First off, fucking awesome you want to do this. As for the ideas, whenever one will pop in my head, I am writing you.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Ink <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
