[geeklog-devel] New GL default theme
Oliver Spiesshofer
oliver at spiesshofer.com
Mon Oct 22 03:43:26 EDT 2007
=MF=Geiss wrote:
> I understand what you are saying, and I like the idea of flexibility
> in the GL engine, but I'm failing to understand the benefits of having
> this particular option. In what instances would one choose to render
> their site in HTML over XHTML, and why?
Well for a start the layout authors create the most HTML and I am not
sure I want to force them to the one or the other.
> Also, my fear is that all the work done by dengen on this XHTML
> conversion of the 1.5 codebase dated Sept.17th would be lost if not
> incorporated soon.
There have been already quite some updates to the code. Also, I think
despite the fact that it is a lot of work, a careful replace action on
">" would be doing the job at any point in time.
>
> I just feel an opportunity is slipping by... if there is some bigger
> picture that I'm just not seeing, please help me to understand it. :-)
>
> On a different note, I've done some more work on a new theme and would
> like another round of feedback. Browse over to
> http://geiss.getmyip.com/gl141/ to see the latest. Things to note are:
>
> - A new site logo. Thoughts?
hmmm... good from the graphical quality point of view, not so special
from the creativity/recognizability point.
> - A nice static menu dividing the header from the rest of the page.
> This can easily be generated from the GL {menu_elements}code, or just
> hard-coded links in header.thtml. What are everyone's thoughts on this
> new menu vs. the blue one above the site?
I see there some conflict with the menu points on top of the page
(calendar twice, whats the logical separation?)
Oliver
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