Re: [Inkscape-devel] InkscapeForum.com for offer to Inkscape.org
Yeah, those were my terrible designs from last year, but I'm glad that at least you liked them ;) I have attached SVG file of the design that I'm currently porting to Drupal. The template needs some really awesome header graphics, which I'm unable to design myself.
On 07/29/2009 02:11:21 PM, David Robertson wrote:
If people are interested in a drupal theme, there were some good draft designs from the deivant art contesthttp://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/17274523/? offset=0#comments, one of which I made a HTML mockup ofhttp://mr-imaginative.deviantart.com/art/Inkscape-org-redesign- markup-97029422. I've done another mockup of another designhttp://noveltybeard.co.cc/inkscape/(better, IMHO), too,
I have attached SVG file of the design that I'm currently porting to Drupal.
Nice! How's that going? If you need any testing or anything, I might be able to help! :)
The template needs some really awesome header graphics, which I'm unable to design myself.
Maybe we could take something from one of the about screens (there's tons of proposals on deviant art). Other than that, a nice big Inkscape logo seems like a good place to start! There's always open clipart, too :)
I have also started to work on converting one of deviant submissions into a drupal theme, but have been swamped with work so it never gets finished. You can count me in for drupal work though :)
One of my projects included porting a phpBB forum to drupal 6 so I have the scripts if needed. You can always continue to use phpBB, but porting to drupal advanced forum makes the forum more integrated with some very useful drupal infrastructure.
Mihaela
The theme I was basing my work on was duckgoesoink's submission at the bottom of http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/17274523/. I've changed the paint tube and brush to the cup etc. of the 0.47 splash, and updated the logo to the new logo and adjusted some of the sizes. Below the four big buttons I'm changing it all around to a more traditional design of menus on the left and content in the main area rather than menus down the bottom (it works for some sites but I don't think it's the best way for inkscape.org) - similar in structure to what it's currently like. I haven't started the Drupal coding of the theme, but that's generally pretty quick to do. I think I'll start it tonight.
As we haven't got a spot for it on inkscape.org, I'll be setting up something at http://inkscape.chrismorgan.info/ (nothing there yet) with the prototype, all the content transferred and the themes people come up with - if you've got a theme you want to submit or similar, email it to me and I'll put it on when I do it (next couple of days I think) along with the theme switcher module so people can try out the different options. For assurance for those that don't know about Drupal processes, if we then want to transfer it it's simple to do, you don't need to rebuild it from scratch.
Mihaela: I don't like the advanced forum modules myself, I like just the core forum package much more. It focuses on the *information*, having the content there rather than wasting lots of space with information about the user which you don't need to know, and things like that. It's the "plainness" compared to other forum packages that really appeals to me about the core Drupal forum system - finding information in a Drupal forum is easier than any other forum system that I know of.
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Chris Morgan
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David Robertson
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Jarosław Foksa
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Mihaela