You're welcome Janet! I hope it is a good solution for you. There are certainly many great choices to choose from out there.
I unfortunately don't normally make the NYC users group meetings as I'm in mid-state Connecticut. But, I do try to attend the NYC Joomla Day events. Hope to see you at the next one! Best, Matt Thomas Founder betweenbrain <http://betweenbrain.com/>™ Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework<http://construct-framework.com/> Phone: 203.632.9322 Twitter: @betweenbrain Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Janet Sullivan <jmsulliva...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Thanks, Matt. > I had a look around and I'm not much of a php programmer. It looks like > the construct framework may be a better choice for my skills. > I should have more time to download and play with the framework over the > weekend/early next week.....Thanks for sharing your work. > Will you be attending the NYC users group meeting tomorrow nite? If so, I > look forward to meeting you. > Thanks! > Janet Sullivan > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Matt Thomas <m...@betweenbrain.com> > > *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla@lists.nyphp.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:00 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [joomla] Blank Joomla template > > Hi Janet, > > I'm the creator of the Construct Template Development Framework, one of > the The Blank template's "competitors" (we're very friendly with one > another). The Blank template is very good, quite educational and a > great starting point. Alex has also added some neat tricks to it too. You > do, though, need to flush out the Blank template's index.php and CSS files. > You can see an example of their index.php at > https://github.com/Bloggerschmidt/Blank-Template/blob/master/index.php and > their template style sheet at > https://github.com/Bloggerschmidt/Blank-Template/blob/master/css/template.css > > Construct is very similar in that it provides a foundation to build on. > However, I have also fully developed the index.php, complete with a number > of module positions (i.e. > https://github.com/construct-framework/construct5/blob/master/index.php), > and a core style sheet (i.e. > https://github.com/construct-framework/construct5/blob/master/css/screen.css). > Both of which can be overridden or customized (and I have a few tricks of > my own) > > I think Construct provides more of what you are looking for in comparison > with "Sandbox" for WordPress. Both should be good solutions for custom > template development depending on where you want to start. > > While I haven't read it, Alex is also a very smart guy, so I'd expect his > eBook to be very good too. > > Hope that helps. > > Best, > > Matt Thomas > Founder betweenbrain <http://betweenbrain.com/>™ > Lead Developer Construct Template Development > Framework<http://construct-framework.com/> > Phone: 203.632.9322 > Twitter: @betweenbrain > Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain > > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Janet Sullivan <jmsulliva...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > I'm new to Joomla as a CMS and was looking for a blank template, similar to > the 'sandbox' theme in Wordpress. Is this "Blank" template > http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/tools/design-tools/18381 > > roughly the Joomla equivalent of what Sandbox provides for a wordpress web > developer? > Would this be a good place to start since the website I will develop is a > custom design? > > How useful is the ebook that's available for purchase? Is the > translation pretty good so > that the docs are easy to follow? > Thanks! > Janet > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >
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