Drupal 7 - Zircon II Theme Guide for Developers

Overview

Starting with a new theme, it sometimes takes a lot of time for first time users to really understand how it works. You may want to know how to customize layouts, typography, block styles and make it look the way you want.

In most cases you won't need to know PHP or database queries, but basic knowledge would be very helpful to get great results.

If you're an experienced Drupal developer or if you want to build the theme from zero with only the basic appearance of your theme, find this guide in handy. This guide will give you the detailed step by step installation guide to help you start building the content for Zircon II to look exactly like the demo site.

1. Zircon II Package

Included content:

README.txt
Zircon II theme: zircon-ii-7.x-1.0.zip
Demo Profile for Zircon II: zircon-ii-profile-7.x-1.0.zip

2. System Requirements

Database

MySQL 5.0.15 or higher with PDO
PostgreSQL 8.3 or higher with PDO
SQLite 3.3.7 or higher

PHP

PHP 5.2.5 or higher (5.3 recommended)
PHP5 GD library installed
Disabled error_reporting flag on production server
Enabled mod_rewrite in Apache for clean URLs
Memory limit set up at least 128MB

If you are new to Drupal, please take a reference to System requirements on drupal.org.

3. Screenshots

Let's glance through the theme's design & some features:

Home

About Us page

Content type page

Polls page

Blogs page

Portfolio page

Portfolio 1 Column page

Portfolio 2 Columns page

Portfolio 3 Columns page

Forums page

Contact

Multi colors

4. Module requirements

Core Modules

Block
Blog
Color
Comment
Contact

Third-party Modules

Required libraries by the modules

Colorbox
Jquery.cycle
Superfish

Download Drupal core files, and extend your site with modules at here.

Installation

Quick Installation Demo Profile

How to install a WeebPal demo package

1. Download one theme package of your choice (e.g. Zircon)

Files included:

README.txt
Zircon theme package: zircon-7.x-1.1.zip
Zircon demo package: zircon-demo-7.x-1.1.zip. This demo package includes all source codes and content, including sample images. This package will be used to build a site like our demo for the theme easily.

The below steps will give you the installation guide so that you can build your website to look exactly like the Zircon Demo

zircon-demo-7.x-1.1.zip

2. Extract zircon-demo-7.x-1.1.zip above and copy it into your host, and rename the directory to zircon

3. Access your MySQL database and create a new database (e.g. new_shopping) and user account. Don't forget to add correct permissions to new user to access the database

4. In the demo directory database/ (or profile/weebpal), you can find database dump named sample_data.sql.

Import this file into new database.

5. Now, you need to modify sites/default/default.settings.php file. Clone default.settings.php file, then rename it "settings.php"

6. Open settings.php, then locate the $database array and set proper credentials.

                    $databases['default']['default'] = array(
                        'driver' => 'mysql',
                        'database' => 'databasename',
                        'username' => 'username',
                        'password' => 'password',
                        'host' => 'localhost',
                        'prefix' => '',
                    );

When using this installation, you are installing everything from our preview server. So don't forget to set proper values to access to your database: db name, db admin username, db admin password, host, etc.

7. Open the browser and visit your website with the prepopulated content & layout exactly like our Zircon Demo

Now, you can visit administrator site with the admin account admin/admin to delete the unnecessary contents and add the new ones.

Installation Zircon II Theme for Drupal developers

If you're an experienced Drupal user or if you want to build the theme from zero with only the basic appearance of Zircon II Theme, find this guide in handy.

1. Install Drupal

1. Go to Drupal download page and download the latest version of Drupal 7.

2. Extract and copy Drupal folder to your host and rename the directory (e.g: zircon)

Follow steps below to install a Drupal site only:

3. Access to database and create a new database with a name such as zircon.

4. Open browser and navigate to your website.

5. Select Standard => click Save and continue button.

6. Choose language => click Save and continue button.

7. Enter database parameters => click Save and continue button.

8. Enter site information => click Save and continue button.

9. Click Visit your new site and you will have a new site.

You can refer the guide from drupal.org to delve more details about drupal installation.

2. Install Zircon II Theme

Extract Zircon theme .ZIP file:
- zircon-7.x-1.1.zip
Move this theme into your Drupal folder (zircon of part 1. Install Drupal): sites/all/themes
Navigate to Appearance > Choose Enable and set default Zircon theme

3. Install Required Modules

Now that you've enabled Zircon II theme, you will install and enable the required modules (listed in the Module Requirements section) to customize and use them.

If you don't know how to install the contributed modules, this tutorial is an essential guide.

