Read on, ye Sandbox skin designers
Just a quick update: Andy is perusing the Sandbox repo and we all await his expertise and coder-editor judgments as we approach a release of a revised Sandbox. Very exciting.
So before the release is finalized and designers of Sandbox “skins” begin receiving emails from confused and one-part uninformed and one-part inept users, I thought I’d provide an working example of what has changed in versions and how it may apply to your skin.
First, to avoid confusion, let’s settle on the term “design” for what was previously called a skin. Why? It’s just a request. Call it whatever you what. It’s semantics, after all. 
Anyhow, I first suggest you, designers, check out revision 24 from the Sandbox repo. Compare the changes in the Kubrick CSS file with the previous revision. That’ll give you a solid idea of what updates you might have to make due to slightly changed structures and class names.
But if you can’t be bothered, I have right here a copy of the old Kubrick CSS file and a copy of the rev 24 (new) Kubrick CSS file. Pull out your comparison editors and go to town.
And of course, let me know what you think of the changes so far. Since May 5, 2007, I’ve managed to drop 20 commits on the Sandbox. It’s gotta be done sooner or later.
adam wrote:
since google code is a second-rate SVN host (no offense), here’s the colored changes.
Posted 16 May 2007 at 11:07 am ¶
Scott wrote:
No argument there. It’s definitely light on the features. And SVN repos are a good example of where more features are usually better.
The link’s producing a 404, by the way.
Posted 16 May 2007 at 11:18 am ¶
adam wrote:
hmmm. i deleted the file in rev 58, so the url needs and extra argument:
…/kubrick-sandbox.css?r1=56&r2=57&pathrev=57
Posted 16 May 2007 at 11:52 am ¶
adam wrote:
just out of curiousity, what’s the DESIGN stuff in the opening comment for?
i think tossing the GUI for switching designs/skins means designers will more likely want to release standalone
Template: sandboxthemes, rather than a zip file with a weird install path and instructions to hack style.css by handPosted 16 May 2007 at 12:11 pm ¶
Scott wrote:
Yes, Adam, that’s correct: Sandbox-based templates/themes.
I imagine that designs for the Sandbox will be released with a
style.cssto replace the default one and a relative/images/subfolder to be placed at the same level as the aforementioned file.The reason we removed the GUI skin-switcher is because we don’t really want to try and control how people use the Sandbox. So I’d like the file structure in the Sandbox to be as open as possible.
Maybe it’s best to rename the
/sandbox-kubrick/style.csstokubrick-style.cssand remove its commented header to avoid any confusion. Those included CSS files are mere reference tools.Posted 16 May 2007 at 12:55 pm ¶
Scott wrote:
I just realized that there are relative links in the Kubrick CSS file. So it’ll have be in a fixed location. I think the better instruction for the default file set is like I described above. Or, maybe not. Not sure.
Posted 16 May 2007 at 1:03 pm ¶
adam wrote:
i think giving the example designs/skins their own folder is good.
and i’m not advocating removing the comment altogether. i’m just saying it should be more descriptive, with less pseudo-formatting. (more along the lines of the readme, actually).
Posted 16 May 2007 at 1:04 pm ¶