Hi Nelson, Good question! I wrote "clean and attractive" implying simplicity and elegance - the hallmark of any good user interface. Many webpages have clearly had a lot of effort poured into them, but too often the end result is as busy as the front page of a newspaper. Neither simple nor elegant.
Incidentally, my preferred Java IDE is also based on a simple yet elegant user interface: IntelliJ IDEA. I've been using Roller for around a week, and think it is wonderful. But, in my opinion, the four bundled themes don't cut the mustard. What can we do to help fix this situation. Decide on a great wordpress theme, and replicate it with a distinctive 'roller' twist perhaps? Regards, Chris Dodunski. > I am curious if there consensus on what makes a good theme. Is it strictly > the attractiveness of the theme? Or how clean and uncluttered the page > templates are that implement the theme? Maintainability or modifiability? > > My own opinion is I could live with something that is less attractive if > the theme is easy to modify and maintain (easy to find the style > statements that control an element's appearance). I can add as much > prettiness as I want, but only if I can find where the controls are. > > What do the rest of you think makes a clean and attractive theme? > > Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave [mailto:snoopd...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:17 PM > To: user@roller.apache.org > Subject: Re: Seeking clean, attractive Roller 4.0 theme > > That is definitely one of the drawbacks of Roller: very few good themes. > RollerThemes.com addressed that problem to some extent, but now it is > gone. On the bright side, Velocity is fairly easy to learn and its not > that hard to "port" themes from Wordpress and other places. > > Hope that helps... > > - Dave > > Template authors guide: > > ftp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/apache/roller/roller-4/v4.0.1/docs/roller-template-guide.pdf > > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Christopher Dodunski > <chrisfromsquir...@christopher.net.nz> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I chose Roller over Wordpress due to the fact that I am a Java >> developer, and I always like to support open-source projects - >> especially Apache ones. So far I'm impressed with the administration >> interface and documentation. But the packaged themes didn't appeal, >> and so I downloaded those from >> http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javanet/OptionalThemesForRoller. >> But many of these also don't appeal and/or don't work (e.g. state >> comments are closed when they are not). >> >> Is there another source of Roller themes out there? Does anyone have >> an attractive, clean and elegant theme they would like to share? I >> don't really have the time to learn Velocity (nor do I have the flair >> for visual design). Your help/guidance would be much appreciated. >> >> Thanks & regards, >> >> Chris. >> >> >>> The current release of Roller, 4.0.1, cannot do that. >>> >>> The upcoming Roller 5 will support multiple domains, but has rather >>> simple-minded support, there are some limitations and will only work >>> well if you have a handful of blogs and don't mind adding a line to >>> the config file for each. >>> >>> If you're interested in helping us work the kinks out of it, then >>> please test the Roller 5 release candidate (RC2) and let us know how >>> it goes. I can tell you know to configure multi-domain support as I >>> use it on my blog. >>> >>> Roller 5 RC2 announcement: >>> http://markmail.org/message/yrlfct6t6xn5rsic >>> >>> - Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Christopher Dodunski >>> <chrisfromsquir...@christopher.net.nz> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I would like to use Roller on my web server. I read that Roller >>>> supports multiple blogs. My web server hosts several domains. I >>>> would like to know whether I need to install Roller anew for each >>>> domain. >>>> >>>> To use the following domains as examples: >>>> >>>> http://www.domain1.com >>>> http://www.domain2.com >>>> http://www.domain3.com >>>> >>>> Each is to have its own independent blog page, like so: >>>> >>>> http://blog.domain1.com >>>> http://blog.domain2.com >>>> http://blog.domain3.com >>>> >>>> Can this be accomplished with a single installation of Roller? Or >>>> do I need to install Roller for each domain? >>>> >>>> Thanks & regards, >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >
