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History: Theme Revamp
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This is a global plan to revamp the theme infrastructure in Tiki. This is led by the ((tw:UX Team)). Please join us! As of Tiki11, the Tiki theme infrastructure is increasingly due for a revamp to take advantage of advances in technology * Take advantage of [http://www.smarty.net/v3_overview|Smarty 3] enhancements, especially Template Inheritance. * ((dev:HTML5)) * CSS3 * ((Bootstrap Transition Preps)) * http://www.sitepoint.com/native-css-variables/ * http://html.adobe.com/webstandards/cssregions/ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsive_web_design * http://www.cmscritic.com/why-responsive-design-is-so-important/ Thus, in Tiki 13, we are going all out on [http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mobile-first-Bootstrap-3-is-almost-ready-1866134.html|"Mobile-first" Bootstrap 3.0] [http://tiki.org/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=46596|read up on the proposal, discussion and decision] {maketoc title=""} ! When * Any non-disruptive work should be done as soon as possible. Ex.: ((Fonts)). * For disruptive work (ex.: CSS consolidation), ((doc:Tiki13)) after the Tiki12LTS would be a great time to revamp the whole theme management in Tiki. The bulk of the work could be done at one or two ((tw:TikiFest Design Revamp)) ! For whom There are 3 target audiences !! I just want to pick a nice theme Here, we need more nicer bundled themes in Tiki. Ideally, we'd have access to ((Web Template Repositories)) like https://dev.tiki.org/CSS+Frameworks+and+Preprocessors#Bootstrap_themes_repositories For them, themes is just one of a thousand features and they just pick it. (Can be documented at doc.tiki.org) !! Point & Click themer * Improve ((doc:Theme Generator)) or use some like https://dev.tiki.org/CSS+Frameworks+and+Preprocessors#Bootstrap_theme_generators * Make it easier to create a menu * Improve Module handling !! Professional designers * They like things like Skeleton.css or http://dev.tiki.org/CSS+Frameworks+and+Preprocessors#Twitter_Bootstrap * How to avoid to get in their way All the action should be on themes.tiki.org ! Todo * [http://dev.tiki.org/wish1582|Use any font in Tiki (not just web fonts) HTML5] ! To discuss * ((dev:Why Tiki themes never look WOW)) * ((dev:CSS Frameworks and Preprocessors)) ** ((dev:Using Less CSS with Tiki)) * Deployment of themes: Mods or profiles? If we continue with mods, we should improve them * [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.cms.tiki.devel/21224|theme & css work], including Simplification of CSS ++ One target: reduce module content specific rules with module zone specific rules (needed because a module can be placed anywhere, and different zones have different colors, etc.) *** Consolidation of stylesheet files ++ Rethink function and location of various CSS files (css directory vs. styles directory, feature-specific (admin.css) vs. global (layout.css and theme stylesheets), etc. ++ Reduce redundant rules (no need to specify ''body'' in three or four files, etc.) * http://www.ohloh.net/p/assetic which can also do LESS, SASS, etc. and there is a http://github.com/widmogrod/zf2-assetic-module, * [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.cms.tiki.devel/21224] * ((dev:CSS framework))(s) ? * SVG Icons using Raphael * CSS3 Buttons * ((dev:Sprite Generator)) for small icons * Discuss theme strategy of other CMSs to see what we can learn and improve ([http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/why-wordpress-themes-are-derivative-of-wordpress/|WordPress], etc.) * etc. ! Related topics * ((dev:Print)) * ((dev:Mobile)) * ((dev:Accessibility)) ! Related links * http://www.slideshare.net/Webnific/cms-comparisson-3850088 * http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/03/joomla-and-wordpress-a-matter-of-mental-models/ * http://www.majordojo.com/2011/02/how-did-wordpress-win.php * http://mashable.com/2011/09/30/website-usability-tools/ -=alias=- * (alias(Themes Revamp))
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