Hi Mike I've spoken with Tom Collins who is going to help integrate our XHTML/CSS work back into the project. We'll be rebuilding the HTML in the templates and in the C code (although leaving the HTML in the C for now), and building a new interface and design using CSS. We're mostly done with the work now, and will be submitting it back to the project in the next two weeks. It will probably be released as a 1.2.12 devel version soon thereafter.
The design we provide will just be clean and minimalist that will be easy to extend. It will be built such that the whole system can be redesigned by just swapping a single CSS file. I suspect after conversion to XHTML/CSS others will be contributing additional CSS designs to the project. Quinn On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:16:16 -0700, Mike Wright wrote: > Quinn Comendant wrote: >> Dear Inter7 developers and list friends >> >> I've hired a XHTML/CSS pro to rebuild the QmailAdmin templates in >> valid XHTML code that can easily be styled with CSS. This work will >> be finished in two weeks. I'm happy to contribute this work back to >> the project and/or to any list members who would find it useful. >> >> However there are several portions of HTML that are generated by the >> C code (several tables of list data, specifically) that would not be >> part of my rebuild. >> >> A request from the Inter7 dev'ers: >> >> Would you mind rewriting the HTML generating portions in the C code >> so that it outputs valid HTML? Or accepting patches from me to apply >> to the source distribution? The change would be valid for XHTML but >> also for the 4.01 Transitional that the QmailAdmin currently uses, >> so it wouldn't hurt to do it even if the old templates are retained. >> The following needs to be done: >> >> 1. Lowercase all tags and attributes >> 2. Strip all deprecated code (attributes and tags) >> 3. Quote all tag attributes values >> 4. Make sure all tags are closed properly and all empty tags are >> closed correctly >> > Hi Quinn, > > I haven't noticed any responses to your request, but I, for one, > would very much like to have a version that had been xhtml'd and > css'd, and preferably one that did not use tables for layout. > > I'm pretty comfy with xhtml/css and might be able to help on specific > tasks when time is available. I've looked through the templates and > they are not that daunting and, though not a c programmer, can find > and hack existing code. > > Looking forward to hearing from you. Please reply on-list; this > email address is a throw-away. > > Thanks, > Mike Wright
