What is the Zen Theme

The zen theme system http://drupal.org/project/zen is an excellent base to create new unique designs for Drupal. What is so powerful about this system is what it provides out of the box. New designs are made by creating sub-themes that override the core architecture provided with the zen theme system. All you have to understand is how to design and write pure CSS.

– Excellent clean base to create with
 – Garland is Garland for a reason, it is not where a new theme should be built from.

• Have resources similar to what larger shops use
  
• Standardization of Workflow
  
  • Don't reinvent the wheel, re-use everything
    
• SEO Benefits
  
• Great CSS Base
  
• Excellent features: template.php
  
  • body classes; section, page, node-type
    
  • block editing
    
  • extra regions; #content-top, #content-bottom
    
• Engage in the community
  
  • Provides a common point of reference