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[WIP] FUDforum Design Overhaul [message #164788]

Tue, 08 March 2011 18:12

Lirodon

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So, this is what I've been working on. This obviously, is not within an actual FUDforum install just yet (coded it from scratch as just static HTML), and its not a complete page just yet. This, is just so I can gauge some feedback on the design. I kinda decided to go with a color scheme based off what we have on this particular forum right now (the black), but combining it with a sort of soft metallic look. My markup is also slightly different, and while I also used tables for the main body of the list here, I really want there to be no use of tables at all on any final product.

I know some of it is unthemed right now, but still, you can kinda get the idea of where I'm going with this.
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Re: [WIP] FUDforum Design Overhaul [message #164792 is a reply to message #164788]

Wed, 09 March 2011 04:25

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This is going to be winner!

PS: If you like we can always load the HTML/templates on this site to showcase the progress made. Incremental integration would also be easier than trying to do everything at once.

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Re: [WIP] FUDforum Design Overhaul [message #164796 is a reply to message #164792]

Wed, 09 March 2011 20:50

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I'll probably use that fudforum2go thing. And then once there's enough significance, I'll open it up on a git repo.

I still think the header needs a little something ... I'm trying to give it more of an upscale look.

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Re: [WIP] FUDforum Design Overhaul [message #164801 is a reply to message #164797]

Thu, 10 March 2011 05:48

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Git, by the way, is unlike SVN.

And maybe the login box could be shoved up there. Right now, I am building the theme within the current FUD markup, though in a future release we may have to streamline it. I have called the template set "Nexus"

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Re: [WIP] FUDforum Design Overhaul [message #164803 is a reply to message #164788]

Thu, 10 March 2011 15:36

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Okay. This may just be phase 1 of the redesign, making a new theme to serve as default that will at least look nicer than the current one, and not completely break everything for old themes ... yet.

So this is what I got so far on actually putting it on an actual install.
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Re: [WIP] FUDforum Design Overhaul [message #164813 is a reply to message #164805]

Sun, 13 March 2011 08:37

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Okay, I am making some progress, but what I feel I need, is more help.

I have set up a version control repository for the Nexus template set on Gitorious. Git, by the way, is a version control system originally meant for developing the Linux Kernel (and indeed, Linus himself is one of the main creators of it). Unlike SVN, any checkouts (here called "cloning", you'll see why) of the repository is a working copy that can be built upon in its own separate hierarchy. You can also request changes of your own to be merged into my copy of the repository.

It still needs a lot of work, I never realized our template markup is really that complicated.

What I'm aiming for is:

Make the look a little more modern
Clean up the markup
Use less tables, more CSS

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Re: [WIP] FUDforum Design Overhaul [message #164816 is a reply to message #164813]

Mon, 14 March 2011 08:50

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I've managed to "clone" the theme and COMMITted/PUSHed a small change just to test the work flow.
If it works out well, I'll undertake more serious changes.

PS: It would have been great if you've booked the original code into Gitorious before making changes. It's currently impossible to track the changes you've applied.

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Re: [WIP] FUDforum Design Overhaul [message #164817 is a reply to message #164816]

Mon, 14 March 2011 10:05

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Ooops, darn it! Knew I forgot something, I just used the 3.0.2 as the base, its actually a little tricky to convert an SVN repository to git on Windows.

But yes, once you clone a repository, you can pull in changes from the origin, and it'll update your copy with the changes made to the master copy. And yes, the system worked.

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