How to get started creating a new custom theme for Drupal, using only minimal code. This is basically a combination of css-only theming, and basic intro theming.

1. Create a new theme folder in /sites/all/themes/. Let's call it "minimal". So you should now have this folder: /sites/all/themes/minimal/.

2. Create a new empty text file in that folder called "minimal.info"

3. Put this essential information in it:

    
name        = Minimal 
description = Minimal theme. 
core   = 6.x 
engine = phptemplate 

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