Kathryn Andersen (2011-10-09 14:12): > Just a quick first-pass... > > On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 01:11:32AM +0200, Eric Forgeot wrote: > > There is a sample there: > > http://anamnese.online.fr/pmwiki-efo/index.php/PmWiki/PmWiki (password > > is pmwiki) > > > > - The content is written with a darker and bigger font than the menu, > > because it helps to focus more on the text. > > Still, the menu text is too pale.
And the link color :) > > - The content is using a serif font (more readable). The letters are > > maybe too big. I'll probably update this with a smaller text size in the > > future. > > You should allow people to set their own text size; don't mess with > the default size. > Some people need very large font sizes, and others, small. > > > - For the CSS, I tried to use as many "em" I could, instead of "px". I > > don't know if it's really a good thing: because of inheritance, it makes > > it really tricky to customise the font size. > > Which means one shouldn't customize the font size. > > > - There is a logo div, and a title div. There is also a background > > picture ready to customise, because it's probably what people need to > > use on their website. At the moment, it's just plain blue, to match the > > link color. It looks a bit big and empty as it is, but with a real > > picture it's ok in my opinion. > > The background picture is not good, because when someone changes > the font size, it stays the same size, and the layout looks wierd. > > Better to give the header div a different colour - even that same colour > blue, because then it will scale when people change font sizes. > > > - For the links, I tried to follow the previous recommandations: blue, > > with a different color for followed links (yet I must admit the > > difference is not very noticable) > > Perhaps then it should be made more noticeable. > > > - There are some CSS3 effects. Not visible in internet explorer, but it > > doesn't look bad either (the theme on http://paulgiacherio.kodingen.com > > doesn't render well in IE) > > If you're going with some CSS3 effects, you could put a shadow on the > header div, then you'd end up with something similar to what you get > with your existing background image. It's nice to see another proposal. Thanks for posting, Eric - the more examples, the better. But I agree with all of Kathryn's points. In comparison to http://paulgiacherio.kodingen.com/pmwiki/pmwiki-2.2.30/, this skin seems to have lost something. The layout seems to be less dynamic, there is no max-width on content, and text is not resizable (full page zoom kind of works, but text zoom doesn't). Paul, if you are listening, would you call the percentage-grid layout of your skin experimental (as in not suitable for a public facing website), i.e. could it be made to work across all browsers? As much as I would like to shout "Forget about IE6!", I believe it is not really possible for pmwiki.org, is it? Are there any statistics telling us how many Internet Explorer visitors come to pmwiki.org? -- -- Rogutės Sparnuotos _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
