Which theme to use for a new Drupal project?

When you need a professional theme to work with, one way (the best one in my opinion) is to start with the ZEN theme and the STARTERKIT sub-theme.

I'll give some tips to install and run the STARTERKIT theme, and immediately after that, you can start to customize the css and design.

Follow the steps below:

1. Dowload the ZEN theme here http://drupal.org/project/zen

2. Unzip it in the folder /sites/all/themes

3. Copy the STARTERKIT folder out of the zen/ folder and rename it to be your new sub-theme (ex. /sites/all/themes/myprojectname)

now begin our customization to make it work, just a few steps more!

4. Rename the STARTERKIT.info.txt file to include the name of your new sub-theme and remove the ".txt" extension. Then edit the .info file by editing the name and description field.

5. Edit the template.php and theme-settings.php files in your sub-theme's folder; replace ALL occurrences of "STARTERKIT" with the name of your sub-theme (ex myprojectname)

template.php file


theme-settings.php file

6. Finally Log in as an administrator on your Drupal site and go to Appearance >  and enable your new sub-theme

Ready, you can start to theme your design!