal Themes. Thank you for the great info. I'll post to the blog when the Drupal updates are live.
Thanks again.
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Shaun
Hi vidso11 - Sorry for the
Hi vidso11 -
Sorry for the delay, I was on vacation.
Did you rename the theme folder or change anything in the generated code at all? Drupal is pretty picky about when it comes to what the path to the theme folder is. Do you have an install somewhere you can post a link to? Or you could shoot me the PSD file and I'll give it a try on my test install.
Thanks.
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Shaun
shaun@psd2cssonline.com
Hi
No I havent changed anything, i'll try putting the file in the above just like it was stated in the 2nd post and see if that works.
Made a fix
Hi vidso11 -
I found an issue with WAMP and potentially any other LAMP stack and fixed it yesterday. It has to do with a possible setting in Apache. Please try converting your Drupal design again and let me know how it goes. Thanks.
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Shaun
Still having problems with drupal recognizing my theme
Hello Shuan
I came across a comment you made while in search of an answer as to why Drupal is not recognizing my theme. I created a very simple test theme that's identical or similar in layer naming, as(http://drupal.psd2cssonline.com/) which is your test site, with the exception of the background. Yet the only things that shows is the background. I know there has been a few blogs about this issue and I've tried all possible fixes, however I keep getting the same results, even with your PSD file (http://drupal.psd2cssonline.com/)
I am testing on the latest version XAMPP 1.7.3, which includes:
* Apache 2.2.14 (IPv6 enabled) + OpenSSL 0.9.8l
* MySQL 5.1.41 + PBXT engine
* PHP 5.3.1
* phpMyAdmin 3.2.4
* Perl 5.10.1
* Mercury Mail Transport System 4.72
Based on your comment "I found an issue with WAMP and potentially any other LAMP stack and fixed it yesterday. It has to do with a possible setting in Apache." do you think I may be having the same problem? and if so could you Please share.
Thank You
mikko