Starter theme for Drupal 7? Stark? Zen? [closed]

Question

I have been using Drupal 6 for a year and always used Zen Sub-Theme for every project. So, should I keep using Zen for Drupal 7? Or is Drupal 7 bringing a better alternative? Maybe the Stark theme?

Answer 1

I am a long time Zen user myself and I have also used Zen for a Drupal 7 project recently. Although I have some doubts about the number of style sheets, I still found it very easy and familiar to work with.

I think you cannot compare Zen to Stark, because Stark is not really meant as a starter theme, but rather a theme (or should we call it a non-theme?) that shows what Drupal looks like without theming. There are other starter themes you could consider, like Fusion and Genesis for instance. Check out the Starter Themes page for more info.

Answer 2

You might wint to try out the Zentropy starter theme. Great for starting a template, well maintained and cutting edge.

From the Zentropy Drupal page:

Zentropy is a base theme which attempts to bring the best of a couple worlds together:

It converts the core template files to HTML5 markup (based on Boron - all credit to Scott Vandehey (spaceninja) of Metal Toad Media)

It adds useful features from the classic Basic theme

It includes an HTML5-friendly CSS Reset & other best practices from Paul Irish's HTML5 Boilerplate

It also features a bunch of other goodies thrown in: more regions, Google Analytics integration, support for Modernizr (http://www.modernizr.com/) and all sorts of awesomeness