Cheat to install modules & theme:

Extract zircon-ii-profile-7.x-1.0.zip
Open extracted folder, go to sites/all and copy all folders inside (modules, themes, libraries)
Paste them to your host, folder sites/all

Note: See this guide to get more details about installation

Taxonomy configuration

Quick Information

Taxonomy: Taxonomy can be simply understood as category management using organizational keywords known in other systems as categories, tags or metadata. It allows you to connect, relate and classify your website's content. In Drupal, these terms are gathered within "vocabularies". The Taxonomy module allows you to create, manage and apply those vocabularies.
Vocabulary: for example product category, tag, provider name, ...
Term: the items in each vocabulary. For example: vocabulary product category has some terms: laptop, pc, mobile, tablet, camera, headphone, ...
For more information about taxonomy, please see: Organizing content with taxonomies

Navigate to Structure > Taxonomy to create vocabularies as the following:

Media configuration

Image Style Configuration

Image styles are the presets of image settings. Image styles are used to define how the images are shown.

Navigate to Configuration, In MEDIA area, click Image styles, then create image styles as the following:

Configure for each image style:

Medium(200x200):
Large(800x400)
img_198_98
img_224_116:
img_230_138:
img_60_60:
portfolio:
portfolio_1col:
portfolio_2col:
portfolio_3col:
slideshow:

Content type configuration

Configure Forums

Note: Required Modules: Forums.

1. Navigate to Structure > Forums

2. Click Add forums link and add forums followings:

3. Click Save button

Modify Article type

1. Navigate to Structure > Content Type find Article to click link

2. In Article row, click "manage fields" link.

3. To add new field, you can fill in "Add new field" row

4. Set properties for Slideshow Image field

5. Go to Manage display tab > Default set following properties:

6. Go to Manage display tab > Teaser set following properties:

7. Click Save button

Modify Blog entry type

Note: Required Modules: Blog.

1. Navigate to Structure > Content Type

2. In Blog entry row, click "manage fields" link.

3. To add an existing field, you can take action on "Add existing field" row

4. Set properties for Image field

5. Go to Manage display tab > Default set following properties:

6. Go to Manage display tab > Teaser set following properties:

7. Click Save button

Modify Forum topic type

Note: Required Modules: Forum topic.

1. Navigate to Structure > Content Type

2. In Forum topic row, click "manage fields" link.

3. To add an existing field, you can take action on "Add existing field" row

4. Go to Manage display tab > Default set following properties:

5. Go to Manage display tab > Teaser set following properties:

6. Click Save button

Create Gallery type

1. Navigate to Structure > Content Type. Click Add Content Type link to create content type Gallery with following properties:

2. Go to Manage Fields and add following fields:

3. Set properties for Image field

4. Go to Manage display tab > Default set following properties:

5. Go to Manage display tab > Teaser set following properties:

6. Click Save button

Create Our Partners type

1. Navigate to Structure > Content Type. Click Add Content Type link to create content type Our Partners with following properties:

2. Go to Manage Fields and add following fields:

3. Set properties for Image field

4. Go to Manage display tab > Default set following properties:

5. Go to Manage display tab > Teaser set following properties:

6. Click Save button

Create Our Product type

1. Navigate to Structure > Content Type. Click Add Content Type link to create content type Our Product with following properties:

2. Go to Manage Fields and add following fields:

3. Set properties for Image field

4. Go to Manage display tab > Default set following properties:

5. Go to Manage display tab > Teaser set following properties:

6. Click Save button

Create Homepage

Search form block

Front end Display

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, find Search form block, click configure link and set the following properties:

2. Click Save button

Headerline

Front end Display

1. Breaking news block

1.1. Create Breaking news view

1. Navigate to Structure > Views, click Add views link, Create Breaking news view with following properties:

2. Click Continue & edit button and set following properties:

3. At FIELDS area, find Content: Title field. Then click and set following properties:

4. At FILTER CRITERIA area, click Add button to add field Content: Type. Then set following properties:

5. Click Save button

1.2. Configure View: Breaking news block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, find View: Breaking news block, click configure link and set the following properties:

2. Click Save button

2. Connect with me block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, click Add blocks link to create Connect with me block with following properties:

2. Click Save button

Refer to following PHP code:

TB Mega Menu: Main menu

Front end Display

Configure TB Mega Menu: Main menu block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, find TB Mega Menu: Main menu block. Click Configure link and set following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Slideshow block

