Two Site Themes

Question

PROBLEM: Drupal 6 website developed with customized theme. Blog module does not play well with customized theme.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION: Would it be possible to set up a directory called /blog and load the Drupal BlogBuzz II theme? It needs to use the existing main website DB so searches on the main website will also return blog content.

Is this possible and if so are there any resources online that describe the process?

P.S. Thought about using WordPress as a sub-site but then Search queries on the main website will not return content in the WordPress Blog website.

Thanks-in-Advance,

John

Answer 1

You can use ThemeKey to achieve this (https://drupal.org/project/themekey). It will allow you to use a second, tailored theme, in specific places, like for a specific content type.

Answer 2

If you don't want to install another module (or don't need something super fancy), you can do something like this in your sites/default/settings.php file:

if (strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/blog')===0) {
  $conf['theme_default'] = 'blogbuzzii'; // or whatever it's called
}

and every page path that starts with /blog should now be themed with the blogbuzzii theme.