[geeklog-devel] geeklog-devel Digest, Vol 50, Issue 14

[Michael Brusletten]

If changes are made to the themes, please be sure I get a copy to include
for the demo.geeklog.net site.  This way the users are able to find it
easily.  Even if later the theme does become part of the default archive
download, it should still be able to be part of the demo site's archive as
well.

Michael

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> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:25:52 -0500
> From: "Tom" <websitemaster at cogeco.net>
> Subject: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog Professional CSS theme
> To: "'Geeklog Development'" <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
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> Hey All,
>
> Soon I will be adding a new theme to the repository that will hopefully
> replace our current default theme for version 1.8.0 after some work/tweaks
> has been done on it. It will be in a directory called professional_css.
The
> themes authors are Fumito Arakawa & Ivy (from Geeklog.jp) and is available
> for download on Geeklog.net (look for ProfessionalCSS_en). To start, I
would
> like to thank them for all of the work they have put into the theme.
>
> Besides eliminating table tags this theme does a number of things
> differently. So if you are interested, I would suggest at least
downloading
> the theme and take a look at the readme file for more information. If
people
> disagree on how certain things are done in the theme I would like to hear
> about it now before more work gets put into this.
>
> Before I add the theme to the repository, I will be updating the theme to
> support the new template changes we have currently in 1.8.0 along with
> adding the new images Rouslan did for us. Once the new theme gets added
into
> the repository if anyone does any theme changes, like adding new template
> variables or theme files, please make sure to also add them to the new
> theme.
>
> I do not expect this new theme to look exactly the same as our current
> default theme. It will look similar but if some things are changed around
> for the better, then I am all for it. The one thing I do not plan on
> changing is the color scheme. Rouslan has already put a lot of work into
the
> new logo and icons for the site. We can save the major theme design
changes
> and page designs like this for when we start the new site redesign at a
> later date.
>
> Once I have the new theme in the repository, people are more than welcome
to
> help out. Let's just communicate through email or on the mailing list just
> to makes sure we know what we are all working on.
>
> The first thing I will be doing is working on the general layout which
> actually brings me to my first question.
>
> The new theme is currently has a fixed width of 960 pixels. I would
actually
> like to keep the width fixed as I think it looks much better on the larger
> monitors most people use these days. It also makes designing new pages
> easier.
>
> To help in the decision I took a look at Google Analytics for a site that
> gets a large number of North American visitors. Here are the top ten
screen
> resolutions:
>
> 1. 1280x800  19.60%
> 2. 1024x768  15.41%
> 3. 1366x768  11.45%
> 4. 1440x900  7.73%
> 5. 1280x1024  5.77%
> 6. 320x480  5.16%
> 7. 1680x1050 4.35%
> 8. 1920x1080 3.10%
> 9. 1600x900 2.56%
> 10. 1920x1200 2.03%
>
> For those of you who are interested, here is some info on what browsers
are
> being used:
>
> 1. Internet Explorer 40.01%
> 2. Firefox 26.77%
> 3. Safari 17.87%
> 4. Chrome 11.69%
> 5. Opera 1.06%
> 6. Mozilla Compatible Agent 0.79%
> 7. Opera Mini 0.76%
> 8. BlackBerry8530 0.15%
> 9. BlackBerry9700 0.13%
> 10. Mozilla 0.11%
>
> And since Java Support is an issue for some of the Admin configuration:
>
> 1. Yes  78.75%
> 2. No 21.25%
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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