Persian Theme for Drupal
Update
I’m starting to think the approach I took in dealing with blocks in this port is not the best way. When I do update this theme (perhaps when Persian 1.2 comes out), I think I will go the way I did with Manji theme.
Persian is a clean design by Chris J. Davis, originally for WordPress 1.3. Its layout consists of only a single column, which, while quite suitable for personal blog site, is not common for Drupal. I have used inspiration from joepilot.net to incorporate Drupal blocks into the design.
I think this will make a nice design for personal blog based on Drupal.
The theme is tested soley on Windows 2000, and seemed to work fine on both Firefox and Internet Explorer
Demo site
(Drupal) sites using Persian
Download
This theme is made for Drupal 4.5. It can now be grabbed form drupal.org.
It requires the PHPTemplate theme engine.
Installation
Untar the package into your /themes folder.

‘Left’ bar
Blocks that is configured (in block admin page) to appear in ‘left’ region now appears as drop-down menu on the top of the main content area. Only the title of the block is shown in normal state, and the content appears when the mouse cursur hover over the title.

Sidebar
If a block is to be shown in full on a page, you can configure it for ‘right’ region. Then it will appear in a box, floated to the right, within the content area.
Search Bar
There is only textbox with the word ‘search’ inside, and no button. Clicking enter will start the search.

Elements
Primary and Secondary links are not supported in this theme. The following page elements can be toggle on/off in theme config page.
- Site name
- Site slogan
- Footer text
- Search box