Oldschool still seems to work fine (in 12.04). I just had to fix the footer. Haven't noticed any quirks.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Adrian Crum < adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com> wrote: > The "Old School" theme was designed by me (https://issues.apache.org/ > jira/browse/OFBIZ-918). Layout was easily broken in that theme - that was > one of the motivators for removing it. At the time no one objected, and no > one stepped forward to maintain it. > > Even now - no one is maintaining the Old School theme found in the Wiki. > > I understand your frustration, but it is clear there is very little > interest in keeping that theme in the project. > > > Adrian Crum > Sandglass Software > www.sandglass-software.com > > On 10/16/2014 5:25 PM, Mike wrote: > >> Speaking of themes, I was really upset when the ofbiz developers "yanked" >> out the original backend theme for ofbiz designed by Dave. It was >> elegantly simplistic and functional, and also many books were written >> showing it. >> >> The reasons? Time to move on, time to upgrade, needs a newer polished >> look, bla bla bla. All of the newer themes are not as good as the >> original. >> >> At the time, ALL documentation, ALL examples, ALL books had oldschool as >> screenshot examples. >> >> Yes, I know "oldschool" is still available, and I do use it, but it does >> demonstrate that the few commiters blatantly make substantial changes (on >> a >> whim) w/o consulting the community or even thinking things through. >> >> [rant complete] >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Jacques Le Roux < >> jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> I updated the https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/ >>> Visual+Themes+-+How+to page, notably for new releases but not only, >>> please review. >>> >>> I wonder if we should keep https://cwiki.apache.org/ >>> confluence/display/OFBIZ/Visual+Themes+Gallery which is completly out >>> dated and seems nobody care about creating and updating themes :/ >>> >>> Jacques >>> >>> >>
