Just my 2 cents: I've often thought Dave's theme on http://rollerweblogger.com/roller is a nice social (Flickr and Twitter widgets), simple and clean theme.
On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Nelson Chamberlain <nchamberl...@ceradyne.com> wrote: > Hi Chris > > I like what you say about simple & elegant. The hard part is defining what > those mean. To my mind, the theme that best fits these goals is Ocadia (from > OptionalThemesForRoller referenced below). Interestingly, it says that it was > originally developed for Wordpress and ported to Roller. > > If I were to try to define what elements make it appear elegant, I would say > that the muted colors and gradient fills that give it quiet, understated > beauty. I also liked the rounded boxes on the right side. To many of the > other themes seem to be shouting for my attention, or, like you say, are busy > and noisy as the front page of a newspaper. > > I haven't had the pleasure of using IDEA from IntelliJ but I have only heard > good things about it. I generally have been using Eclipse and NetBeans. > Eclipse for general programming and NetBeans for Swing programming. They are > quite good but utilitarian and not elegant. > > So do you have a Wordpress theme that you prefer? Or a few recommendations > for me to look at to see what blogs you feel implement the simple & elegant > appearance? > > Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Dodunski [mailto:chrisfromsquir...@christopher.net.nz] > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 4:10 PM > To: user@roller.apache.org > Subject: RE: Seeking clean, attractive Roller 4.0 theme > > 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/r >> oller-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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >
