[PD] Editing CSS style, make pd.info better? [WAS: puredata.info site design provocation]

m.e.grimm megrimm at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 13:45:49 CET 2012


hello

can i put a suggestion in for "fixed width" rather than "stretched"?
"fixed" will retain all the design elements and text nicely....
stretched just looks sloppy to me.

thanks!
m


On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com> wrote:
> this is what I'm working on, started with the exhibition page, but it could
> be generalized.
> I only added now the background pattern of the ubuntu website, following on
> the ubuntu font by chris.
>
> This is only CSS editing, but I had to delete the navigation tab on the top
> from the html.
> I say so, because apparently it's "easy" to edit the plone css custom theme,
> but edit the structure might be more painful.
>
> Next I want to display images for each project and a slightly longer
> description.
>
> attached there's a screenshot..
>
> M
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> I got my head around the CSS editing of PLONE.
>> I can do the CSS job, the only downside is that it has to be done with
>> Plone in development mode.
>> This apparently would slow down the site a bit.
>>
>> However, fact is, if we modify a css class, this will affect the whole
>> website.
>>
>> How should we handle this?
>> Voting for the best style, collecting ideas, or....
>>
>> I can join Chris and send over some styles I've been trying.
>> It would be great to give a better look, at least to the extent that the
>> css allows.
>>
>> M
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> I'm glad you did that.
>>> It is what I'm also doing following the discussion in the past week about
>>> the website.
>>> However, apparently it's a pain to be able to change only the css in the
>>> plone template.
>>> I'm looking into that, if somebody is more experienced than me in Plone,
>>> give me a shout!
>>>
>>> But, yes, your is a good example of how the same website could look much
>>> friendlier.
>>>
>>> talk soon,
>>> M
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 03/06/2012 10:35 AM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>>> > The one thing I miss is the news section.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah for sure.
>>>>
>>>> > It's probably a little too heavy for the frontpage, but how has webpd
>>>> > progressed?
>>>>  >
>>>> > Is it possible to link that picture of a patch on the frontpage to a
>>>> > page with a webpd
>>>> >
>>>> > version of that patch?
>>>>
>>>> Yes but it almost certainly won't run and WebPd has no GUI. :)
>>>>
>>>> Maybe a simpler patch could work.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Chris.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> http://mccormick.cx/
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Marco Donnarumma
>> New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
>> ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
>> The University of Edinburgh, UK
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
>>
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>
>
>
>
> --
> Marco Donnarumma
> New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
> ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
> The University of Edinburgh, UK
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
> Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com | http://www.thesaddj.com | http://www.flxer.net
> Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
>
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