[themes] Dreamweaver CS3 Extension for Drupal Themeing

Wed Aug 15 19:33:29 UTC 2007

On 8/15/07, Peter Apokotos <drupal at apokotos.com> wrote:
>
> What is Chipin?
>

It's been used successfully here: http://groups.drupal.org/node/3484 . You
can google chipin to get the information you need.

As for the spec I am not quite sure as to what you mean.  Is it retaining to
> the theming or the extension?
>

The spec would be to describe what the extension to Dreamweaver could do.

Cheers,
Kieran

On Aug 15, 2007, at 12:10 PM, Kieran Lal wrote:
>
> Peter, my suggestion would be to go with ChipIn as it's a tool that's
> worked successfully on Groups.drupal.org.
>
> Also, I think we need to do more work on spec so people know what the
> would be supporting and we need to get more feedback on a spec that people
> would be willing to pay for it.
>
> Cheers,
> Kieran
>
> On 8/14/07, Peter Apokotos <drupal at apokotos.com> wrote:
> >
> > If anyone would like to donate to this project please go here <http://
> > donorge.org/d_donate/basket_add/0/1/1014>
> >
> >
> > Thank you for your support on making this project a reality.
> >
> > Peter Apokotos
> >
> >
> > On Aug 10, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Steven Peck wrote:
> >
> > > Any theme can make all the others go away.  However, that is really an
> > > advance theme issue.
> > >
> > > By far the vast majority of the Drupal admin population needs the help
> >
> > > of the included starter css.  As such, those advanced enough merely
> > > exclude print $styles in their theme and accept they will need to
> > > build everything from scratch.  The rest of us can leverage the
> > > existing helper css quite nicely.
> > >
> > > Drupal 6 theming takes this much further.
> > >
> > > -sp
> > >
> > > On 8/10/07, Peter Apokotos <drupal at apokotos.com > wrote:
> > >> Pre-existing modules? If they have defined divs, classes and so on
> > >> then you could just adjust or add the settings to your new C.S.S.
> > >> with your new templates.  Of course I also think that the Drupal.css
> > >> file should go away and have only one style sheet for the majority of
> > >> items.  But I would leave the amount of style sheets to each theme
> > >> developer because not everyone works the same way.  I personally use
> > >> just one and use shorthand and compress the sheet as much as I can.
> > >> But I would still like to see all of the module developers use XHTML
> > >> 1.0 Strict, CSS 2.0 (3.0 possibly) and I won't pick on them only.
> > >> Drupal needs it too.  Another issue I have is either create a module
> > >> for the <HEAD>So that I don't have to dig down in the core of Drupal
> > >> to add or change items</HEAD>  Or just leave the head to be changed
> > >> independently for each page, article, book, node and so on.
> > >>
> > >> Peter
> > >>
> > >> On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:04 PM, Farsheed wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> How would such an extension deal with pre-existing CSS
> > >>> and HTML generated by core/other modules?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Farsheed
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --- Peter Apokotos < drupal at apokotos.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Aug 10, 2007, at 10:59 AM, sime wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hi
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Since I'm getting value out of reading this
> > >>>> thread, my conscience
> > >>>>> says I
> > >>>>> should mention my current project, even though
> > >>>> I've only used dw for a
> > >>>>> sum total of 3 days in my life.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I plan to let dw users edit some individual page
> > >>>> elements with
> > >>>>> Dreamweaver, individual files for things like
> > >>>> "blocks", "left
> > >>>>> sidebar",
> > >>>>> complete with dummy content. I'm going to mark up
> > >>>> these files with
> > >>>>> locked tags. Then another process will do the
> > >>>> conversion into a real
> > >>>>> theme using these tags (the designer won't see
> > >>>> that). The designer
> > >>>>> will
> > >>>>> need to follow instructions to make sure things
> > >>>> are done right (eg.
> > >>>>> css
> > >>>>> files are correctly linked etc).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> It won't be a purist solution, but then again my
> > >>>> goals are not lofty.
> > >>>>> Simply allow dw designers to mess with a theme a
> > >>>> little, and in a
> > >>>>> controlled way.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> In the meantime, I'll keep reading this thread :)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Simon
> > >>>>
> > >>>> One of the key features of this extension would be
> > >>>> the comments for
> > >>>> each of the template files.  In the comments you
> > >>>> would read what php
> > >>>> functions you can use or what should be used.  Also
> > >>>> the standard CSS
> > >>>> things like how to wrap the text around a picture in
> > >>>> the content.  Or
> > >>>> how to assign a common photo or icon to distinguish
> > >>>> what category
> > >>>> this content falls under.  Like you would find in
> > >>>> the CMS Geeklog.
> > >>>> And that is just the beginning.  For example I use
> > >>>> the Well Rounded
> > >>>> DW extension.  Why?  Is it because I am too
> > >>>> lazy...no it's because
> > >>>> there is a tool that is drag and drop and saves me
> > >>>> time.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Peter
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