Addition for the netzke reference http://github.com/skozlov/netzke Maybe in rails 3 no longer needed (?) since merb will be migrated inside rails 3?
On Feb 24, 12:19 am, rubybox <[email protected]> wrote: > I have started on CE with compass + SASS ( blueprint ) and recreating > the theme, > cleaning out a lot of stuff not needed, refactoring code sections > although I have had a hard time with the haml and have stopped this > transition for now > since there are some essential features I still miss in CE like full > groups support ( forums for groups, etc ) > This work is in the staters so not really anything usefull to share. > > Also I have thought about a better UI looking at several popular > community based portal sites (not facebook.com) to copy serveral > layout > ideas from there, they are good inspiration. Although for my personal > usage im very interested in CE and continue to keep looking at it, > for now this is a side project for spare personal time. > > I think the templating could be redone much cleaner, making more usage > of helpers to create blocks of code there is a lot of double > functionality in the views > they could be much dryer, it can be done but it would take a haml + > sass guru to really do this fast, else its a considerable work. > > If anyone has anything interesting going on with the CE templates > please let it know, im willing to work on something only hold back now > because it takes > to much time to do alone, maybe start a github project for a better CE > template bruno and let several of us including hopefully yourself work > on a cleaner theme. > Cleaning up the CE code and solidfy and improve quality of current > features would be good anyway. CE has lots of potential. > > On Feb 10, 6:49 pm, Bruno Bornsztein <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > No progress that I know of. Dezmond? > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Levi Rosol <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey guys. I'm curious where this stands. Any progress being made on this > > > front? > > > > -- > > > Levi Rosol > > > Twitter: @LeviRosol > > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Bruno Bornsztein < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I have a couple branches in this private repo for my client. One is > > >>> using blueprint and the other is using YUI. Switching to blueprint > > >>> will require a lot more work but I think that in the end it would be > > >>> more rewarding. (besides I *really* don't like YUI its just seems less > > >>> elegant) However, cleaning things up and installing SASS for YUI would > > >>> be MUCH faster. Which do you think would be preferable? > > > >> I'd start with using cleaning up the templates and using SASS. > > > >>> I try my best to avoid hacking around in someone else's models or > > >>> controllers. I figure if I have to touch more than a couple of lines > > >>> of code I have the wrong tool/plugin/gem and I should look for > > >>> something else or build my own. That is one reason that I like CE. I > > >>> can do all sorts of cool UI stuff without touching the CE Models or > > >>> Controllers. With that being the case there shouldn't be any backwards > > >>> compatibility issues that can't be handled very easily. > > > >> True, as far as models and controllers go. But it you start changing > > >> templates (partials, for example), you might screw up someone's app if > > >> they're expecting that partial to look or behave a certain way. Make > > >> sense? > > >> The idea (at least to start), is to refactor the templates and CSS > > >> without > > >> changing the appearance or UI. > > > >> Thanks! Looking forward to seeing what you've done, > > >> Bruno > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >> "CommunityEngine" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]<communityengine%2Bunsubscribe@ > > >> googlegroups.com> > > >> . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "CommunityEngine" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<communityengine%2Bunsubscribe@ > > > googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en.
