- Some first theme Marvin improvements: better CSS, less tables.  Borrowed some from
  marvin_2k and styleswitcher.  More to come.

themes/marvin/marvin.css

@@ -7,11 +7,24 @@ body {
   font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
   font-size: 76%;
 }
+a:link {
+  color: #656
+}
+a:visited {
+  color: #656
+}
+a:active {
+  color: #ccc
+}
 h1 {
   font-size: 1.2em;
 }
 h2 {
+  background-color: #eaeaea;
+  border: solid 1px #777;
   font-size: 1.1em;
+  margin: 0.5em 0em 0.5em 0em;
+  padding: 0.5em;
 }
 h3, h4, h5, h6 {
   font-size: 1em;
@@ -20,7 +33,7 @@ table {
   width: 100%;
 }
 p {
-  margin: 0 0 1em 0;
+  margin: 0 1em 1em 0;
   padding: 0;
 }
 img {
@@ -50,20 +63,51 @@ table {
 .calendar .row-week {
   color: #aaa;
 }
+.item-list ul li {
+  list-style-image: url(images/bullet.png);
+}
 .path, .path a, .path a:visited {
   color: #888;
 }
+.block {
+  margin-bottom: 10px;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+}
+.block h2.title {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+.block .content {
+  border: solid 1px #777;
+  border-top: none;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 5px;
+}
+.node h2.title {
+  background-color: #fff;
+  border: solid 1px #999;
+  margin-top: 1em;
+}
+.node .submitted {
+  color: #7c7c7c;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+  float: left;
+  padding: 0.5em 0em 0.5em 1em;
+}
+.node .taxonomy {
+  color: #7c7c7c;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+  float: right;
+}
+.node .content {
+  clear: both;
+  padding-left: 1em;
+}
+.node .links {
+  padding: 1em;
+}
 #forum .title {
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #404040;
   padding-bottom: 1em;
 }
-a:link {
-  color: #656
-}
-a:visited {
-  color: #656
-}
-a:active {
-  color: #ccc
-}
+

themes/marvin/marvin.theme

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function marvin_header() {
   $output .= "    <td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 85%;\">\n";
 
   $output .= theme("breadcrumb", drupal_get_breadcrumb());
-  $output .= "<h1>" . drupal_get_title() . "</h1>";
+  $output .= "<h2>" . drupal_get_title() . "</h2>";
   if ($help = menu_get_active_help()) {
     $output .= "<small>$help</small><hr />";
   }
@@ -71,43 +71,36 @@ function marvin_header() {
 
 function marvin_node($node, $main = 0, $page = 0) {
 
-  if (module_exist("taxonomy")) {
-    $terms = taxonomy_link("taxonomy terms", $node);
-  }
-  if (count($terms)) {
-    $colspan = " colspan=\"2\"";
+  $output = "<div class=\"node\">\n";
+  if (!$page) {
+    $output .= "<h2 class=\"title\">". l($node->title, "node/view/$node->nid") ."</h2>\n";
   }
 
-  $path = path_to_theme();
-  $output  = "\n<!-- node: \"$node->title\" -->\n";
-  $output .= "<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border 0px; width: 100%;\">\n";
-  if ($page == 0) {
-    $output .= " <tr><td$colspan><img src=\"$path/images/drop.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" /> &nbsp; <b>$node->title</b></td></tr>\n";
-  }
-  $output .= " <tr style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\"><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 100%;\"><img src=\"$path/images/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" /></td></tr>\n";
-  $output .= " <tr><td><div style=\"color: #7c7c7c;\"><small>". t("Submitted by %a on %b", array("%a" => format_name($node), "%b" => format_date($node->created, "large"))) ."</small></div></td>";
-  if ($colspan) {
-    $output .= "<td style=\"text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><small>". theme("links", $terms) ."</small></td>";
+  $output .= "<div class=\"submitted\">". t("Submitted by %a on %b", array("%a" => format_name($node), "%b" => format_date($node->created, "large"))) ."</div>";
+
+  if (module_exist("taxonomy") && ($taxonomy = taxonomy_link("taxonomy terms", $node))) {
+    $output .= "<div class=\"taxonomy\">". theme("links", $taxonomy) ."</div>";
   }
-  $output .= " </tr>\n";
-  $output .= " <tr><td$colspan>&nbsp;</td></tr>\n";
+
+  $output .= "<div class=\"content\">";
 
   if ($main && $node->teaser) {
-    $output .= " <tr><td$colspan><p>$node->teaser</p></td></tr>\n";
+    $output .= $node->teaser;
   }
   else {
-    $output .= " <tr><td$colspan><p>$node->body</p></td></tr>\n";
+    $output .= $node->body;
   }
 
-  $output .= " <tr><td$colspan>&nbsp;</td></tr>\n";
+  $output .= "</div>\n";
 
   if ($links = link_node($node, $main)) {
-    $output .= " <tr><td$colspan>". theme("links", $links) ."</td></tr>\n";
+    $output .= "<div class=\"links\">". theme("links", $links) ."</div>\n";
   }
 
-  $output .= "</table>\n";
-  $output .= "<br /><br />\n\n";
+  $output .= "</div>\n";
+
   return $output;
+
 }
 
 function marvin_comment($comment, $link = "") {
@@ -147,28 +140,7 @@ function marvin_comment($comment, $link = "") {
   }
 
   // Print bottom link(s):
-  $output .= "    <tr><td style=\"background-color: #eaeaea; text-align: right;\">[ $link ]</td></tr>\n";
-  $output .= "   </table>\n";
-  $output .= "  </td>\n";
-  $output .= " </tr>\n";
-  $output .= "</table>\n";
-  $output .= "<br />\n\n";
-
-  return $output;
-}
-
-function marvin_block($block) {
-  return theme("box", $block->subject, $block->content);
-}
-
-function marvin_box($subject, $content, $region = "main") {
-  $output  = "\n<!-- box: \"$subject\" -->\n";
-  $output .= "<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 100%;\">\n";
-  $output .= " <tr>\n";
-  $output .= "  <td>\n";
-  $output .= "   <table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n";
-  $output .= "    <tr><td style=\"background-color: #eaeaea; text-align: center;\"><div style=\"color: #404040;\"><b>$subject</b></div></td></tr>\n";
-  $output .= "    <tr><td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; vertical-align: top;\">$content</td></tr>\n";
+  $output .= "    <tr><td style=\"background-color: #eaeaea; text-align: right;\">$link</td></tr>\n";
   $output .= "   </table>\n";
   $output .= "  </td>\n";
   $output .= " </tr>\n";