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Good info. 

Sounds like this one is going to at least suit our immediate needs, and then some.

On Apr 30, 2011, at 6:09 PM, dust4ngel <dust4ngel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> addendum - so for example, with this orange theme, here are some of the options (from the project page):
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> Sidebar can be positioned on the left or right (either way content is printed first for accessibility).
> Blocks, comments, nodes, panels and views can be altered in the Ui with skinr.
> Navigation is no longer added by default, it is a region
> Search block is no longer added by default, themed based on region its in
> New region above footer
> Blocks can be sized 1/3, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4...
> Image fields can be floated left or right
> Font size can change and be made uppercase, lowercase or capitalized
> Different list styles to choose from
> 3 menu styles to choose
> Among other things...
> so what you see in the demo is not really what you get - it is one of many possible ways the theme can be expressed.
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> /dust
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> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:06 PM, dust4ngel <dust4ngel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> we should be clear on that these themes define the look of the site minus how content is laid out / emphasized.  in other words, with any of these themes, we can put any content anywhere we want, i.e. emphasize videos (or whatever) on the front page (or anywhere else).
> 
> we can have side columns, or not, and can have side columns on some pages but not others; we can have a footer section with multiple blocks, or one block, or not.
> 
> basically, the themes define the fonts, white spacing, what the navigation looks like, etc.  but beyond that they do not define what we can do in terms of organizing content.
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> /dust
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> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Eddie Geller <reddit.pac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hopefully I'm not shooting myself in the foot, here, but it may come to pass that the design we go with might not be the most popular. And I apologize if that ends up being the case.
> 
> I picked "Orange" as my top pick because it most closely conforms to what our needs are. I'm working with people out here in L.A. to create some great/fun content (i.e., videos), and that's why the previous design looks the way it did--to play up the aforementioned content.
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> Just know that I'm trying my best to balance the energy of the devs and what I think our site needs to be.
> 
> Okay, time to spend the rest of my Saturday not being a dick.
> 
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> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Awesoms! <i.am@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Titan and Tarski look almost the same to me. Ignoring the actual color schemes chosen (since that can be changed), I vote for either Titan, Tarski or Jackson.
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> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:14 PM, dust4ngel <dust4ngel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> as discussed in our meeting, i've come up with a list of drupal 7 themes that we might consider.  keep in mind that we can customize any of these, and some of them have built-in support for changing colors (i've tried to note this where possible, but some themes may have more configuration options mentioned in their project pages).
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> in the list below, the theme name is followed by its drupal project page link, then by a demo page link, and possibly some comments.  from what i have seen, the themes by kiwi themes seem to be the most thorough, i.e. they seem to have themed all potential aspects of the site (which is important).
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> typebased
> http://drupal.org/project/typebased
> http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/?theme=typebased
> note: 8 predefined color schemes, by kiwi themes
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> corolla
> http://drupal.org/project/corolla
> http://sphex-industries.net/
> note: 6 predefined color schemes, by kiwi themes
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> titan
> http://drupal.org/project/titan
> http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/?theme=titan
> note: by kiwi themes
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> jackson
> http://drupal.org/project/jackson
> http://themes.leveltendesign.com/jackson/blog
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> tarski
> http://drupal.org/project/tarski
> http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/blog
> note: by kiwi themes
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> journalcrunch
> http://drupal.org/project/journalcrunch
> http://demo.drupalizing.com/?theme=journalcrunch
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> bluemasters
> http://drupal.org/project/bluemasters
> http://demo.drupalizing.com/bluemasters/taxonomy/term/1
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> orange
> http://drupal.org/project/orange
> http://drupal.amandarodriguez.com/
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> /dust
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