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Sincerely, Mark ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Russell John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2008/8/27 Subject: Fwd: [ubuntu-web] New Ubuntu LoCoTeam Theme for Drupal 6.x To: "Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FYI On 28/08/2008, David Giard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > i have been working on a 6.x Drupal Theme for the Ubuntu-Qc.org web site > because our 5.x install is very buggy. We have to start from scratch and put > everything back in a new install with a new database. So, with all the > problem i had with Drupal 5.x i decided to use the 6.x framework theme, to > create a new one with the same look people are use to see at ubuntu-qc.org. > > I also took the time to create a theme with the original Ubuntu.Com > Graphics and i called it "ubuntu-loco". While my goal at first was just to > replicate the look, i did a lot more than that. The upper-right menu is > completely working, as long as you install the nice_menus modules, you just > have to add you menu items on the "primary-links". You can even add sub-item > and they will be converted as drop down list, just like the Ubuntu.com web > site. I also made some change to the original frame of drupal web sites. I > moved the right sidebar beside the left bar and i added a new header and > footer sidebar. I also modified the theme so that the right, header and > footer sidebar would hide when you are on a add, edit or administration > page. > > And yes, i took the time to ask permission. Matthew Nuzum, the creator of > the Official Drupal 4.7 theme for the ubuntu.com web site told me there will > be a few "rules of thumb" to respect regarding the look and feel of your web > site if you use the Ubuntu LoCo Theme: > > > "Yours looks great though. Here's the "rule of thumb" regarding the > look and feel - if its for an official loco team website and they've > denoted that they are a community theme by making a note of it in the > logo area (like you've done) then we don't mind them using it. We've > had to do the painful thing lately and ask a couple non-official > Ubuntu related sites (not locos) to change their theme because the > news agencies were getting confused and they featured advertising and > unofficial content. > > So I'm absolutely OK with you sharing the sources of your theme and > also OK with loco teams using it as-is. I'm also ok with anyone in the > world using the theme as a foundation to look at and learn from or > modify for their own use, but if they're not an official ubuntu site > they need to ensure they change the look enough to make it distinct > from ubuntu.com." > > > Both theme are currently in use on our test site at http://ubulys.org. You > can download the most recent releases on launchpad: > > https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu-qc.org/6.x/1.0.3 > > Enjoy! :) > > David Giard (Swe3tDave) > Ubuntu Quebec > > > -- > Ubuntu-website mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.canonical.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-website > > -- No Microsoft products were used in the preparation or transmission of this message. Russell John | Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance 1024D/91F003D2 | (+88) 0161-Russell | http://russelljohn.info -- loco-contacts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Mark Van den Borre Noormannenstraat 113 3000 Leuven, België +32 486 961726 -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
