Hi Giulio, We do in fact make use of a private theme repo here at edX for certain projects. Can you expand upon the "pain themers have to go through"?
Thanks, - Doug On Monday, October 17, 2016 at 5:40:08 PM UTC-4, Giulio Gratta wrote: > > I think the most important thing you guys at edX can and should do is move > to your own externally managed (private repo) theme. > > This will both reduce the likely-hood of other sites/instances using your > color scheme/trademarks, and also make sure you understand the pain themers > have to go through. > > On Monday, October 17, 2016 at 9:36:57 AM UTC-7, Shauna Gordon-McKeon > wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> In the couple of months since I’ve joined edX, I’ve heard a lot of >> discussion in the community about theming. Given the level of interest in >> and trouble with theming, we’ve decided to go beyond dealing with each >> problem on a case by case basis, and see if we can address some of the >> underlying issues - together. >> >> We have a pretty solid understanding of the main issues with theming >> (summarized here) and a decent sense of what’s important to you, but we’d >> like to get a more systematic sense of your priorities. To that end, we’ve >> created a survey: http://bit.ly/2dZwVmP. If you care at all about >> theming, please fill it out! >> >> If the survey indicates enough interest, we’re going to launch a working >> group to tackle these problems within the next couple of weeks. Of course, >> “launching a working group” is something we’re also trying to clarify and >> redefine, so I understand if some of you feel a little in the dark about >> what the next steps actually will be. The very short version is “we’ll >> work with the community to improve our design and implementation plans for >> to reflect your needs and priorities, and then some combination of edX >> teams and Open edX community members will implement those changes”. If >> you’re interested in helping define how working groups work, please check >> out the discussion here: >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B3zTtL4g1F9a98DGCAIoRHZc50K26sroLgjPf7lRICo >> >> As always, please feel free to ask questions, give feedback, etc. >> >> Best >> >> Shauna >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General Open edX discussion" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/edx-code/c801b96a-90bb-4752-8a82-c8d8363cac5b%40googlegroups.com.
