Theming

What's New in Drupal 8: Theming for Drupal 8

Last updated March 6, 2020
Theming

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This tutorial covers a topic in Drupal 8 which may or may not be the version you're using. We're keeping this tutorial online as a courtesy to users of Drupal 8, but we consider it archived.

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Guide: Theme Drupal Sites

This video was part of a series of presentations produced in anticipation of Drupal 8's official release. For information about theming based on official releases of Drupal 8, view tutorials in our Drupal 8 Theming Guide.

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This presentation outlines some of the major changes to the way that themes are built in Drupal 8 and is intended to help you generate a list of the things you're going to need to know in order to start making awesome Drupal 8 themes. A lot has changed, and there are a lot of new things to learn. However, one of the primary focuses has been on making the theme layer easier to understand, and easier to get started with.

Almost every aspect of the theming layer has been touched in one way or another during the Drupal 8 development cycle. We think some of the important ones to learn about are:

  • How Drupal 8 makes the theme layer easier to understand
  • Changes to help make Drupal responsive and mobile friendly
  • The adoption of current best practices for HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript
  • The addition of a new template engine based on Twig

After watching this presentation you should have a better understanding of the things you'll need to learn in order to create themes in Drupal 8 and where you might need to brush up.