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#25 2009-11-10 14:17:57
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Re: Textgarden V2 Goes Live
Peter,
I’m sorry but I agree with Jukka. By the way, there was already a discussion here regarding this topic
edit: Stuart was faster
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Re: Textgarden V2 Goes Live
thebombsite wrote:
Right now… we get ALL of the theme download files onto Textgarden and that ALL download links, from whatever site, point to the files on Textgarden.
OT: project is underway. I received an export of some parts of the database from textpattern.org (courtesy of Alicson) and I’m now trawling through it. When I’ve sifted it and packaged up the templates I find there into a usable format, I’ll work with you to import them to Textgarden. I have to grab the associated images and comments yet and make a database import file and supporting PHP script such that we can inject any themes that are not yet at Textgarden safely without corrupting any of the existing themes and losing any of the comments/counters/images. Gonna take some meddling, methinx.
After that it’s the turn of the Tips/Mods and then Tutorials to relocate them to their new homes. Fun fun fun…
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Bravo! I too found it via twitter first
…the site design should not be so bold as to detract from it’s purpose…
Pretty good design wisdom in general.
As for the logo it was discussed and dealt with here some 6 months ago. If you don’t like it then that is your right and I don’t begrudge you that right but maybe you should have said something back then. It’s far too late now to start back-tracking but the general consensus of that thread was a thumbs-up for this logo. I’m afraid we can’t please everybody all of the time.
Well-put.
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I know it’s still early days, but I hope the blog will be updated more often. Once a year makes the place seem neglected . . .
Mark
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Are the front end templates formated for import using a plugin? There didn’t seem to be any information on the site about this.
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#30 2009-11-10 19:34:21
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Re: Textgarden V2 Goes Live
thebombsite wrote:
There’s a bit of yellow for you. I shall run with it for a week or so, see what gets said here and then keep it or remove it.
I would suggest changing the shades of blue to shades of yellow and perhaps a brown. That would bring it in line with the default admin theme.
At the moment it looks like Textpattern has an identity problem, aspiring to be a little more like Wordpress.
On the other hand there will be consistency between the different sites, Textpattern, Textgarden, Textbook and what is currently known as Textpattern Resources.
That is a much welcome change. Thanks everyone, for your hard work to make this finally happen!
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I just noticed that the “comment pointer image” often appears inside the left column if the content of the article isn’t very long. (At least in IE7)
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Actually Matt, I didn’t think it was showing at all in IE6 or IE7 which is why I mentioned that it should work fine but there might be little details missing, like you have no search button. I’ll look at it again. Also check out the “What is this all about” section for more information about the site and themes. This will no doubt get added to over time. Thanks.
As for more blogs, yes I know, I thought exactly the same thing myself. Of course if others want to get their pens out I will quite happily add their articles if appropriate. It is a “community” site you know. I’m only the manager. I shall naturally be very strict of course. ;)
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I like the light blue links. I notice you took down the yellow stripe— how would you feel about using Textpattern’s yellow as a background color of the #topbar element, using a brown for the contained text? I checked this in Firebug, and it looked like a line of experimentation worth trying, even if it doesn’t lead to anything you want to publish.
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Yes I took the yellow bar out. Doesn’t fit in my opinion. Wrong colour and it adds “weight”. At the moment there are still minor changes going on with textpattern.com V2 which I have just reflected in Textgarden. The font sizes in the top_nav have been reduced plus we have swapped images in the sidebar links. Anyway I’m just trying to keep things tied together. As I mentioned earlier there will be parity in design between all the sites and I can assure you that there will be no yellow bar or brown in textpattern.com so that would mean a “no” for Textgarden as well at the moment. But I shall have a look at your suggestions in my XAMPP version.
But we shall soon see.
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Cool! Obviously, I haven’t seen Matthew’s designs for Textpattern.com— and I’m pretty excited to see this coming along.
I agree about the “weight” issue. The yellow strip yesterday seemed arbitrary, rather than integral to the design.
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thebombsite wrote:
I can assure you that there will be no yellow bar or brown in textpattern.com
Sorry for the mild OT but do you think this means the admin interface is also going to lose its yellow tint to fit in with the new branding? Would seem a little odd to have blue everywhere as the ‘corporate’ theme and then a predominantly yellow product with no blue in sight.
If not, I would argue some splashes of yellow besides the buttons would help maintain some consistency between the CMS and our outward-facing brand identity (I realise admin themes blur the line significantly here).
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