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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
hcgtv wrote: What we lack is a consensus or a guideline for making and providing templates.
I understand what you’re saying (particularly with regards to future integration), but I would also argue that your implementation has become the standard. I certainly use it every time I deploy a site.
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
As a long-time Textpattern user (not developer or designer) I learn from templates and themes. To that end I’m all for a merging of the themes/templates from textplates.com, textgarden.org and txpide.com into txp-templates.com. Let’s get a single repository for all the themes that have been created for Textpattern users.
It seems there might be three issues here:
- Is a theme compliant with the requirements of the hgc_templates plugin? A good housekeeping seal of approval might indicate the answer in any listing.
- Will theme-related code be added or adapted for Textpattern’s core code? Developers may have already answered this.
- What are the specs/requirements that must be met to qualify future themes for addition to the txp-templates.com site? There are many sub-topics related to this question, but it is a valid set of deliberations for us to go through while promoting Textpattern to a broad selection of new users, developers and designers.
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
Well, one reason for my interest in the site in question is to learn how themes could work. mapu has built his templates around mcw_templates, so I think it won’t be a long step towards hgc_templates.
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
wet wrote:
Well, one reason for my interest in the site in question is to learn how themes could work.
Promising.
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
Mmmmm.
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
So…did anyone actually agree to…
- take over the txp-templates.com site?
- merge other Txp theme listings into txp-templates.com?
- tag themes as “hgc-template compliant or not” in the listing at txp-templates.com?
Just curious
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
6sigma wrote:
So…did anyone actually agree to…
take over the txp-templates.com site?
That would be me.
merge other Txp theme listings into txp-templates.com?
That depends on the template authors, I think. With all due respect for template authors, I cannot drag somebody in.
tag themes as “hgc-template compliant or not” in the listing at txp-templates.com?
Given my (limited but existant) positive experience with mcw_templates and the knowledge that hgc_templates expands on it, I’d rather specify the compliance with these methods as a prerequisite for a listing. This is still a preliminary opion, but I’ll aim there.
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
wet wrote
I’d rather specify the compliance with these methods as a prerequisite for a listing.
Even better! I hope to actually learn the difference between a “compliant” theme and a “non-compliant” theme with an eye toward helping others bring their templates into the fold.
Thanks for your work!
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
Where can one get more information on hgc_templates hcg_templates? Google and Textpattern.org were no help.
I found it here
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
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Are images used in the template handled by hcg_templates? (couldn’t find a support thread for this plugin)
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Re: Who wants to take over txp-templates.com?
I can’t remember if there is a support thread here but if you go back to where you downloaded it you will find that Bert has his own forum and there should be a link available.
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