> standard TW theme or *shudder* those in the theme package of
> tiddlytools.com.
grrr... :-)
I have had *many* compliments on the overall appearance of
TiddlyTools, so clearly aesthetic sensibilities can vary greatly.
Keep in mind that a 'theme' is really the juxtaposition of template
and CSS definitions for layouts and colors (and sometimes images), and
it is easy (dare I say *trivial*) to modifiy or eliminate many of the
specific styles and layouts to 'fine tune' the theme to best suit your
personal tastes.
For example, if you find the 'photo wallpaper' backgrounds too
distracting, you can edit the !StyleSheet section of a theme to remove
(or simply comment out) the "background-image" attribute/value.
Adjustments to TW default layout and color definitions are stored in
[[StyleSheetAdjustments]]. Note that, although the color defintions
in this tiddler using static hexadecimal color numbers, you can also
use transclusion from the ColorPalette tiddler to apply colors based
on custom-defined symbolic names, rather than hard-coded values. For
example, to set the color of the tiddler toolbar text you could write:
.toolbar {color:[[ColorPalette::TertiaryLight]];}
Then, if you subsequently change the "TertiaryLight" color slice
definition, the toolbar text color will automatically be adjusted to
match. You can modify the default slices in the ColorPalette, or add
slices of your own (using any naming scheme you want).
To make it MUCH easier to construct color palettes... you can use this
handy tool:
http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#PaletteMaker
Also, to see a simplified, clean layout that is based on the default
TW with a number of layout adjustments, see:
http://www.TiddlyTools.com/quickstart/basics.html
enjoy,
-e
Eric Shulman
TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios
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