Front end Display

1. Create Slideshow view

1. Navigate to Structure > Views, click Add views link, Create Slideshow view with following properties:

2. Click Continue & edit button and set following properties:

3. At FIELDS area, click Add button to add fields: Content: Image Slideshow, Content: Body, Content: Nid

4. Set properties for Content: Image Slideshow

5. Set properties for Content: Body

6. Set properties for Content: Nid

7. Set properties for Content: Title

8. At FIELDS area, click Rearrange button and set following arrange

9. At FORMAT Format click Settings and set following properties:

10. At FILTER CRITERIA area, click Add button and add file Content: Image Slideshow:fid

11. Set properties for Content: Image Slideshow:fid

12. At Advanced > OTHER area, add CSS class

13. Click Save block button.

2. Configure View: Slideshow block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks

2. Find View: Slideshow block, click configure link, set following properties

3.Click Save block button.

Services block

Front end Display

1. Create Services view

1. Navigate to Structure > Views, click Add views link, create Services view with following properties:

2. Click Continue & edit button and set following properties:

3. At FIELDS area, click Add button to add fields: Content: Image, Content: Body, Content: Link

4. Set properties for Content: Image

5. Set properties for Content: Body

6. Set properties for Content: Link

7. Set properties for Content: Title

8. At FILTER CRITERIA area, click Add button and add file Content: Image: fid

9. Set properties for Content: Image:fid

10. At Advanced > OTHER area, add CSS class

11. Click Save block button.

2. Configure View: Services block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks

2. Find View: Services block, click configure link, set following properties

3.Click Save block button.

Sidebar second: Quote block

Front end Display

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, click Add blocks link to create Quote block with following properties:

3.Click Save block button.

Refer to following PHP code:

“ Caecus commodo dolus immitto. Importunus interdico luctus quidne refoveo ulciscor. Acsi jugis luptatum pertineo utinam...”

Mike Pete, CEO at ABC

Sidebar second: Our Products block

Front end Display

1. Create Our Products view

1. Navigate to Structure > Views, click Add views link, create Our Products view with following properties:

2. Click Continue & edit button and set following properties:

3. At FIELDS area, click Add button to add fields: Content: Image

4. Set properties for Content: Image

5. Set properties for Content: Title

6. At FIELDS area, click Rearrange button and set following arrange

7. At FORMAT Format click Settings and set following properties:

8. At FILTER CRITERIA area, click Add button and add file Content: Image: fid

9. Set properties for Content: Image:fid

10. At Advanced > OTHER area, add CSS class

11. Click Save block button.

2. Configure View: Our Products block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks

2. Find View: Our Products block, click configure link, set following properties

3.Click Save block button.

Sidebar second: Latest Articles block

Front end Display

1. Create Latest Articles view

1. Navigate to Structure > Views, click Add views link, Create Latest Articles view with following properties:

2. Click Continue & edit button and set following properties:

3. At FIELDS area, click Add button to add fields: Content: Image, Content: Post date, Content: Body.

4. Set properties for Content: Image

5. Set properties for Content: Post date

6. Set properties for Content: Body

7. Set properties for Content: Title

8. At FIELDS area, click Rearrange button and set following arrange

9. At Advanced > OTHER area, add CSS class

10. Click Save block button.

2. Configure View: Latest Articles block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks

2. Find View: Latest Articles block, click configure link, set following properties

3.Click Save block button.

Sidebar second: User menu block

Front end Display

Configure User menu block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks,find User menu.Click configure link and block with following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Sidebar first: Main Menu

Front end Display

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks

2. Find Main Menu block, click configure link, set following properties

3.Click Save block button.

Sidebar frist: Poll block

Front end Display

1. Configure Most recent poll block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks

2. Find Most recent poll block, click configure link, set following properties

3. Click Save block button.

2. Add content

1. Navigate to Content > Add content

2. Find Poll content type link. Then click and create content with following properties:

3. Click Save button.

Sidebar first: Tags in Tags

Front end Display

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks

2. Find Tags in Tags block, click configure link, set following properties

3.Click Save block button.

Sidebar first: Who's online

Front end Display

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks

2. Find Who's online block, click configure link, set following properties

3. Click Save block button.

Sidebar first: Quicktab block

Front end Display

1. Create Quicktab

1. Navigate to Structure > Quicktab > Add Quicktab Instance create Quicktab and block with following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

2. Configure Quicktab block

1.Navigate to Structure > Blocks,find Quicktab. Click configure link and block with following properties:

2.Click Save block button.

