[documentation] Manage inconsistency in themes

Richard Archer drupal.org at juggernaut.com.au
Wed Nov 9 22:21:47 UTC 2005


At 10:54 AM -0800 9/11/05, Kieran Lal wrote:

>Hello, the number one most difficult issue according to the Drupal
>administration user experience survey is "Manage inconsistency in
>themes".

Did you ever work out what that actually means?

Given that this is the number one problem for admins I think
it would be good to know exactly what the problem was.

"Inconsistency" could refer to a number of things, and if you
improve the documentation for the wrong thing you could make
matters worse.

Some things that could be inconsistent:

Which theme engine does a theme use?

If I want to offer two themes which use different engines
can I keep all the features of my site?

Which blocks/regions does a theme display?

Does a theme display all elements (mission, title, logo etc)?

Does the theme have bugs in display?

Does the theme have cross-browser problems?

Do two themes I want to use put elements in different and
inconsistent place on the screen?

 ...R.


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