themes December 2005

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Example phptemplate theme
by Rowan Kerr 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

I pasted this in the IRC channel yesterday but thought I might as well send it to the list as well. This is an example theme I've come up with that tries to implement as many of the features of PHPTemplate as possible, and respect as many of the settings as possible. It's XHTML 1 and pure CSS.. and hopefully structured in a useful way. I think it's a lot cleaner in structure than bluemarine and might be a better starting point for new themers? (eg: All blocks, boxes, nodes, comments have the same basic structure with a main title div and content div). Example theme: http://stasis.org/~rowan/projects/drupal-example-theme/4.6/ Discuss.. :) -Rowan

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Disappearing, Reappearing text in IE
by erik hopp 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Hi. I'm working on a project and we are running into a CSS problem where in Windows / IE6, on some pages and at some spots, the text will not show up when you load the page, however, if you highlight the text it appears. i have seen this before and have read a little about it but i was wondering if anyone has foung a solution. This seems promising, but i haven't gotten a chance to try it yet and i am wondering if anyone has: http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0103d.shtml#tweaks thanks for any help! e. -- erik hopp erik|at|mediamutiny.org home/work: 401.621.2529 cell: 401.744.0970 268 knight street providence, ri 02909 http://mediamutiny.org | http://quilted.org

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Subscriptions
by Dries Buytaert 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hello world, in just a few days, there are 61 people subscribed to this mailing list. Looks like it is going strong. That said, I wanted to let you know that I'm not subscribed to this mailing list. If something on this list requires my attention, please CC me or bring it up on development(a)drupal.org. Thanks. -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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Re: [themes] Example phptemplate theme
by Khalid B 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

I sent this earlier, but it bounced. On 12/3/05, Khalid B wrote: > ِA theme that is meant to be a starting point is Friends Electric. > > It is based on phptemplate, and is tableless. You can use the .php files > in it as a starting point too. > > The hard part with Drupal is the CSS ... > > On 12/3/05, Rowan Kerr <rowan0(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I pasted this in the IRC channel yesterday but thought I might as well > > send it to the list as well. > > > > This is an example theme I've come up with that tries to implement as > > many of the features of PHPTemplate as possible, and respect as many > > of the settings as possible. > > > > It's XHTML 1 and pure CSS.. and hopefully structured in a useful way. > > I think it's a lot cleaner in structure than bluemarine and might be a > > better starting point for new themers? (eg: All blocks, boxes, nodes, > > comments have the same basic structure with a main title div and > > content div). > > > > Example theme: http://stasis.org/~rowan/projects/drupal-example-theme/4.6/ > > > > Discuss.. :) >

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Re: [themes] Modules CSS styles...
by Trae McCombs 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

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 -- Trae "occy" McCombs || http://occy.net/ Founder - Themes.org // Linux.com CivicSpaceLabs - http://civicspacelabs.org/

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Drupal Main Theme page - A Suggestion for Improvements
by Trae McCombs 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi all, If you go to this page: http://drupal.org/support You will see a variety of information for someone looking for support. However, if you go to the main Drupal Themes page, you are simply confronted with a bunch of themes to download. I suggest we create a Launching page for the Main Themes page too. We should have at least the following: 1. Prominent Large Image pointing to the Themes Gallery (Think Drupal News Letter "Ad" on the front page of Drupal.org) Perhaps links to themes hosted elsewhere. (offsite from drupal.org) 2. Themes Help area that lists the following links: - Basic Themes Help: http://drupal.org/node/39451 - Manage inconsistancy in themes: http://drupal.org/node/37156 3. IRC Channel This should simply mention the #drupal-themes irc channel on irc.freenode.net. 4. Mailing list info Info about this mailing list. 5. Other stuff... ... I'm not sure who is the person that would or does have the permissions to do this. I would not mind doing it if Dries gave me access to the site to do it. Thanks for your time, Trae -- Trae "occy" McCombs || http://occy.net/ Founder - Themes.org // Linux.com CivicSpaceLabs - http://civicspacelabs.org/

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Modules CSS styles...
by Trae McCombs 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hey gang, yesterday I was working on the eventfinder stuff and I had a thought. The biggest problem a lot of people who are new to drupal have when trying to theme a module is, they have to constantly try and override the css that is shipped with an actual modules css file. This is a pain in the butt for those new to Drupal. What makes the most sense to me is... Module developers shouldn't even be in the business of formatting the output display of their module. That should be the job of the theme, and themers. If they want, maybe they could include something like: eventfinder-sample-css And in their readme to that module they can tell people to simply rename their file to: eventfinder.css and then it will activate that style the module developer might have wanted. Some of these styles mess things up. soo... I really don't think the modules should have styled output personally. <flaim suit on> reply away! Trae -- Trae "occy" McCombs || http://occy.net/ Founder - Themes.org // Linux.com CivicSpaceLabs - http://civicspacelabs.org/

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#drupal-themes
by Trae McCombs 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi gang, I have created #drupal-themes for us to chat about theme issues. Feel free to drop by and lurk with the rest of us. Cheers, Trae -- Trae "occy" McCombs || http://occy.net/ Founder - Themes.org // Linux.com CivicSpaceLabs - http://civicspacelabs.org/

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New mailing list: themes@drupal.org
by Dries Buytaert 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hello world, a new mailing list has been created: themes(a)drupal.org, a mailing list for theme developers and designers. -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/

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