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

[Lorenzo Sutton]

On 07/03/12 14:27, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
> agree!!
>
> should we stick to margin: 0 auto, so to center it, or people is more 
> left/ish?

I think if you keep the menu on the left, left is better.

> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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.
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>     >> The University of Edinburgh, UK
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>     >
>     >
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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
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> Marco Donnarumma
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> ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
> The University of Edinburgh, UK
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