6 May
2014
6 May
'14
10:26 a.m.
Hi,
IMO installing a theme from themeforest means a custom UI and custom
applications that integrate in that particular theme, so it's var1 or var5.
The main problem we are discussing here is being able to have the same
application on multiple skins and this usually happens when we have
multiple skins supported by the community.
If you install a custom skin and you try to create a different
experience/interaction you don't rely on community applications (although
I'm sure you would expect them to easily integrate with the new theme). But
I agree with the importance of being able to integrate third-party themes.
Thanks,
Caty
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Andreas Hahn <ahahn(a)gmx.net> wrote:
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 conserving
the same look on the old skin;
* how much an application should preserve previous functionality and how
many efforts are we putting in adapting the functionality for new layouts;
* 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
some
discussions about applications like Panels [1] or ColorThemes [2].
In this thread I want to discuss some variants related to application's
presentation:
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/ApplicationPresentation#
HVariants
I am interested in our position regarding this topic and if we have like a
'standard' solution or if the answer depends on the application in cause.
Thanks,
Caty
[1] http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/PanelsImprovements
[2] http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/ColorThemeforFlamingo
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