[Gambas-user] Re; Domain names

[Gareth Bult]

>I'd like to know if it is possible to create a new skin for the site 

Yes

>that looks like http://gambas.sf.net

Yes

>and if I can force this style by specifying it the URL.

No, although this can be done.

However, skins are standard, you can (optionally) set your skin per user in the preferences.

>This way, I can integrate some pages of the new site into the current one transparently, as I did with some pages of http://gambasdoc.org.

Ok, I see what you're getting at. This far I was toying with the idea of running gambasdoc in an IFrame, but haven't quite gotten around to trying it.

I see you've set the site to full-width.
I won't say it looks "bad", but it certainly doesn't look as good and a number of visual effects are slightly broken, and some more you don't see very often will be broken when we come to them.

The layout was designed so people could design 'good' looking pages and have them look the same on most browsers .. with max width set, you can set up what looks like a good page, and it will be broken, overflowing or look silly on different screens depending in their resolution / window size. This makes it very difficult for contributers as every time they post something or update something, people *will* complain it doesn't look good on 'their' screen. (we currently run ~ 30 of these)

I can fix some of the brokenness if you want to leave it at this width, but you're going to make it harder for contributers than it needs to be. (Have you looked at the site on a 1600x1200 screen?)

What we could do it design a skin that's specifically aimed to be variable width, then let people who don't like the fixed width select the alternate skin in their profile ?

Gareth.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Benoit Minisini" <gambas at ...1...>
To: "mailing list for gambas users" <gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:59:20 PM (GMT) Europe/London
Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] Re; Domain names

On mercredi 22 août 2007, Gareth Bult wrote:
> Ok,
>
> Changing the look will be non-trivial, however, if you really want to give
> it a bash, *please* use comments rather than deleting anything - so it can
> be put back if there are problems.
>
> Top right hand corner - "Site Setup"
> This will give you access to stuff you can generally change without
> breaking much
>
> Towards the bottom "Zope Management Interface"
> Now you're playing with nukes.
>
> Portal_Skins
> Custom
>
> this is where my changes are .. some are dead, some are from other
> machines, some are in use.
>
> The CSS is in "ploneCustom.css2 (he says making a copy)
> The main template is "main_template" (he says making a copy)
>
> The main_template is TALES, *not* HTML .. I would advise against changing
> this. There are a couple if buts in the main template that should probably
> move to CSS, probably worth letting me know if you want to change the main
> template and give me chance to put it in css.
>
> ONE breakage in main_template breaks the entire site. (it's syntax checked)
>
> You'll find the background is in "background.png", and global images like
> the frapper logo are also present - these should be relatively safe to
> change, with reason. (the main logo is logo.png)  Image sizes will
> obviously affect the layout ...
>
> (!)
>
> Gareth.
> --
> Managing Director, Encryptec Limited
> Tel: 0845 25 77033, Mob: 07891 389657
> Email: gareth at ...1689...
> Statements made are at all times subject to Encryptec's Terms and
> Conditions of Business, which are available upon request.
>

I will read the plone documentation and howto at plone.org before starting to 
change anything.

I'd like to know if it is possible to create a new skin for the site that 
looks like http://gambas.sf.net, and if I can force this style by specifying 
it the URL. This way, I can integrate some pages of the new site into the 
current one transparently, as I did with some pages of http://gambasdoc.org.

Regards,

-- 
Benoit Minisini

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