Our Partners block

Front end Display

1. Create Our Partners view

1. Navigate to Structure > View click Add new view, then create Our Partners view and set following properties:

2. Click Continue and edit button. Next to steps below to set properties for following fields:

3. At FIELDS area, click Add button to add fields: Content: Image

4. Set properties for Content: Image

5. At FIELDS area, click Rearrange button. Then click Remove link to remove Content: Title field

6. At FILTER CRITERIA area, click Add button to add field Content: Image: fid and set following properties:

7. At FILTER CRITERIA area, click Rearrange button and set following arrange

8. At Advanced > OTHER area, add CSS class

9. Click Save to save view

2. Configure View: Our Partners block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks,find View: Our Partners.Click configure link and block with following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Contact block

Front end Display

1. Add field Image

Find \sites\default\files\field\image add image field maps.jpg

2. Create and configure Contact block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, click Add block link to create Contact block with following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Refer to following PHP code:

Etiam varius velit in arcu bibendum dignissim. Maecenas dapibus lorem nec cras vitae leo dapibus nunc auctor tempor.

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (123) 123-4567

Fax: (123) 123-4567

Resources block

Front end Display

Create and configure Resources block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, click Add block link to create Resources block with following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Refer to following HTML code:

Connect with us block

Front end Display

Create and configure Connect with us block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, click Add block link to create Connect with us block with following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Refer to following HTML code:

Newsletter: Subscribe block

Front end Display

1. Configure module

1. Go to Module, find Newsletter module. Click Permission link

2. Find Newsletter section, set following properties:

3. Click Save block button.

2. Configure block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, find Newsletter: Subscribe block. Click Configure link and set following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Coppyright block

Front end Display

Create and configure Coppyright block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, click Add block link to create Coppyright block with following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Refer to following HTML code:

                        Copyright © 2013 Garnet All Rights Reserved. Designed by weebpal.com. Powered by Drupal

Superfish menu

Front end Display

Configure Superfish 2 block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, find Superfish 2 block. Click Configure link and set following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Create Subpages

About Us page

Create and configure About Us content

1. Navigate to Content > Add contentlink, find Basic page click and create About Us content with following properties:

2. Find Menu settings to click and set following properties

3. Find URL path settings to click and set following properties

4. Click Save block button.

Conntent type page

Create and configure Conntent type view

1. Navigate to Structure > View click Add new view, then create Conntent type view and set following properties:

2. Click Continue and edit button. Next to steps below to set properties for following fields:

3. At FILTER CRITERIA area, find Content: Type to click and set following properties:

4. At PAGE SETTINGS > Menu area, click link and set following properties:

5. Click Save to save view

Contact page

Create and configure Contact block

1. Navigate to Structure > Blocks, click Add block link to create Contact block with following properties:

2. Click Save block button.

Refer to following HTML code:

Contact Us 24/7

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.

Business Hours: Monday to Friday (9am to 5pm)
Address: 123 Street Name, Suite #, State 12345, Country
Phone: (123) 123-4567
Fax: (123) 123-4567
Toll Free: (800) 123-4567

Google map

Portfolio page

Create Portfolio view

1. Navigate to Structure > View click Add new view, then create Portfolio view and set following properties:

2. Click Continue and edit button. Next to steps below to set properties for following fields:

3. At FIELDS area, click Add button to add fields: Content: Images

4. Set properties for Content: Images

5. At FIELDS area, click Rearrange button. Then click Remove link to remove Content: Title field

6. At PAGE SETTINGS > Menu area, click link and set following properties:

7. Click Save to save view

Portfolio 3 columns page

Add Portfolio 3 view

1. Navigate to Structure > View findPortfolio view. Then click Add button to add Portfolio - 3 cols view and set following properties:

2. At Display name area, click link to change name page view to Portfolio - 3 cols

3. At FIELDS area, click Add button to add fields: Content: Link, Content: Body

4. Set properties for Content: Images

5. Set properties for Content: Title

6. Set properties for Content: Link

7. Set properties for Content: Body

8. At FIELDS area, click Rearrange button and set following properties rearrange

9. At PAGE SETTINGS > Path area, click link and set following properties:

10. At PAGE SETTINGS > Menu area, click link and set following properties:

11. At FORMAT > Grid area, click Settings link and set following properties:

12.Click Save to save view

Portfolio 2 columns page

Clone Portfolio view

1. Navigate to Structure > View find Portfolio view. At Page view, click clone Portfolio link to create Portfolio - 2 cols page view and set following properties:

