From: Desilets, A. <Ala...@nr...> - 2008-06-20 11:11:29
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> We also have to be sure it's super-easy for Tiki site admins to know > what themes are at mods and to get theme files from there, either > directly with Admin Mods, or indirectly by getting snapshots from > themes.tw.o, for example. +100 to that! > About the choices of themes retained in 1.10b, the problem isn't just > cutting down the number to ease maintenance. A bigger issue, I think, > is: what do we want to be the face of Tiki? I mean no disrespect for > the authors of the older themes, but these days I look at lots and lots > of web designs, css galleries, design discussions, theme repositories > for other CMS and blog software and so on, and these are far beyond > what Tiki offers to new users, overall. Tiki's bundled themes seem more > or less seem stuck in a past era, or are strictly functional (in the > visual sense -- they are also left behind in terms of web standards). +5 for that too! If Tiki SVN includes 30 themes, only 4 of which look "good" from a modern point of view, then it means the user has to look at lots of themes before finding one that he likes. If Tiki SVN only contains themes that meet today's aesthetics standards, then it will be much faster for him to find one that he likes. Also, it minimizes the risk that the user just picks whatever theme, and ends up putting up a site that projects a bad image of Tiki. In a case like this, Less is more! Alain |