[themes] Re: theme wishlist?

[Laura Scott]

I'm all over this one! I'm very interested in streamlining my theming  
using no tables. I recently had to ditch my css-only approach on a  
client project as they wanted too many little funny tweaks that ended  
up breaking the layout (mostly in IE, but in Safari, too). In the  
end, it's user experience that counts and so I plopped it into a  
table and moved on. (Have I mentioned I hate IE?)

My own timeline is that first I have to clear the decks on existing  
work.

I also have to get my CVS account functional. Before my last iMac  
crashed, I had BBEdit and CVL working ... but could download only  
projects A-C before it just stopped. I'm completely clueless when it  
comes to CVS (and I'm already on the record in pointing out that this  
ends up being a massive barrier to entry preventing most designers  
from contributing to Drupal at all).

Anyway, great link, Larry!

Wish-list-wise, I think it's always good to see what other apps are  
doing, what kind of new interactive widgets and memes are being  
picked up by others.

Laura


On Mar 9, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Larry Garfield wrote:

> Agreed.  Starting-point themes are much more useful to
> developers/consultants/designers than canned themes (which are more
> appropriate for end-user-blogger-types).
>
> For instance, a skeleton theme that does this and almost nothing else
> would be awesome:
>
> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/holygrail
>
> -- Larry Garfield
>
> On Thu, March 9, 2006 11:29 am, Mark Fredrickson said:
>> While I see value to having a "I want to port WordPress theme XYZ to
>> Drupal"
>> list, my real wish as a designer is for more wireframes/pure layout
>> themes.
>>
>> Themes that just define some layouts and perhaps some useful  
>> functions in
>> a
>> template.php file would be _way_ more useful to me as a designer  
>> than a
>> fully fleshed out theme with fancy-pants graphics and complex  
>> cascades.
>> Simplicity is what I want. (I guess this is why I keep returning to
>> ArGeeBee
>> as a basis for themes).
>>
>> So, what do I want specifically? I want a series of "themes" that  
>> build on
>> each other, each adding more complexity (note that this can be  
>> done by
>> nesting folders -
>> themea/themea_extension/themea_extenions_extensions/etc).
>> This would allow me to grab the level of complexity that I want,  
>> but no
>> more. Here's an example:
>>
>> root
>> - 2 column
>> -- fixed
>> --- blue color scheme
>> ---- with images
>> --- green color scheme
>> -- variable
>>
>> - 3 column
>> -- fixed
>> -- variable
>>
>> - wacky hybrid 2/3 column design
>>
>> ...etc
>>
>>
>> Of course, I'm lazy and haven't bothered to set up my themes like  
>> this
>> either, but perhaps I can spur some community effort. :-)
>>
>> - Mark Fredrickson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: David Reed <dreed10 at gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: A list for theme developers <themes at drupal.org>
>>> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 12:13:18 -0500
>>> To: <themes at drupal.org>
>>> Subject: [heur][bcc][faked-from] [themes] Re: theme wishlist?
>>>
>>> I meant to say THIS forum thread!  http://drupal.org/node/50428
>>>
>>> On 3/9/06, David Reed <dreed10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I started this forum thread as a place to capture designs that  
>>>> people
>>>> would like to see ported to Drupal and also a place for theme
>>>> developers to
>>>> "volunteer" for some of the porting work.  As you can see the  
>>>> thread
>>>> has
>>>> gotten quite long.  At last count (and I think I'm a little behind)
>>>> there
>>>> have been 25 designs suggested (including the Millio design  
>>>> discussed
>>>> on the
>>>> dev list), with 14 designs having a volunteer, and at least 4  
>>>> (maybe 5
>>>> completed).
>>>>
>>>> My question to the community (and the maintainers of  
>>>> themes.drupal.org)
>>>> Should this list be moved to themes.drupal.org?  Is there value in
>>>> maintaining an ongoing wish list of desirable designs?  If we think
>>>> there is
>>>> value but we don't think it belongs on themes.drupal.org then any
>>>> suggestions for a home?
>
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