Using the Drupal Theme Developer Module

There is one module that makes designing for Drupal 7 much, much easier: Theme Developer.
You can think of Theme Developer as a Drupal-specific version of Firebug or Chrome Developer Tools. Using Theme developer you can click on any element of your Drupal site and get a breakdown of how it was built.
Theme Developer has some downsides: it's not been updated in a while, and (like anything related to the Devel module) shouldn't be used on live sites. But, it can still be a useful tool for Drupal 7 themers.Install the Devel module, the simplehtmldom API module and the Theme Developer module. Be careful - you must use simplehtml API version 7.x-1.12.Go to Administer > Site Building > Modules. Enable all the modules you uploaded.In the bottom-left corner of the screen, you will see a small "Themer Info" area:Check this box:Up in the top-right corner of the site you'll see a larger black box:The bar does a pretty good job of explaining what to do! Just like Firebug, or Chrome Dev...



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