June 2006 - themes - lists.drupal.org

Re: Not easy, but still great
by Øivind Binde 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

Yes, I agree with Adrian here. Drupal may not be the greatest too work with all the time. Because of its complexity of nature. I don't know what Kieran Lal's earlier preferences or knowledge are..Tough I have to say you have done well on your theme there.*thumbs up* Anyway. As I have said/asked before: Should drupal compete directly with Wordpress? Sure, they are both "do-able" for blogs, but drupal is meant for so much more! WP is really just a blogtool. A very good one too! I kinda see Drupal as a framework, a framework that scales good and gives me the flexibility that I need from a CMS(as a developer). So here is my real deal, should Drupal just let WP handle the bloggers, so Drupal can deal with community building and complex websites? I think so. Today I have no problem theming with PHPtemplate. Wrap some divs around here and there, then do your magic with the CSS! Now that phptemplate kinda have grown on too me, I really like theming my sites by code. Since many WYSIWYG-editors tends too live their own lifes by throwing in random code here and there. As for PHPtemplate2.0, everything can be improved! ;) Sorry for my bad english sometimes. regards morphir themes-request(a)drupal.org wrote: > Send themes mailing list submissions to > themes(a)drupal.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/themes > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > themes-request(a)drupal.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > themes-owner(a)drupal.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of themes digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. although it?s a very powerful CMS, I didn?t have the greatest > time with it as it came to be one of the most cumbersome and > roundabout pieces of software... (Kieran Lal) > 2. Re: although it?s a very powerful CMS, I didn?t have the > greatest time with it as it came to be one of the most cumbersome > and roundabout pieces of software... (Adrian Simmons) > 3. Re: although it?s a very powerful CMS, I didn?t have the > greatest time with it as it came to be one of the most cumbersome > and roundabout pieces of software... (B?r Kessels) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:36:11 -0700 > From: Kieran Lal <kieran(a)civicspacelabs.org> > Subject: [themes] although it?s a very powerful CMS, I didn?t have the > greatest time with it as it came to be one of the most cumbersome and > roundabout pieces of software... > To: "themes(a)drupal.org theme developers" <themes(a)drupal.org> > Message-ID: <BB9070B3-7148-4E83-A014-A7425EA4FAF8(a)civicspacelabs.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; > format=flowed > > "It was also my first chance to play with Drupal. Unfortunately, > although it’s a very powerful CMS, I didn’t have the greatest time > with it as it came to be one of the most cumbersome and roundabout > pieces of software I’ve ever worked with." > > http://avalonstar.com/2006/06/13/flocks-home-gets-a-makeover/ > > Anyone want to follow up and get some feedback? > > Kieran > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:22:23 +0100 > From: Adrian Simmons <adrinux(a)perlucida.com> > Subject: Re: [themes] although it?s a very powerful CMS, I didn?t have > the greatest time with it as it came to be one of the most cumbersome > and roundabout pieces of software... > To: A list for theme developers <themes(a)drupal.org> > Message-ID: <448FD54F.8090503(a)perlucida.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Kieran Lal wrote: > >> Anyone want to follow up and get some feedback? >> > I think the blog post tells you all you need to know: > > "Maybe, I’m just too used to how WordPress works." > This is clearly someone that is used to working with a different system and > found wrapping their head around a new one a bit hard. Lets not forget that > WordPress is a blog system, Drupal is a lot more. It's always going to be a > bit more of a learning curve. > > "there’s quite a learning curve when trying to conquer those quirky nodes > and blocks." > Whilst this is true changes in the theme system that are already in the > pipeline will radically alter that, making it much easier to conquer blocks > and nodes :) > > But whilst themeing Drupal can be made *easier*, it's never going to be > *easy* to set up and theme large or medium sized websites, not if you want > to do it well. > >

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although it’s a very powerful CMS, I didn’t have the greatest time with it as it came to be one of the most cumbersome and roundabout pieces of software...
by Kieran Lal 14 Jun '06

14 Jun '06

"It was also my first chance to play with Drupal. Unfortunately, although it’s a very powerful CMS, I didn’t have the greatest time with it as it came to be one of the most cumbersome and roundabout pieces of software I’ve ever worked with." http://avalonstar.com/2006/06/13/flocks-home-gets-a-makeover/ Anyone want to follow up and get some feedback? Kieran

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changing page template based on node type from within template.php
by John Haas 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

Hi folks, I'm trying to serve a specific page template for all nodes that are forum posts. As of right now, I've been twiddling in template.php to do similar work... serve different templates based on url arg(). Here's the function I'm using: http://pastebin.com/767797 Note that I've been trying to grab the node type /(if (arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1)))/ and then trying to load a page template based on that: /elseif ($node->type == 'forum') {/ I thought this was the proper way to do this, yet now I'm getting some scary looking mySQL errors (linked so I don't have to paste them in here): http://qatotonetwork.newmbc.com/node/1110 Would appreciate some help if anyone has a clue what I'm doing wrong here. Thanks in advance! -John

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Re: [themes] edeting theme page
by mad_maks＠planet.nl 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

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Getting rid of Submitted by and dates
by Carl Parrish 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

You know how right under a node title it has "submitted by" or "authored by" and the date? Can someone point me to where in the handbook it shows how to get rid of that? I thought this would be an easy fix but I don't really see it in the template.

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tango icons no longer "allowed" in contribs.
by Bèr Kessels 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Hello fellow developers and themers. First of all, I hope we can all hold our breath, and fingers and not start another thread out of this. You might not agree, but leave that for other times and places. Thank you ;) Tango icons use Creative commons (CC) as their licence. Whether or not CC is compatible, transformable, integratable or anything else is not the point here. The result is that you cannot use tango icons in contribs, as was our policy for a while. If you have a project using tango (or any CC icons or work, in fact) make sure you either replace them with your own work or one of the various nice GPL icons around. Make sure you do this an all branches (releases). If you find modules that still use tango icons, or any other incompatible licence, please contact the owner, or leave an issue in the queue for that project. Dries -and the other contrib maintainers- want to keep contribs Pure GPL. This is for simpicity. « We're not lawyers, so let's try not to make up our own rules, or mix licenses without knowing what we are doing. » -- Dries With regards, Bèr

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New theme: Holy Grail
by Larry Garfield 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

After some cantankerousness with CVS, I have finally gotten this checked in. :-/ http://drupal.org/node/66150 This is intended as a sample theme for other themers. It is just Bluemarine redone to use "Holy Grail" layout, a 3 column pure-CSS layout described here: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/holygrail Hopefully it will prove useful to others, including those working on the new default theme (or not, if they're going a different direction). Enjoy, all! -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry(a)garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

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