[themes] Modules CSS styles...

Darrel O'Pry dopry at thing.net
Fri Dec 2 17:32:40 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 10:33 -0500, Trae McCombs wrote:
> John Mark Engle wrote:
> > Maybe, though, extending off of this, perhaps more sensible default css 
> > should be encouraged.   For modules, it should be as flexible as 
> > possible, and fit into most themes.
> 
> Sensible defaults sound good, until you start asking what is sensible. 
> Everyone has their on opinion about what is proper white spacing, what 
> is proper setup for thier module.  In the case of eventfinder.css, it 
> was trying to float the contents and set it to a width of 200 so it 
> would look like a block or something inside the node area.  The problem 
> was, this code didn't work on Firefox, or Internet Explorer 6.  Not 
> exactly sure what browser this code was originally tested on.
> 
> The point is, someone thought, at one time, it might be a good idea to 
> make it look like it was, and maybe to them, it was sensible.
> 
> :/  Maybe if we came up with a set of Module design standards for people 
> to go by.  You've got a good idea, it's just, how do you enforce a 
> subjective standard.
> 
> Trae



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