Comments on: Read on, ye Sandbox skin designers http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/ Minimalism in blog design, an experiment Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:33:59 +0000 By: Win Cash Prizes for your CSS Design for Sandbox « Internet Duct Tape http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2682 Win Cash Prizes for your CSS Design for Sandbox « Internet Duct Tape Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:53:27 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/16/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2682 [...] Kubrick ported by Scott [...] [...] Kubrick ported by Scott [...]

]]> By: adam http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2681 adam Wed, 16 May 2007 17:04:23 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/16/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2681 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). 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).

]]> By: Scott http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2680 Scott Wed, 16 May 2007 17:03:45 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/16/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2680 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. 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.

]]> By: Scott http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2679 Scott Wed, 16 May 2007 16:55:08 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/16/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2679 Yes, Adam, that's correct: Sandbox-based templates/themes. I imagine that designs for the Sandbox will be released with a <code>style.css</code> to replace the default one and a relative <code>/images/</code> 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 <code>/sandbox-kubrick/style.css</code> to <code>kubrick-style.css</code> and remove its commented header to avoid any confusion. Those included CSS files are mere reference tools. Yes, Adam, that’s correct: Sandbox-based templates/themes.

I imagine that designs for the Sandbox will be released with a style.css to 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.css to kubrick-style.css and remove its commented header to avoid any confusion. Those included CSS files are mere reference tools.

]]> By: adam http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2678 adam Wed, 16 May 2007 16:11:19 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/16/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2678 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 <code>Template: sandbox</code> themes, rather than a zip file with a weird install path and instructions to hack style.css by hand 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: sandbox themes, rather than a zip file with a weird install path and instructions to hack style.css by hand

]]> By: adam http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2677 adam Wed, 16 May 2007 15:52:51 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/16/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2677 hmmm. i deleted the file in rev 58, so the url needs and extra argument: <a href="http://wp-iodiir.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/wp-iodiir/trunk/includes/kubrick-sandbox.css?r1=56&r2=57&pathrev=57" rel="nofollow">.../kubrick-sandbox.css?r1=56&r2=57&pathrev=57</a> hmmm. i deleted the file in rev 58, so the url needs and extra argument:
…/kubrick-sandbox.css?r1=56&r2=57&pathrev=57

]]> By: Scott http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2676 Scott Wed, 16 May 2007 15:18:07 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/16/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2676 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. 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.

]]> By: adam http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2675 adam Wed, 16 May 2007 15:07:17 +0000 http://www.plaintxt.org/2007/05/16/read-on-ye-sandbox-skin-designers/#comment-2675 since google code is a second-rate SVN host (no offense), here's the <a href="http://wp-iodiir.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/wp-iodiir/trunk/includes/kubrick-sandbox.css?r1=56&r2=57&pathrev=57" rel="nofollow">colored changes</a>. since google code is a second-rate SVN host (no offense), here’s the colored changes.

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