I agree with Matt, Years ago I found the tempting frameworks very useful but as i started to develop my own templates I found them very frustrating to develop custom code into.
I now always just use joomla native templating Chris On Jun 21, 2012, at 1:57 PM, Matt Thomas wrote: > One aspect worth noting, regarding frameworks, is that many of them were > originally created to make it easier for user's to modify and customize the > template through an administrative interface. One side effect of that a few > of them had to create their own unique solutions to accomplish this, which > resulted in a more complicated code base. > > Some users that need to modify custom templates, might find it easier to > avoid frameworks like this and build a template from the ground up. Other > frameworks are more easily modified on the code level. > > It's sort of the yen yang of code complexity versus user experience. > > Best, > > Matt Thomas > Founder betweenbrain™ > Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework > Phone: 203.632.9322 > Twitter: @betweenbrain > Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain > > > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Stephen Britton <sbrit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Janet, > > Thank you for the advice. I'll give it a try. > > - - - Steve > > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Janet Sullivan <jmsulliva...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > Stephen: > > I'm using a "son of yoothemes" template, that also uses the Warp framework. > In order for the "styles" folder to work, > you need to duplicate the "empty-style" folder in the framework, rename it to > something - (like my_custom_styles) then > ftp my-custom-styles to the Styles folder within the template folder, and it > seems to work. > > > Janet Sullivan > > From: Stephen Britton <sbrit...@gmail.com> > To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla@lists.nyphp.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 3:37 PM > Subject: Re: [joomla] How hard can it be to make an override? > > I agree the new YooTheme templates undergone major changes. The 2.5 versions > are far more code heavy than 1.5. The Warp framework has added another layer > to figure out. > > I am pulling my hair out trying to make a custom background work in Symphony. > YooTheme says you can create a "styles" folder and override the CSS, but it > doesn't work. > > As for the regular HTML overrides, like com_content and com_contact, I have > noticed no or very little difference between the two. It is not a problem. > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Donna Marie Vincent > <donnamarievinc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Are you speaking of template overrides? If so, which template are you using? > I noticed on the Yootheme templates the template overrides were not where I > was expecting them to be. This was a function of their warp system, not > Joomla. > > > From: Helvécio da Silva <helvecio...@gmail.com> > To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla@lists.nyphp.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 3:22 PM > Subject: [joomla] How hard can it be to make an override? > > I just started a project where I needed to do some overrides. > > I've been doing this for years, as it was extremaly easy find the piece of > HTML code I wanted to change, then do it, while keeping functions around. > > Now, with 2.5 it seems things have changed drastically. I cannot find the > HTML as easy as I used to. Thus, it is impossible to change things to look > like I want to. If this is true, Joomla won't be a flexible CMS as it was > before because non-programmers WON'T know what and where to change. > > As I am NOT a programmer, I'm having a hard time with this issue, that I > never had before. > > Geez... > > -- > Helvecio "Elvis" da Silva > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio...@gmail.com > http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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! 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