Apologies Chris, Amanda, I didn't mean to come off sounding that way. Obviously it wasn't my intent to put anyone down, and yes, obviously I do value everyone's work here, if not for everyone here, Habari wouldn't even exist. Sorry again for that, I should've worded all of that better.
On Sep 23, 3:20 pm, Christopher Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds great that you want to contribute. I look forward to seeing what you > cone up with. > > One thing to note though. We value the contributions of every member of this > community equally so I would appreciate it of you would keep that in mind > when referring to the work that has been given to us by individuals. > > You might not like them from an aesthetic standpoint, but degrading them is > not acceptable. That is someones work that they believed in our community > enough to donate so we could benefit from it. > > Thanks. > > Chris. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 22, 2010, at 11:20 PM, 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 > > athttp://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
