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color=#0000ff size=2>The big blue bar on top does nothing for the theme except
push down the title bar and drown the rest of the site. No matter how I
try I can't look away. As I try and look down the page, my eye is
constantly drawn to the big huge empty dominating color bar on
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color=#0000ff size=2>-sepeck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> development-bounces@drupal.org
[mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Trae
McCombs<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
development@drupal.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [development] Drupal 5.0 Theme -
v2<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>First things first, Farsheed has done OUTSTANDING work on trying to
incorporate a whole bunch of peoples ideas of what should or shouldn't be in
the theme. Below isn't meant to be "open for discussion" per se.
It is My Take[tm] on the direction I think the theme should go. If Dries
likes it, cool, I hope everyone does too, but I know there will be those who
absolutely hate my proposal. <BR><BR>My "code" is based off of the 14.zip
version that Farsheed put up. I still feel he's the best person to pull
these changes together once everything is all settled, I hope I've not made
too much of a mess for him. ;) I don't know how to use diff and all that
stuff as he does. I just make things pretty[tm]. <BR><BR>"My"
Theme:<BR><A href="http://themes.net/">http://themes.net/</A>
<BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">WHILE</SPAN> you look at the theme
above, keep in mind I've only worked on the Fixed version. That isn't to
say that I won't work on the fluid version too. Also note that It is NOT
a finished version. Below are the tweaks I want to implement of which I
feel will push this theme over the edge and make it worth of Drupal 5.0
default theme:<BR><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">* Rounded
Corners</SPAN><BR>Yes, we love them don't we? I would like to have
rounded corners on the following areas [current colors kept in tact].
<BR> 1. Search area<BR> 2. Mission<BR> 3. Footer<BR><BR>If
you have Inkscape [ <A href="http://inkscape.org">http://inkscape.org</A> ]
create a rectangle and click the rectangle select and set Rx and Ry to either
8 or 13. Those are the corner radii I'm thinking of using. <BR><BR>I
know how to implement a "pure html" way to do rounded corners with no images {
as can be seen on my bands site -- yes, it's crappy looking -- <A
href="http://theinterference.com/">http://theinterference.com/ </A>} But
wanted to discuss this implementation with maybe Ted, Farsheed, others as to
what would be the best way technically to implement the rounded corners.
My way I think is smooth and clean, and works on all browsers, but does put a
lot of extra mark-up. Do we want that much extra mark-up going into a
core theme? <BR><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">* Search bar and
Footer bar</SPAN><BR>Texture... these areas will have a nice clean texture in
the background (of course, depending on the method we use for rounded
corners) But the texture will really make those areas pop. I'll
work on this tomorrow. I might simply repeat the "Glassy" feel from the
Primary links to those areas. <BR><BR><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">* Secondary Links</SPAN><BR>I'd say we
should have a place for Secondary links built into the top search bar, much
like the Primary links. These are probably just small font links left
aligned. <BR><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">* Logo on
Right</SPAN><BR>Not sure which logo to use... There are several Drupal Icon's
laying around and wanted to know which is the "official one". This could
tie into the "change the logo" discussion we had earlier. Would be nice
to at least get the ability to change the logo easily with AJAX goodness into
Drupal 5.0<BR><BR>That's about it... <BR><BR>If everyone hates this and loves
Farsheeds better, my feelings won't be hurt. I figured I'd spend some
time, and put up instead of shutting up. :)<BR><BR>The way that Farsheeds
theme worked, still works, 2col(l/r) and 3col as is displayed. Again, I
haven't touched fluid, so I'd have to go back in and fix those things.
<BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">I can dedicate the rest of this week
to this project should everyone (read: Dries) approve of my work thus far, and
possibly a wee bit more time after that. </SPAN><BR><BR>Peace love and
Bananas, <BR>Trae "The Artist Formerly Known as Occy"<BR clear=all><BR>PS. I
hope I didn't forget anything that should have gone in this PS area.
:)<BR><BR>-- <BR> Trae McCombs || <A
href="http://occy.net/">http://occy.net/ </A><BR> Founder - <A
href="http://Themes.org">Themes.org</A> // <A
href="http://Linux.com">Linux.com</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>