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Drupal 8 Theming with Twig

Chapter 2. Theme Administration

Before we can get started with creating or managing themes in Drupal 8, we need to have a better understanding of exactly what a theme is. From there we will have the basis for how we work with themes in Drupal and the various configuration and components that are considered to be part of the theming ecosystem.

Let's get started by exploring what we will be covering along the way:

First, we will explore the Appearance interface and the core default themes. We will learn how themes are administered, how to install and uninstall themes, how they are configured, and the different settings a theme can have.
Second, we will take a closer look at a prebuilt theme, where to find themes that we can use, and how we can easily install themes using the Drupal 8 admin.
Third, we will take a closer look at the themes folder structure and how to manually install a theme in preparation to create a custom theme.
Fourth, we will take a look at the new Block layout...

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Create beautiful responsive Drupal 8 websites using Twig

Quickly master theme administration, custom block layouts, views, and the Twig template structure

A step-by-step guide to the most common approaches in web design

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Drupal 8 is an open source content management system and powerful framework that helps deliver great websites to individuals and organizations, including non-profits, commercial, and government around the globe. This new release has been built on top of object-oriented PHP and includes more than a handful of improvements such as a better user experience, cleaner HTML5 markup, a new templating engine called Twig, multilingual capabilities, new configuration management, and effortless content authoring. Drupal 8 will quickly become the new standard for deploying content to both the web and mobile applications. However, with so many new changes, it can quickly become overwhelming knowing where to start and how to quickly. Starting from the bottom up, we will install, set up, and configure Drupal 8. We’ll navigate the Admin interface so you can learn how to work with core themes and create new custom block layouts. Walk through a real-world project to create a Twig theme from concept to completion while adopting best practices to implement CSS frameworks and JavaScript libraries. We will see just how quick and easy it is to create beautiful, responsive Drupal 8 websites while avoiding the common mistakes that many front-end developers make.

Who is this book for?

This book is intended for front-end developers, designers, and anyone who is generally interested in learning all the new features of Drupal 8 theming. Discover what has changed from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 and immerse yourself in the new Twig PHP templating engine. Familiarity with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and the Drupal Admin interface would be helpful. Prior experience with setting up and configuring a standalone development environment is required as we will be working with PHP and MySQL.

What you will learn

Navigate the Drupal 8 Admin interface

Build custom block layouts with reusable and fieldable blocks

Create subthemes based on the Bartik and Classy base themes

Construct a responsive theme with Twitter Bootstrap

Work with the new Twig PHP templating engine

Configure Drupal for Twig debugging

Enable preprocessing of Twig variables

Develop a theme from scratch following a step-by-step project outline

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IT Gal Feb 26, 2021

When I first started going through the exercises in this book I was just about ready to hurl the book across the room (yes the digital version). But.... I really need to learn this content so I stuck with it. After MANY errors - I realized I need to start with the same version of Drupal the author was using when writing the book and to use my MAMP setup using the same PHP version. Without doing this the Start and End database snapshots may make your site unusable and you won't be able to start or do your lessons. Trust me.... The problem isn't the fault of the author because he used what was currently available when he wrote the book. The problem is that Drupal changes often - even more than often (daily when you include modules, vendors, etc.). My strong recommendation - stick with this book if you want to learn the content. It's the best book out there (even in 2021) on Theming Drupal 8. You'll need to learn Twig if you're using D8. Very well written and sequentially written lessons that really get you using the process and learning it well. I have the digital copy of the book, but will also purchase the hard-copy so I can easily sit with it between doing the lessons in printed form. Highly recommend this book, but be aware you'll need to do as I've suggested above to make it work.

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Terry May 23, 2016

A very thorough description of theming with twig in Drupal 8.

Scott Collier Oct 09, 2016

After going through this book, I feel like I have a solid handle on how theming in Drupal 8 is done and how to do it on my own.

Amazon Customer Feb 10, 2017

I nearly gave up in disgust somewhere in chapter 7, but I'm glad I didn't. It seemed to me that everything I tried, failed. Worse, there was no way that I, with my state of knowledge, could work out where the problem lay. But, by using a virtual machine, taking checkpoints every couple of pages, and being VERY CAREFUL, I eventually realised that the problems I'd been experiencing were caused by my fat fingers, and I was able to resolve all of the errors as my experience grew, if necessary looking at the downloaded before and after images of the theme and database that come with each chapter.This book is excellent. After some introductory chapters it talks you through theming a sophisticated, modern, site, from mockup to fully working end result. There's a lot of ground to cover, but it's never rushed; it never assumes you have a certain level of expertise; and you are always guided in detail, with explanations and screenshots.The tiny number of errata at the publisher's site shows how carefully this book has been put together and tested. Mr. Chumley is clearly an expert web developer, and I'm glad I was able to learn so much from him

spirulez Oct 02, 2016

Remplis parfaitement son rôle. À noter qu'il faut reconstruire le view de l'exemple final avec la récente mise à jour de Drupal 8.

Drupal 8 Theming with Twig: Master Drupal 8's new Twig templating engine to create fun and fast websites with simple steps to help you move from concept to completion

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