>-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Geer [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:10 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Customizing Bootstrap via LESS > >From a Rave perspective I think it's fine. I'm just trying to plan our >gadgets and their use of bootstrap. To get a consistent look and feel >between the container and our gadgets we want to use the same css files. >Right now our gadgets reference the same bootstrap files that the container >references. If those files are going away and there will just be rave.css
Internally, we build a common gadget css that each gadget includes. This will compiled from less files in a similar manner to rave; but, will be done external to the container. >(which includes all the bootstrap definitions and doesn't just reference >the bootstrap files) in the future I just need to plan accordingly. That's >all. As you said, we can always customize if needed. > >Chris > >On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. ><[email protected]>wrote: > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Chris Geer [mailto:[email protected]] >> >Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 5:06 PM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Customizing Bootstrap via LESS >> > >> >Stan, >> > >> >I just reread your proposal. Are you planning on condensing the existing >> >rave.css, bootstrap.css and bootstrap-responsive.css into a single >> rave.css >> >file? >> >> Sounds like there would just be a series of less files that get compiled >> into rave.css; which I think will work for most people's needs. If there >> is a desire from someone using Rave to NOT use less or bootstrap, they are >> still free to define their own stylesheet. >> >> WDYT? >> >> > >> >Chris >> > >> >On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Drozdetski, Stan A. >> ><[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> >> Dennis, we (MITRE) are also very keen on getting this done quickly. >> We've >> >> started experimenting already, and should start committing code next >> >week. >> >> Sounds like you're very much interested, so we might find ways to >> combine >> >> forces. >> >> >> >> Stan Drozdetski >> >> MITRE >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Dennis van der Laan [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:43 AM >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Customizing Bootstrap via LESS >> >> >> >> On 26-4-2012 23:21, Drozdetski, Stan A. wrote: >> >> > OK, we previously decided that we'll try to customize Bootstrap >> >> "properly", and use LESS to recompile source Bootstrap files (along with >> >> our customizations) to create CSS. >> >> > >> >> > Here's a draft proposal on the mechanics of doing that: >> >> >> >>http://wiki.apache.org/rave/ArchitectureTopics/FrontendCustomization/Bo >ot >> >strapCustomization >> >> > >> >> > Will this meet your needs? Or, perhaps more importantly, will it meet >> >> the needs of future Rave integrators? >> >> > >> >> > Stan Drozdetski >> >> > MITRE >> >> > >> >> Hi Stan, >> >> >> >> I know I probably should not be asking this, but I really want to >> >> know... Do you have any idea when this way of customization will be >> >> available? We are at the point of integrating a new look (-and-feel) >> >> into Rave for our University portal and I waited for the bootstrap-merge >> >> to make sure we wouldn't get our hands dirty with the 'old' css and >> >> html. Your proposal looks like less work (pardon the pun), but if it >> >> will take a few weeks before this will be available, we will have to >> >> start next week. >> >> >> >> TIA >> >> Dennis >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dennis van der Laan, MSc >> >> Centre for Information Technology >> >> University of Groningen >> >> >> >> >>
