Render API Theming - sinsunsan/archiref_wiki GitHub Wiki

Références

• Slides on d7 render API http://fr.slideshare.net/frandoh/the-render-api-in-drupal-7

• Pass variable to the theme function

It could be passed in different function In the hook_implementation (if you already know the value of the function)

function rue89_conjugueur_theme() {
  return array(
    'rue89_conjugueur' => array('variable' => 'my value'),
  );
}

API

• theme function
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21theme.inc/function/theme/7
  Central function in the theming process Serve as a router to call the right callback function define in hook_theme. The first argument is the name of the theme hook to be used, the second the renderable array to render.
  There is two way to render, theme function of template. If the render will be made by a template, there is a preprocess phase that prepare variables that will be available in the templates.

• hook_theme
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system%21system.api.php/function/hook_theme/7
  Main hook to define how a renderable array are going to be rendered.

• drupal_render
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes%21common.inc/function/drupal_render/7
  Transform a structured array in a rendered array with html to display. Called by render() wrapper function

• drupal_html_class
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!common.inc/function/drupal_html_class/7
  Prepare a string to be used as a class (replace _ by - ...)

• field_attach_view
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!field!field.attach.inc/function/field_attach_view/7
  Return an renderable array of the given field

Pages

• preprocess
• customize user register page

Liens

• override core or contributed module css
  No need to write ani css rules, create a css file with the same name as the original css file to override and declare it in .info file of your theme
  http://drupal.org/node/263967

• Using the theme layer
  http://drupal.org/node/933976

• The hook_theme to declare template
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system%21system.api.php/function/hook_theme/7

• Theming search results
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!search!search-result.tpl.php/6

• View theming with template
  http://drupal.org/node/352970