I love the framework but hate the name Web2py Everyone uses names related to animals, objects,etc. At least it gives a better change for a nice logo.
Best regards 2011/11/30 stefaan <[email protected]> > Web2py default layouts certainly have come a long way since the (IMHO, > quite awful :p ) fluorescent orange and black-green looks. > > I do seem to miss some "best-practices" documentation about how to > effectively apply themes to a web2py application. The downloadable > themes do not always properly display the newer widgets (like > sqlform.grid), leaving me (as a css nitwit) not much option but to use > the default layout. Unlike web2py functionality, the css classes do > not seem to be kept backward compatible (your layout won't be > overwritten if you upgrade to a newer web2py, but if you want the > newer features to render properly you may have to manually merge old > layouts with newer layouts) > > <handwaving> > I'm wondering if there aren't any WYSIWYM web layout solutions (what- > you-see-is-what-you-mean, a web equivalent to LaTeX macros for > printable documents), e.g. providing standardized css classes that all > scaffolding applications/widgets/user views ought to restrict > themselves to. Themes would also have to be implemented in terms of > those standardized css classes, hopefully leading to a smoother > theming experience. Approaches like the "ui" argument in sqlform.grid > do not seem ideal to me. > </handwaving> > >
