NodeBB's Next Theme

finid

@psychobunny

If you're talking sidebar's on every page, all I can say is, aleluyah! aleluyah!!

psychobunny

Actually, global sidebars and global footer will be coming to Lavender as well when it's ready

meetdilip

I simply hope it will look nice.

trevor

Time to update.
projecting.

finid

@trevor

If you tell me what that top secret project is, I promise not to tell anybody else. Promise.

GodlyPerfection

I'm pretty excite about the new theme. SHARE ALL THE DETAILS!

manuel

I'd like a link to the last message in a topic because with the current theme in topics with many messages it will scroll down by 20 messages each time you press the (near # out of #)

Sp4rkR4t

@manuel said:

I'd like a link to the last message in a topic because with the current theme in topics with many messages it will scroll down by 20 messages each time you press the (near # out of #
)

A million times this.

julian

@manuel @sp4rkr4t Currently, there's a little popup that says "Click here to return to your last post", which could do this...?

randymdaniel

I fancy myself a designer! I'm going to spend the weekend putting together a PSD.
I have a great layout in mind.

julian

lol @randymdaniel -- apparently, we have the same ideas in mind

https://twitter.com/julianlam/status/446290284037435392

manuel

@julian said:

@manuel @sp4rkr4t Currently, there's a little popup that says "Click here to return to your last post", which could do this...?

it links to the last post seen, not to the last post of the discussion

randymdaniel

@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.

julian

@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)

randymdaniel

@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.

julian

Ah, you're running raiders.io yourself -- best of luck!

randymdaniel

@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.
I definitely will be back though.

sunqi

now 0.4 is released so when will the new theme shows.....i'am exciting to see it

meetdilip

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.

a_5mith

@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.