Re: [Tikiwiki-devel] Tiki default Theme for 1.10

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WEBER Patrice wrote:
> Hi Chibaguy,
>
> I have a look and tested tikinewt. Your work is great ! :)

Heh, thanks.

> I'm agree with you that tikinewt could (should) be used as the default
> theme (I didn't test everything, but I believe you have ;) ). I'm
> writting to tiki-devel to ask other developpers to test tikinewt theme
> and give more feedback.

I think in terms of construction it can be used as the default theme, but
there's been quite a bit of feedback that people would like a theme with
nicer graphics, etc. as Tiki's default. But if Tikinewt functions well,
fancier themes can be done with only the CSS file (and some background
images) being different. I've been working on some for this purpose.

> What I don't like, because it will imply more work to maintain, is to
> have too much .tpl files for officially supported themes. Tikinewt is
> mainly using forked .tpl files for modules in order to remove table tags
> in them. Speaking about .tpl files for modules, could we simply change
> standard .tpl files to remove table tags and remove the need of forks
> for tikinewt ? Is anybody against this change ? Chibaguy, have you tried
> to use those .tpl files with other bundled themes (at least those that
> won't be removed from 1.10 final release) ?

They work fine but miss some styling if theme CSS files aren't adjusted a
little. For example, the module titles are h3 headings rather than divs,
so h3.box-title needs to be added to stylesheets, and there are a few
other changes.

> In my opinion, there is no need to use table tags in modules even for
> table-based themes (where tables are used for the whole layout).

I use the no-table modules in table-based themes that I've done (where a
table worked best for the overall page), and there's no problem.

But I haven't actually tested every module that I converted. I assume that
they work OK since all that I did (I hope) was replace the original method
of displaying ordered or unordered items and replace tables with divs
and/or lists. It would be good if you or others could take a quick look at
these files to make sure the code is OK. ;-) I'll try to test the
functionality of the modules I haven't checked yet, and if other people
can look out for strangeness in the modules appearance or behavior, that'd
be good.

> So… if you are ok and nobody else against this idea, I suggest
that you
> replace main modules .tpl files by those you created for tikinewt. Maybe
> this could be done just after the end of the month.

Sounds good to me.

-- Gary
>
> Cheers,
> Nyloth.