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

[Marco Donnarumma]

agree!!

should we stick to margin: 0 auto, so to center it, or people is more
left/ish?
on my website the width is 720px and centered, which I find a good
compromise for both laptop and mobile browsers.

thoughts?

M



On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:45 PM, m.e.grimm <megrimm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >> Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com | http://www.thesaddj.com |
> http://www.flxer.net
> >> Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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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>


-- 
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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