How to Theme LocalGov Drupal Microsites Using Base and Sub-Themes

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In his video tutorial, Mark Conroy, frontend lead at The Confident, shares a concise walkthrough on how to manage visual consistency across LocalGov Drupal Microsites using a combination of a base theme and sub-themes. The approach allows councils and organizations using LocalGov Drupal to maintain a shared design system while still enabling site-specific overrides for branding or layout adjustments.

By leveraging localgov_microsites_base as a foundation and building sub-themes on top of it, developers can tweak styles, templates, and CSS variables for individual microsites without starting from scratch each time. The demo emphasizes simplicity and practicality, offering real-world advice based on Conroy’s experience deploying these strategies in production environments.

Watch the full tutorial here: https://youtu.be/RppXVBzRyY8

Reference: LocalGov Drupal Microsites themes with sub-themes, The Confident (10 October 2025)

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