A New Default Theme for Textpattern - Request for Proposals

kostas45 · 2010-03-26 17:12:58

Very nice indeed!

maniqui · 2010-03-26 17:45:02

Me likes it very mucho!

wdray3 · 2010-03-26 18:30:16

I like the layout nice and clean. But I think the content needs to go before the sidebar in the markup.

stephan · 2010-03-26 18:53:25

Looks nice indeed. Any chance to take a look at the Txp-markup?

Tuts_and_Tipps · 2010-03-26 19:24:47

stephan schrieb:

Looks nice indeed. Any chance to take a look at the Txp-markup?

You have got Mail, Stephan.

thebombsite · 2010-03-26 19:47:19

I like it Andreas. Very simple. Very neat. Very cool methinks. :)

Two minor points:-

The site name in the copyright could be linked using <txp:site_url /> and <txp:site_name /> tags which should always work wherever it is installed.

The CSS was ever so neat until I reached the “comment form” section so could you re-do that bit to match the rest, that is to say, each selector on a new line with a single “tab” indent? Keeps things consistent. ;)

Tuts_and_Tipps · 2010-03-26 20:03:03

Thanks to all you guys!

@ Stuart: You’re right!

Point 1: I would like to add site_url

Point 2: You’ve got me. I’m going to give me more trouble with the clarity of the CSS :-)

stephan · 2010-03-26 20:14:25

Thanks, it looks nice even from the inside ;-)

Actually, since I had some time thinking, wouldn’t it be cool to include some of the Txp Tips in a default theme?
Tips like these come to mind – to name but a few:
Share This invite using only CSS
Using txp:variable to improve your comment header
Personal greeting in comments form

Tuts_and_Tipps · 2010-03-26 20:24:31

First: Let’s see whether this Theme becomes standard.

Second: then we can see what we can still integrate

els · 2010-03-26 21:46:17

stephan wrote:

wouldn’t it be cool to include some of the Txp Tips in a default theme?

I don’t think so. The default theme should only have the most basic tags IMO. Who says a user will want to use those tips (however nice they are)?

Something else: ~~did you change the default search_results form? I noticed there is no highlighting of search terms, though the default value for the hilight attribute in <txp:search_result_excerpt /> is strong.~~

Edit: forget that, I can see the <strong> tags are there, it just doesn’t show in my browser…

Edit again: strong {font-weight: inherit;}. Hmm…

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Tuts_and_Tipps · 2010-03-26 22:05:01

Els schrieb:

Edit again: strong {font-weight: inherit;}. Hmm…

Thanks for the note, Els! I have completely forgotten to format the search-results :-(

I do it tomorrow, test it tomorrow at the evening again and you will see a wonderfull highlighted search result.

Last edited by Tuts_and_Tipps (2010-03-26 22:05:23)

stephan · 2010-03-26 22:14:04

Els wrote:

I don’t think so. The default theme should only have the most basic tags IMO. Who says a user will want to use those tips (however nice they are)?

Yes and no :-) I agree with you a default theme shouldn’t contain all possible bells and whistles. But I think the more txp-tags are used in a default template (without overloading it, of course) the better it is for some newcomer to get a better understanding of the system. The CSS tip I mentioned aside, I tried to point out two examples where if-else and also the inclusion of php in a page template are shown.

Sure it’s important to maintain a lightweight and slick default template but I prefer to at least throw my ideas in the ring and let people say it’s not a smart choice for whatever reason than not to mention it at all ;)

Tuts_and_Tipps · 2010-03-26 22:42:03

@ Els:

Done! Search results are formatted. This has left me no peace…

bici · 2010-03-27 06:30:30

Tuts_and_Tipps wrote:

This is my first proposal for a new Textpattern Default Theme, and it works in all browsers incl. our beloved friend IE6.
Demo: Txp Default Reloaded (http://test.the-netbrain.de/)

…can’t wait to take it for a spin. well done. so pleased to see aqll these recent changes to TxP home page, and how aa new default install page. Kudos!

the_ghost · 2010-03-27 07:23:19

/* forcing vertical scrollbars */
 html { overflow-y: scroll }

Is this really needed?

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