2. At Display name area, click link to change name page view to Portfolio - 2 cols

3. At FIELDS area, click and set properties for Content: Images

4. At PAGE SETTINGS > Path area, click link and set following properties:

5. At PAGE SETTINGS > Menu area, click link and set following properties:

6. At PAGER > User pager area, click link and set following properties:

7. At FORMAT > Grid area, click Settings link and set following properties:

8. Click Save to save view

Portfolio 1 column page

Clone Portfolio 3 view

1. Navigate to Structure > View find Portfolio view. At Portfolio - 3 col view, click clone Portfolio - 3 cols link to create Portfolio - 1 col page view and set following properties:

2. At Display name area, click link to change name page view to Portfolio - 1 col

3. At FIELDS area

4. Set properties for Content: Images

5. Set properties for Content: Body

6. At PAGE SETTINGS > Path area, click link and set following properties:

7. At PAGE SETTINGS > Menu area, click link and set following properties:

8. At FORMAT area, click link and set following properties:

9.Click Save to save view

Main Menu Configure

1. Navigate to Structe > Main menu click Edit link and set following properties:

2. Find Conten type click edit link and set following properties:

3. Find Profolio click edit link and set following properties:

4. Find 1 Columns click edit link and set following properties:

5. Find 2 Columns click edit link and set following properties:

6. Find 3 Columns click edit link and set following properties:

7. Click Add link link to create Blogs menu link and set following properties:

8. Click Add link link to create Polls menu link and set following properties:

9. Click Add link link to create Forms menu link and set following properties:

10. Click Save button

More Configurations

Site Information

In this section, you can change basic settings, such as the site name, slogan, e-mail address.

1. Log in to Administration site page by administrator account

2. Navigate to the Site Information page Configuration > System: Site information

3. Change site details from the view:

Site name
Slogan
E-mail address
Set Default Front page

4. Click on Save configuration to finish editing.

Color Configuration

1. Create a new color.

1. Navigate to the directory: zircon_ii/sites/all/themes/zircon_ii, you can find file zircon_ii.info, open this file.

2. Locate the skins[ ] arrays and add new code row:

3. Save file.

4. Navigate to the directory: zircon_ii/sites/all/themes/zircon_ii/css/colors, clone a folder, then rename it "new_color"

5: new_color folder includes images folder and style.css file.

Now, you can style new color for theme by modifying style.css file.

2. Configuration.

1. Log into website by administrator account.

2. Go to Appearance find zircon_ii 7.38, click on Settings

3: At CONFIGS area, sele.t one of options for Layout, Skin, Background to set default, (e.g: New Color), and at TOGGLE DISPLAY area, check Show Skins Menu option if you want to display Skins menu on front-end pages.

Language Configuration

This section guides you how to have multiple languages for your site. Zircon II Theme supports both Left to Right and Right to Left languages.

1. Navigate to Configuration > Regional and Language > Languages then add new language.

2. Check to enable and set default language

3. Go to Detection and selection tab

4. Save configuration

Banner

Drupal 7 - Zircon II Theme Guide for Developers

Overview

1. Zircon II Package

2. System Requirements

Database

PHP

3. Screenshots

Home

About Us page

Content type page

Polls page

Blogs page

Portfolio page

Portfolio 1 Column page

Portfolio 2 Columns page

Portfolio 3 Columns page

Forums page

Contact

Multi colors

4. Module requirements

Core Modules

Third-party Modules

Required libraries by the modules

Installation

Quick Installation Demo Profile

How to install a WeebPal demo package

Installation Zircon II Theme for Drupal developers

1. Install Drupal

2. Install Zircon II Theme

3. Install Required Modules

Cheat to install modules & theme:

Taxonomy configuration

Quick Information

Media configuration

Image Style Configuration

Content type configuration

Configure Forums

Modify Article type

Modify Blog entry type

Modify Forum topic type

Create Gallery type

Create Our Partners type

Create Our Product type

Create Homepage

Search form block

Front end Display

Headerline

Front end Display

1. Breaking news block

1.1. Create Breaking news view

1.2. Configure View: Breaking news block

2. Connect with me block

TB Mega Menu: Main menu

Front end Display

Configure TB Mega Menu: Main menu block

Slideshow block

Front end Display

1. Create Slideshow view

2. Configure View: Slideshow block

Services block

Front end Display

1. Create Services view

2. Configure View: Services block

Sidebar second: Quote block

Front end Display

Sidebar second: Our Products block

Front end Display

1. Create Our Products view

2. Configure View: Our Products block

Sidebar second: Latest Articles block

Front end Display

1. Create Latest Articles view

2. Configure View: Latest Articles block

Sidebar second: User menu block

Front end Display

Configure User menu block

Sidebar first: Main Menu

Front end Display

Sidebar frist: Poll block