http://dworks.marte.ro/template3

On Thu, 18 May 2006 06:00:32 +0000 (UTC), Tiberiu Gal wrote:

> http://dworks.marte.ro/template3

Very nice indeed.

The little 'go' button at the top could read 'find' or 'search' instead though. Also "Comunity" ;-) I assume that under the community option we would have things like links to a forums, Dsource, Wikis, etc ...

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18/05/2006 4:03:17 PM

Cool, nice work, baiatule!



In article <e4h2i0$jud$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Tiberiu Gal says...
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>http://dworks.marte.ro/template3
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In article <a602096gyzrn$.1d18x05ehvx8x$.dlg@40tude.net>, Derek Parnell says...
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>On Thu, 18 May 2006 06:00:32 +0000 (UTC), Tiberiu Gal wrote:
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>> http://dworks.marte.ro/template3
>
>Very nice indeed.
>
>The little 'go' button at the top could read 'find' or 'search' instead though. Also "Comunity" ;-) I assume that under the community option we would have things like links to a forums, Dsource, Wikis, etc ...
>
sorry, I cannot work without typing mistakes ;)
We can have a forum right under that tab, and/or links to other communities...
anyway, this is just a drawing, I am suggesting a layout and a color scheme,
text and button can be changed anytime later. I think we sould choose a layout
and start adding content.
so please let me know, find another layout, use diferent colors? and when we all
agree on the layout, I'll make it into html...
..or, I can make a nuke like portal with many themes so everyone can be happy

Tiberiu Gal wrote:
> http://dworks.marte.ro/template3
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I am not trying to push my layout so much as I don't want everyone to go and make their own (this is a common trend in the D community). Also, I am concerned (read "I am almost certain") that the template you suggest will be impossible to implement well with just CSS.

The most immediate problem is that you seem to rely on a lot of images; how will you handle font size scaling without using tables?

Have you considered using an existing template? http://www.hcoop.net/~natamas/d/template.html

In article <e4hahl$uci$1@digitaldaemon.com>, nick says...
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>Tiberiu Gal wrote:
>> http://dworks.marte.ro/template3
>> 
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>I am not trying to push my layout so much as I don't want everyone to go and make their own (this is a common trend in the D community). Also, I am concerned (read "I am almost certain") that the template you suggest will be impossible to implement well with just CSS.
>
>The most immediate problem is that you seem to rely on a lot of images; how will you handle font size scaling without using tables?
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>Have you considered using an existing template? http://www.hcoop.net/~natamas/d/template.html

just css? why? what's wrong with tables?
I know what's wrong with tables, I also know what's wrong with css, I preffer
tables for layout, I only use css for text formating (that's may way)
I know your template, it's clean, very easy to implement, ...but it doesn't say
much. I make everything a bit more bombastic, that's how I work. it's not always
the best option, I know...but it says "this is different, this is not like the
rest, we have something special". many people go for the image and the content
is left behind.
I hope I'm not too pushy with my style... this is just an option, the community
will have to decide

On 18/05/2006 10:17 AM, nick wrote:
> Tiberiu Gal wrote:
> 
>>http://dworks.marte.ro/template3
> 
> I am not trying to push my layout so much as I don't want everyone to go
> and make their own (this is a common trend in the D community). Also, I
> am concerned (read "I am almost certain") that the template you suggest
> will be impossible to implement well with just CSS.
> 
> The most immediate problem is that you seem to rely on a lot of images;
> how will you handle font size scaling without using tables?
> 
> Have you considered using an existing template?
> http://www.hcoop.net/~natamas/d/template.html

FWIW: I prefer the clean style of Nick's template also. I don't think Tiberiu Gal's template is "impossible to implement well in CSS" but certainly harder and, more importantly, the design I'd imagine doesn't appeal/cater as much to the target audience i.e. programmers.

Brian.

On 18/05/2006 11:04 AM, Brian Hay wrote:

> FWIW: I prefer the clean style of Nick's template also. I don't think Tiberiu Gal's template is "impossible to implement well in CSS" but certainly harder and, more importantly, the design I'd imagine doesn't appeal/cater as much to the target audience i.e. programmers.

I should have mentioned that I think the D logo design on Tiberiu's template is great - certainly the best of all the proposed logos I've seen to date.

Brian.

Brian Hay wrote:
> On 18/05/2006 10:17 AM, nick wrote:
>> Tiberiu Gal wrote:
>>
>>> http://dworks.marte.ro/template3
>>
>> I am not trying to push my layout so much as I don't want everyone to go
>> and make their own (this is a common trend in the D community). Also, I
>> am concerned (read "I am almost certain") that the template you suggest
>> will be impossible to implement well with just CSS.
>>
>> The most immediate problem is that you seem to rely on a lot of images;
>> how will you handle font size scaling without using tables?
>>
>> Have you considered using an existing template?
>> http://www.hcoop.net/~natamas/d/template.html
> 
> FWIW: I prefer the clean style of Nick's template also. I don't think Tiberiu Gal's template is "impossible to implement well in CSS" but certainly harder and, more importantly, the design I'd imagine doesn't appeal/cater as much to the target audience i.e. programmers.
> 
> Brian.


I prefer Tiberiu's template.  I think it will cater to programmers just as fine as anyone else.  Really, I don't think being a programmer should have much influence on whether a person likes that template or not.

But imagining and thinking prove very little in this regard, since every person seems capable of such activities. :)


-JJR

Brian Hay wrote:
> On 18/05/2006 10:17 AM, nick wrote:
>> Tiberiu Gal wrote:
>>
>>> http://dworks.marte.ro/template3
>>
>> I am not trying to push my layout so much as I don't want everyone to go and make their own (this is a common trend in the D community). Also, I am concerned (read "I am almost certain") that the template you suggest will be impossible to implement well with just CSS.
>>
>> The most immediate problem is that you seem to rely on a lot of images; how will you handle font size scaling without using tables?

I think it's possible to create that page without any intensive use of tables - div-elements in xhtml help a lot. Those background gradients aren't that heavy either (~200x1 px PNG). I don't like those antialiased fonts there because I want to be able to browse the page also with links (text mode browser). The biggest problem would be those round corners and creating necessary hacks to render it correctly in IE.

Nicks design seems to offer a lot more content and performance than this, but this looks very user friendly. Still I'm afraid this doesn't appeal to programmers that much since we need content, not art. The most annoying thing in Ruby on Rails (http://www.rubyonrails.org/) is that their home page really sucks. Too much fancy images, too little words.

>> Have you considered using an existing template? http://www.hcoop.net/~natamas/d/template.html
> 
> FWIW: I prefer the clean style of Nick's template also. I don't think Tiberiu Gal's template is "impossible to implement well in CSS" but certainly harder and, more importantly, the design I'd imagine doesn't appeal/cater as much to the target audience i.e. programmers.

Why can't we have both. Let the user decide the stylesheet he/she wants to use.


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Jari-Matti