Re: [xwiki-devs] [Brainstorming] Applications / Skin dependence

Hi, I think it won't hurt to add an outsiders pov to the discussion although I'd guess it may sound a little bit provoking ;-). Consider dropping support of all Xwiki specifc theme / color editors in favor of an as-tight-as-possible developer-level integration of twitter bootstrap. Bang ! The reasoning for this is that no matter how much efforts and brains you will put into doing skins and colors a la xwiki you will never even come close to an amount of options that is offered by 3rd party commercial and free template vendors (that build on bootstrap). There are offers like themeforest http://themeforest.net/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=bootstrap where you can find hundreds of theme templates based on bootstrap. For a designer / developer who tries to build individual customized front ends with very little effort this is a buffet of possibilities and inspiration. Given a better (=deeper) integration with xwiki might break ground for new use cases outside the 'traditional' wiki world. And xwiki users would benefit from an almost-as-easy individual site customization as other well recognized platforms offer (Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, ...) IMHO Bootstrap is pretty much a safe choice in terms of long term support for the front end as java is as the programming language for the backend. And from my personal experience using themeforest / bootstrap as a development resource in a recent project: It's been fun, it's been effective, result is good looking. Enjoy Andreas Am 16.04.2014 14:08, schrieb Ecaterina Moraru (Valica): > Hi, > > With the new Flamingo skin and with the design investigations done on > existing Applications, there are more and more questions related to: > * how will the applications be displayed on the new skin, while

> the same look on the old skin; > * how much an application should preserve previous functionality and

> many efforts are we putting in adapting the functionality for new

> * when do we create a new application vs. when do we retire one; > * etc. > > This question applies in general to applications and you can also read

> discussions about applications like Panels [1] or ColorThemes [2]. > > In this thread I want to discuss some variants related to application's > presentation: >

> > I am interested in our position regarding this topic and if we have

> 'standard' solution or if the answer depends on the application in

> > Thanks, > Caty > > [1] http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/PanelsImprovements > [2]

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