Hi Caty! This looks very nice, so +1! We can help with the testing.
Thanks, Silvia On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi devs, > > For the past weeks I've been working on a skin based on Bootstrap[1]. You > can read more about it and test the new Junco Skin at > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Junco+Skin > > This proposal is about using the Junco Skin (Blueberry > Theme<http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Junco+Skin#HTheme:Blueberry>) > for xwiki.org. > I prepared some responsive screenshots for the xwiki.org Homepage and an > Extension page. > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgJuncoHomepage > > This is my +1 > > Please report any issues on https://github.com/evalica/bootswatch/issues > > __Advantages__ > - a change is always welcomed, shows the users there is activity on the > website; > - the skin is responsive; > - by using Bootstrap we have the whole framework's power to use (grids, > components, etc.); > - we have the chance to test a bit the skin in production and see the > possible bugs, in order to later integrate; > - IMO the skin looks nice :) > > __Disadvantages__ > - the only disadvantage is that there will be bugs and they will take some > time to be detected and fixed; > > __Platform integration problems__ > 1. currently the new skin uses the HTML5 doctype. This is needed if we were > to use some Bootstrap JS components (carousel, menus, etc.) - which we > currently don't on xwiki.org, so I could use the old doctype (but lose some > of the testing purpose). Because of the HTML5 doctype, the HTML validation > fails. See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-7552 > > 2. Junco Skin currently doesn't have support for changing the ColorThemes > on the fly. I would need the help of a developer to fix this problem. Is > not so much a problem for xwiki.org (I could fix them by duplicating some > code in the xwiki.org skin), but it is a problem for the integration. > > 3. Being build on Bootstrap, it needs LESS to compile the files into CSS. > Again I would need a developer to see how we could integrate the building > of the themes in platform. Right now this is done locally, partially manual > by using Grunt. > > Tell me what you think and take some time to test the skin, > Caty > > [1] http://getbootstrap.com/ > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
