On Sun, 2008-21-09 at 18:14 -0500, Ian Bicking wrote: > > iain duncan wrote: > > I think I will spend some time evaluating the state of the various css > > frameworks for the quickstart templates. Thought I'd check first to see > > > > a) what people think are important criteria > > b) what people think are contenders or should be eliminated > > > > It seems to me it makes the most sense to use a set of id and class tags > > that are already being used by a good framework in order to add a level > > of pluggability. Thoughts? > > I'm curious what you'll come up with, as the idea of a good CSS > framework is very compelling to me, in or out of TurboGears. For me the > interest is more applying a common look-and-feel across systems, which > requires some sanity in CSS, and all stylesheets will have some degree > of insanity when they are developed organically from scratch. > > I'd like something that uses more semantically-oriented class names > instead of some of the garbage names I've seen before. I think the > reason for the garbage names is that there's lots of optional ways to > lay out the page, and you use different ids or class names depending on > the layout. It seems much preferable to have some kind of builder that > creates a basic stylesheet based on layout preferences, and all layouts > use the same ids or class names (though of course some will have more > than others, e.g., 3-column will have classes a 2-column layout does not). > > A good template for a stylesheet would also have a template for a style > guide. For any substantial site I've worked on with multiple people > (including designers and programmers) some kind of style guide is really > helpful. Generally a page that lists all the styles, i.e., all the > recommended tags, any special classes, and advice on where to use them.
Sounds like you're thinking on the same page as me, so I will certainly send you some alpha ideas. I forget how much I hate IE6 until I sit down to redesign things, aack. Iain --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears Trunk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears-trunk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
