Task description:

Utilizing at least a rudimentary understanding of PHP, good XHTML and CSS
skills, take the same node form and add fields to it using the CCK module
(http://drupal.org/project/cck), then theme this form, making sure to
document your work.  This is a task that nearly all professional Drupal
developers need to know how to do.

Using good coding practice (http://drupal.org/coding-standards) to complete
this task, you must:
 1.  Create a new content type.
 2.  Add at least 5 different types of fields to the content type.
 3.  Using the phptemplate theme engine (http://drupal.org/phptemplate),
theme the content type you created in 3 visually distinct ways.
Note that this task is not about changing the display of the form after it
is submitted, but <em>while</em> the user is entering his/her data.

When you have completed this task, you should create a documentation page
in the appropriate location in the theming portion of the handbook which
describes your changes and provides your code, as well as screen-shots of
what the changes look like.

Some resources to help you with this task are:
 1. The documentation on the PHPTemplate engine is available here:
http://drupal.org/phptemplate
 2. General information about creating theme overrides is available here:
http://drupal.org/node/55126
 3. Information specific to theming a form is available here:
http://drupal.org/node/112358
 4. If you need help, you can post a question in the forums
(http://drupal.org/forum) or contact someone on the #drupal-support channel
on irc.freenode.net.
 5. When you need to create your screen-shot, read this page first:
http://drupal.org/node/11637

I estimate that this task should take about 4-5 days to complete.

Task manager: dwees