Over and over again the Drupal community has lamented the lack of workshops for designers and very novice themers. Based on feedback from designers and novice themers I am offering two new online workshops. They start next week and are designed to fit your busy schedule and small training budgets. They will teach you the skills you really need to know to succeed in theming Drupal:

• Design to Theme in Five In this workshop you will learn how to convert graphic files to completed themes. Perfect for designers who've yet to create their first theme, and those who are looking for best practices and a few more tips. An understanding of HTML and CSS is required; no PHP experience necessary.
• PHP for Designers By the end of this online course participants will be using PHP and creating Drupal-specific functions to customize their themes.

Depending on how ambitious you are these workshops will take up to 5 hours of your time each week. The workshops may be taken together, or separately. They will include "homework" and checkpoints every week to ensure you have learned the lessons you need to succeed as a Drupal themer. If you are a designer or novice themer, and would like to take these workshops head on over to Design To Theme and register for the course. And if you know a designer or novice themer that you think would benefit from these courses, please let them know about these classes. Registration is limited.