Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Defining and implementing design standards in phpWebSite

[Shaun M. <sh...@ae...>]

That's a particularly well observed and informed article Michael.

Some of the issues are being addressed in the new code the team are 
working on. I think we've beaten them on the head enough times in IRC 
about menus at least, and we've had long ranging discussions about CSS 
and how it should be implemented - which I don't entirely agree with. 
Ken noted two links to Xaraya and IMHO they've got the mix right there, 
enforcing some classes without making it overly complex. I just hope 
the 3-tier css method we've chose can largely be ignored at a module 
level and module developers don't try and cram fancy layout in their 
module css. Otherwise we're back to inconsistent look and feel across 
modules.

I hope the team have a good look through the article, and the Xaraya 
ones, and think how they can be addressed.

Personally, I'd like to see more support functions for module 
developers that let them produce menus, submenus, lists, links etc to a 
standard rather than having to build them up manually either in the 
code or in a template. That way there's a set method of doing it that 
can be styled globally. Ie. that we make more use of the box_style type 
of method and expand it to lists, menus, links, tabbed menus with 
appropriate css too... It just appears mad to me that I have to edit 
multiple templates to change the look of menus across a site, if I can 
at all.

So, well done for putting it all together Michael.

Shaun
aegis design - http://www.aegisdesign.co.uk