I've been thinking guys. Almost since Habari just came out, all the themes that have been in it, have been either recycled themes from other platforms, or they've been a bit... I wouldn't even say mediocre, but they haven't been anything special. So after giving some thought to some of the comments in my 'Is Habari dead?' post here a couple weeks back, I think I should have a go at creating a new theme for Habari, one which, hopefully with all your help, could become our new standard, Habari-exclusive theme.
A quick introduction to those of you who either don't know me, or don't remember me as I haven't been to active in the community here for the last year or so (back when I used to be very active in the IRC channel, I went by the name 'Ink'). I'm a graphic artist specializing primarily in web design. By now probably a good 7 years of hands on experience, in the time have worked on sites which get hundreds of thousands of uniques monthly, companies with income with 6-7 zeros etc... point is, no I'm not the best, but I'm pretty damn good at what I do. A portfolio which I haven't updated in like half a year can be found at inkspill.net. Anyways, back to the theme. I want this theme to be amazing, simple as that. I want people to look at it, and go 'holy hell this shit looks slick, this alone is worth switching to Habari for'. That is my goal for it. My intention however, is to design it while getting everyone's ideas too. I don't want it to become a design-by- committee / too-many-cooks-in-the-kitchen type of thing, but given that this is a community project, and everyone has a voice in it, I want to hear your ideas too. No, I'm not saying lets include every single idea every person has, but if your idea is genuinely good, it would be plain stupid and ignorant to not give it some thought and consideration. So my question to you all today is the following; Habari, where does it shine? I want this theme to highlight the best features of Habari, I want it to make people drool. What things are so great and unique about Habari, why would someone want to use it instead of WP or the like. This is what the flagship theme needs to communicate to the visitor. Thanks a ton in advance for your input, I'm very very eagerly waiting to hear from you. I want to knock this out over the next month and/or by the time 0.7 is ready to ship, either way, lets all try to do our part to make 0.7 the best release thus far. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users
