Zenophile

Zenophile allows themers to very easily create Zen subthemes without all the tedious file copying and find-and-replacing required when creating subthemes by hand. It also simplifies other common tasks when creating Zen subthemes, such as adjusting the width and placement of sidebars. Zenophile includes a simple API allowing developers to create their own modules to modify Zenophile's behavior and add their own features. And it even supports Drush for you CLI fans out there.

Note that this module will only work properly with the 1.x branch of Zen. Once the Zen 2.x branch reaches beta status, I will begin the process of tweaking Zenophile so that it is compatible; however, I'm afraid if I start now, I'll be aiming at a moving target.

Zenophile 2.0 includes two sub-modules. The Zenophile Midnight submodule adds CSS and graphics for easily starting a theme with a light-on-dark color scheme. It also serves the dual purpose of demonstrating Zenophile's API for interested developers. The Zenophile Sidebars submodule allows you to easily adjust the width and placement of sidebars. If you're upgrading from a previous release, be aware you have to enable the “Zenophile Sidebars” module before you will see the sidebar adjustment controls (this feature was previously in the main Zenophile module instead of a separate module).

A message from a newly-converted Zenophile fan:

I've been taking peeks at Zenophile for ages but never committed to trying it out. How silly I was. I ought to have tried this module months ago.

Releases

Official releases	Date	Size	Links	Status
6.x-2.0-beta3	2009-Nov-07	144.31 KB	Download · Release notes	Recommended for 6.x
6.x-1.1-beta9	2009-Sep-14	13.4 KB	Download · Release notes	Supported for 6.x

Development snapshots	Date	Size	Links	Status
6.x-2.x-dev	2009-Oct-23	145.1 KB	Download · Release notes	Development snapshot
6.x-1.x-dev	2009-Aug-25	10.77 KB	Download · Release notes	Development snapshot