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[Eddie Geller <reddit.pac@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for dealing with my woeful ignorance. :)

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Toast <toast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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):
>
>
>    - 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.
>
> /dust
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:06 PM, dust4ngel < <dust4ngel@xxxxxxxxx>
> 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.
>>
>> /dust
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Eddie Geller < <reddit.pac@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:14 PM, dust4ngel < <dust4ngel@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> 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).
>>>>>
>>>>> 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).
>>>>>
>>>>> typebased
>>>>> <http://drupal.org/project/typebased>
>>>>> http://drupal.org/project/typebased
>>>>> <http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/?theme=typebased>
>>>>> http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/?theme=typebased
>>>>> note: 8 predefined color schemes, by kiwi themes
>>>>>
>>>>> corolla
>>>>> <http://drupal.org/project/corolla>http://drupal.org/project/corolla
>>>>> <http://sphex-industries.net/>http://sphex-industries.net/
>>>>> note: 6 predefined color schemes, by kiwi themes
>>>>>
>>>>> titan
>>>>> <http://drupal.org/project/titan>http://drupal.org/project/titan
>>>>> <http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/?theme=titan>
>>>>> http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/?theme=titan
>>>>> note: by kiwi themes
>>>>>
>>>>> jackson
>>>>> <http://drupal.org/project/jackson>http://drupal.org/project/jackson
>>>>> <http://themes.leveltendesign.com/jackson/blog>
>>>>> http://themes.leveltendesign.com/jackson/blog
>>>>>
>>>>> tarski
>>>>> <http://drupal.org/project/tarski>http://drupal.org/project/tarski
>>>>>  <http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/blog>http://demo.kiwi-themes.com/blog
>>>>> note: by kiwi themes
>>>>>
>>>>> journalcrunch
>>>>> <http://drupal.org/project/journalcrunch>
>>>>> http://drupal.org/project/journalcrunch
>>>>>  <http://demo.drupalizing.com/?theme=journalcrunch>
>>>>> http://demo.drupalizing.com/?theme=journalcrunch
>>>>>
>>>>> bluemasters
>>>>>  <http://drupal.org/project/bluemasters>
>>>>> http://drupal.org/project/bluemasters
>>>>>  <http://demo.drupalizing.com/bluemasters/taxonomy/term/1>
>>>>> http://demo.drupalizing.com/bluemasters/taxonomy/term/1
>>>>>
>>>>> orange
>>>>> <http://drupal.org/project/orange>http://drupal.org/project/orange
>>>>>  <http://drupal.amandarodriguez.com/>
>>>>> http://drupal.amandarodriguez.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> /dust
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>


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