> -----Original Message----- > From: Justin French > > On 10/07/2004, at 1:29 PM, Geoff Deering wrote: > > > Do others think about CSS, design and layouts from the point of view of > > flexible, extensible frameworks? I'm sure a lot of us try and design > > our > > own sites like that so that we can reuse our own components. > > I think it's possible for such frameworks to exist, but the reality is > that each user of the framework will fall into one of two categories: > > 1. They're using the framework, but the framework is overkill with many > containers and elements which simply aren't needed in the scope of the > project, or > > 2. They're trying to use the framework, but technical limitations won't > let them achieve the visual or business goals they've set. > > Plone, Textpattern, etc could all have nicer default layouts and > frameworks, but the reality is that nearly every project is different, > and needs it's own solution. ZenGarden-like interchaning stylesheets > on many similar sites would be great, but it's all pie-in-the-shy to me > -- it will be overkill for some, and too limiting for others. > > > > --- > Justin French > http://indent.com.au
Yes, it's not as if there is a problem and a solution per se. And for various sites, they need a unique approach, but when I look at the style sheets of some of the applications that are OSS CMSs and the like, for all the architecture and design that has gone into it, I often feel that there is quite an oversight or neglect to try and address this issue, because with such applications you must know that the ease of customising the look and feel for various designs is going to be very important as to the success and adoption of their use. The design of many of the CMSs used by many of use have very common components, it often seems to me that the CSS and HTML structure is not as mature as it should be. But maybe others don't see the need for this, or are so comfortable with various CSS, etc, there is no perceived problem. Maybe if others don't see it as something lacking, it probably isn't an issue. Regards Geoff ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
