NodeBB's Next Theme
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I fancy myself a designer! I'm going to spend the weekend putting together a PSD.
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lol @randymdaniel -- apparently, we have the same ideas in mind
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@julian + @psychobunny ... Started messing around with some ideas this weekend. I encountered some roadblocks during the thought process. Needless to say, some things still need to be re-imagined, like how things will scale for mobile devices. http://dribbble.com/shots/1475703-NodeBB-Theme
Thinking, the off-canvas effect would be a two-level option, Categories > Discussions.
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@randymdaniel I love it! The sidebar would completely replace the need for the "home" page (the button might actually trigger the sidebar instead), and it's a more mobile centred approach, which I'd imagine would end up looking more like Google's latest iteration with the sidebars in the Gmail app:
The great part about this is that the limit is your imagination -- and NodeBB can do it because it's so damn flexible.
In the above screenshot, the sidebar is pushing the content over, but I think an "drawer" effect is better, where it slides out and obscures the content below it (like the post composer does right now)
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@julian Absolutely. I might take a crack at it within the next few weeks. I'm off from work the week of April 14th -- maybe i'll go all in then and bang something out. Unless someone wants to give it a go first. I'd love to have this developed for http://raiders.io.
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@julian said:
Ah, you're running raiders.io yourself -- best of luck!
Yeah, I want to finish up the development first before going back to the paid subscription.
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No offence. There is been bad feedback on the default theme from many quarters on my forum. A few of my contacts refused to join because it looked err.. odd. It will be nice if we can have a better default theme for new 4.2. May be in the same lines but a bit more stylish than simple.
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@meetdilip was that all the feedback they could give you? "It looks odd"...
you could use one of the other bootstrap themes under skin in the ACP. Or create your own, psychobunny made a great tutorial on his blog, . Oh and 4.2 is a long way off. 0.4.2 was released last week, and unless they've been secretly working undercover, I'm not seeing a new theme quite just yet.
Why not look into convoes theme, it could be exactly what you're looking for.
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@a_5mith said:
@meetdilip was that all the feedback they could give you? "It looks odd"...
you could use one of the other bootstrap themes under skin in the ACP. Or create your own, psychobunny made a great tutorial on his blog, . Oh and 4.2 is a long way off. 0.4.2 was released last week, and unless they've been secretly working undercover, I'm not seeing a new theme quite just yet.
Why not look into convoes theme, it could beut exactly what you're looking for.
None of them were kind enough to go into details. But may be plan colours I use is the culprit. I am basically an admin than a webmaster. So creating my own theme is a bit too much for me. May I ask a help ? Could someone prepare some images for tiles ? I am still not sure what size of images should I use ? And also even with open in new tab plugin the links are opening in the same window.
Sorry, if I sound rude. I just conveyed in exact form.
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@meetdilip Certain aspects I can help you with, but creating a theme is something I charge for. And I'm not taking on paid work at the minute.
As for your tiles, that's simple enough, best size I've found is about 450x450, then set the container to cover in the ACP. This makes sure that you don't get the background repeating x when you're on a tablet or mobile which has wider tiles. As for what images you want, that's entirely up to you, but do bear in mind any copyright laws etc, you could try somewhere like dreamstime or even google searching for the image you want, followed by stock photo, or use this website to help you find free images. You can then open them in photoshop, or if you don't have photoshop, GIMP is free (and badly named) and will allow you to crop and change the image sizes.
As for the opening in new tab plugin, I'm not sure, you'd need to speak to the author. I'll have a look at your site briefly and see what I can see.
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- .jpg: Does not support transparency, generally uses lossy (= loss of quality) compression. Said lossy compression is actually optional, but most image editors apply it by default when saving in .jpg format and once this loss of quality has occurred (i.e. in an image fetched from the 'net), it cannot be reversed.
- .png: Supports transparency, lossless (= no loss of quality) compression. Due to this however, bigger images tend to have a larger file size in .png than they do in .jpg.
- .svg: File format for vectored images. Scales infinitely (= maximum quality, so matter the size you display the image at or the quality of the screen (i.e. normal DPI vs. Retina). Generally has a small file size. Not supported in IE8 and earlier.
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@randymdaniel awesome
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