UI Patterns in Drupal – learn and abandon them

SESSION OVERVIEW
By default, Drupal imposes various restriction on the layout, the behavior and the information architecture of a website. As someone designing for Drupal, you should know them well, but you should not obey to them at any costs. This session is in lecture style.

AGENDA
* Drupal’s design principals
* Overview of common design and layout patterns
* Common behaviors available in Drupal
* How to not use default styles

GOALS
The aim is to familiarize the participants with Drupal’s approach to certain design and layout task and to inform them how certain ways of doing things can be overcome. You should get a feeling of what parts you need to consider when creating a design.