[themes] Dreamweaver CS3 Extension for Drupal Themeing

[Peter Apokotos]

On Aug 15, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Kieran Lal wrote:

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> On 8/15/07, Peter Apokotos <drupal at apokotos.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 15, 2007, at 6:38 PM, Kieran Lal wrote:
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>> On 8/15/07, Peter Apokotos <drupal at apokotos.com> wrote:
>> The extension would make every template and css style-sheet needed  
>> for a complete theme.
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>> I assume Dreamweaver does CSS today.  Is that correct?
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> Yes and it already does XHTML 1.0 Strict too.
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>> Should it pick from a couple solid bases, like Garland and Minetti?
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> Something similar.   I see mostly frameworks for different types of  
> designs.
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> Could you make a list?

Such as?



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>> And it would use an Assistant Interface for the building each theme.
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>> Do you want to use PHP based PHPTemplate or a mark-up template  
>> language like Smarty or PHPTal?  Our target users are not PHP  
>> devs, if they have learn PHP it's going to be a problem.
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> PHPTemplate is the way to go unless the theme method is changing  
> again D6 like in D5.  And the PHP would be just drag and drop.     
> There will be a panel for all of the Drupal PHP functions.  And  
> when you hover over them in Dreamwweaver it will explain what the  
> function does.
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> For the record, CivicSpace uses Smarty Template and believe that  
> it's easier to edit and comprehend than PHPTemplate.  But with the  
> automated tools for PHPTemplate themes like contemplate and view  
> and cck wizards it is hard to keep up.

That is why I want to have the extension created.



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>> And have all of the theme template code built in so it would be  
>> drag and drop.
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>> So we need a library of template files or template functions that  
>> can be stubbed in.
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> Correct.  Too bad the theme documentation for Drupal is so poor.   
> Or it would allow the developer of the extension to finish it  
> faster but with all the options of Drupal for each person to create  
> their own unique theme.
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> Since good documentation is a part of the design, could you be  
> specific about why Drupal's theme documentation is poor?  It will  
> help us set a design goal.

As for other types of template systems I suppose they could be  
included in the extension but that means more time and money to have  
it created.
For example I don't know all of the abilities of PHPTemplate, other  
than from what I see from the code in other templates and this is the  
purpose of the extension for Dreamweaver.  To have all of the  
information for novice to advance designers to make their templates  
in minutes and then hand tweak if they like.  There will be nothing  
supporting one browser over another or work around for a browser.   
Such as I.E. as this extension will be compliant.

Unless I have missed something I have never found any straight  
forward documentation for any of the theme back-ends.  More like a  
snippet here and there.  If I am wrong and there is a place that will  
provide me a list of all of the custom PHPTemplate code and all of  
the CSS already in use please let me know where to find them.

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> Are we ready to start doing wireframes?

Such as in designs?  That would be the work of the extension.


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> Kieran
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