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Drupal Themes - Affinity - July 2010

Affinity Drupal Theme

Affinity Affinity is the July 2010 release from RocketTheme and features the dRokStories module and a wide variety of preset styles and block variations.

Affinity also has extensive customization for Drupal core feature included in the CSS for this theme and also continues the trend of Source Ordered Layout themes from RocketTheme.

Features and Screenshots


Affinity Color Styles Block Variations Block Regions
  • Source Ordered Layout
  • 6 Stunning Preset Professional Styles
  • 25 Block Regions
  • Stylish, Professional Typography
  • 3 Built-in Menu Systems
  • Multi-column Menu
  • Source Adobe PNG Source Files Included
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid

Source Ordered Layout

The structure places the main content before the side columns in the code hierarchy which is beneficial for SEO purposes as your primary content is crawled first by the search engines such as Google.

Affinity Documentation

Get started using Affinity with a wide variety of tutorials explaining installation, configuration, block regions, and much more.

Installation


To Install Using the RocketLauncher

Download the Affinity RocketLauncher (rt_affinity_d6-rocketlauncher.zip) This is the RocketLauncher pack for Affinity which is a complete Drupal install which has the theme pre-installed and configured. Similarly, the demo content is injected and the modules are also pre-installed.
  • Extract d_affinity_d6-rocketlauncher.zip
  • Copy the contents to the location you want to install Drupal
  • Navigate to that location in your browser and run the Drupal installer
  • Drupal, the theme, demo content and modules will all be installed and enabled

Install Theme and Modules Only

Download the Affinity Theme (rt_affinity_d6.tgz) This file is the theme-only package you will use to install just the theme into Drupal.
  • Extract d_affinity_d6.tgz
  • Load your FTP client, such as FileZilla
  • Upload the d_affinity_d6 folder to the /sites/all/themes/ folder in your Drupal install
  • Login into the Drupal administrator
  • Go to Administer | Themes
  • Check Enable and Default to the right of Affinity
  • Click Save Configuration
Download the Affinity Modules (rt_affinity_d6-modules.zip) This file is the modules-only package you will use to install just the modules into your Affinity-themed Drupal site.
  • Extract d_affinity_d6-modules.zip
  • Extract the individual modules
  • Load your FTP client, such as FileZilla
  • Upload the various Affinity modules folders to the /sites/all/modules/ folder
  • Login into the Drupal administrator
  • Go to Administer | Modules
  • Enable the Custom Modules (Other) for Affinity
  • Click Save Configuration

Other Downloads

There are other files that you may wish to download that accompany the release, but are not required for the theme to work.

  • Affinity Source PNG(s) d-affinity-sources.zip – This contains all the Adobe Fireworks PNG source files for the theme, and if applicable, the logo font.

Frequently Asked Questions


Where can i find theme settings?
  • Login into the Drupal administrator
  • Go to Administer → Themes → Affinity → Configure
  • Change Settings
  • Save Changes

Changelog

Affinity Theme

This is a non-exhaustive changelog for the Affinity theme, inclusive of any alpha, beta, release candidate and final versions.

        Legend:
        
        * -> Security Fix
        # -> Bug Fix
        + -> Addition
        ^ -> Change
        - -> Removed
        ! -> Note
        
        ------- 1.2 Update [23-August-2010] -------
        + added code to show blog title when on blog list page
        
        Changed Files:
        node.tpl.php        
        
        ------- 1.1 Update [12-august-2010] -------
        # added compatibility for mootools library for 3rd party module support in the admin
        + added support for database table prefixes in the RocketLauncher Installation profile
        ^ updated drokstories module to support database table prefixes
        ^ updated drokstories.tpl.php override to support database table prefixes
        
        
        Changed Files:
        rt_head_includes.php
        rt_mootools.php
        drokstories.tpl.php
        theme-settings.php
        
        Changed Modules:
        dRokStories
        
        ------- 1.0 Release [07-July-2010] -------
        ! Initial Release        
        
        
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