Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original ITT
 

spot on.....! (added characters for minimum length) :)

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original ITT
 

No its not "everybody can join in." If it was, mine and penguinbait's asses would be all over vbulletein adding themes and such. (Yes, working around any technical problems, pb's very good at that.)

But, no, its not like that. We can't fix it. All we can do is propose and vote, propose and vote, then repeat ad naseum. Its a load of bureaucratic bs.

I think PB has been around long enough and done enough for this community to be trusted. He's done more for the tablets and the people here than any of the council members, I might add.

Just give him the bloody keys and let him at it. That will shut everyone up and make everyone happy. I'll help in any way I can to boot.

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original ITT
 

Well, I can't say much about the bickering, but a non-branded theme (i.e. not orange-on-gray and lacking maemo.org logo) should be just fine, as long as users have to explicitly enable it. This way, newbies and random people straying into here will still see the branded theme.

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original ITT
 

Well, you can also add a bug tracker. (insert diabolical laughter here)

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original ITT
 

I can't agree more with you.

What is stopping you?

You talk about time spent with bureaucracy? Nobody really is enjoying all this time spent in all these bitter discussions.

Look what is the maemo.org bureaucracy: http://wiki.maemo.org/Pushing_a_maemo.org_task

If you don't want to see below, then Just Do It.

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original IT
 

What's stopping me...? I need an admin account for the forums, first of all...

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original IT
 

http://tablethacker.com/forum

Sign up, I will make you an admin, I could use the help. Hell I will make you a part owner along with everyone else ;)

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original IT
 

Andrew is not admin and not even moderator, for what I can tell. He creates and maintains the Minimalistic theme.

Reggie is asking for a mockup to get started. All you need is Gimp or something for that.

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original ITT
 

You can also go here and request to become part of the "team":

https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemo2midgard/

This will give you access to the maemo.org SVN, where you can edit the CSS files (et cetera) for the entire site.

This is how I changed the orange link titles to dark gray on various sections of the maemo.org website -- it wasn't because I'm a "moderator" of this forum.

Reggie has a different SVN (or FTP, I don't know) for this forum. Ask him to give you access for creating your own theme.

The thing is, no one has actually asked for this information. How did I get it? Not because I'm a Council member, but because I asked someone.

Tim

Re: POLL: Should talk.maemo.org create and support a dark theme like the original ITT
 

Correct me if I'm wrong. What I think I have seen in the multiple threads on this subject has been along the lines of :
"if you don't like it fix it yourself"
"to difficult to maintain multiple themes"
"give us a picture of what you want"
"no promises to implement any other themes"

even what I've read in the minimalist theme thread is that andrewblack is working on making a dark minimalist theme, but is unsure if it will be used even if he creates it (unless I've missed recent news).

It also appears that there are a couple different places where themes can be tested/modified? maemo.org SVN, a forum sandbox?

At this stage, I certainly wouldn't want to put a lot of effort into a theme if there is no guarantee it will be used.

I haven't seen anywhere (and I may be wrong) where anyone (with the power) has said something like:
"make a theme and/or get some community buy in for it and we *will* add it as an option."
Plus there seems to be multiple routes: maemo.org svn, sandbox, picture, css editing, etc.

Would some authority like to make a decision as to what process should be followed and confirm that a theme once created would be used?

Again, I apologize if I missed any of this somewhere in the multiple threads.