Oh how I want to re-design that site of yours :D I could make it look so darn awesome methinks! Maybe if you like my work with the theme we can work on something? :)
On Sep 23, 10:00 pm, S Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > ink: > > looking forward to seeing what you can do:) > > we chose habari for our company site because it works with postgres, and > there are not many packages out there that do. > > http://www.denphone.com/ > > <http://www.denphone.com/>simon > > On 24 September 2010 10:39, > <[email protected]<habari-users%2bnore...@googlegroups. > com> > > > > > wrote: > > Today's Topic Summary > > > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users/topics > > > - New theme for 0.7 <#12b4165760fafdd6_group_thread_0> [9 Updates] > > > Topic: New theme for > > 0.7<http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users/t/8941f11ce4808b08> > > > Ink <[email protected]> Sep 22 11:20PM -0700 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > 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. > > > Guerreiro Santos <[email protected]> Sep 23 01:32PM +0200 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > First off, fucking awesome you want to do this. As for the ideas, > > whenever > > one will pop in my head, I am writing you. > > > Guerreiro Santos <[email protected]> Sep 23 01:34PM +0200 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > Oh I forgot: > > > http://theoatmeal.com/comics/websites_stop > > > <http://theoatmeal.com/comics/websites_stop> > > http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell > > > <http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell>:D > > > Ink <[email protected]> Sep 23 10:32AM -0700 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > mhmm :p > > > Ink <[email protected]> Sep 23 10:33AM -0700 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > Thanks, a ton, looking forward to it! > > > Christopher Davis <[email protected]> Sep 23 12:20PM -0700 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > 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 > > > Amanda Moore <[email protected]> Sep 23 12:24PM -0800 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > Very well put Chris. I'm not the best but I've been more than happy to > > add more themes for the community and not all of them have been ports. I > > admit I was a little put off by this post when I first read it. > > > --- > > Amanda M. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > Ink <[email protected]> Sep 23 02:45PM -0700 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > 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. > > > Amanda Moore <[email protected]> Sep 23 01:48PM -0800 > > ^<#12b4165760fafdd6_digest_top> > > > Apology accepted :-) > > > --- > > Amanda M. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > -- > > 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
