Nice :)

-Thadeus





On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:27 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> Just for fun:
>
>   http://web2py.com/zengarden
>
> then click on the [zengarden] link under the menu, under the "index"
> link. You can change the skin per user, per session.
> This is a bare bone welcome app with the layout
>
>   http://web2py.com/zengarden/static/layout.html
>
> Problem: all zengarden layouts hardcode text in images for each skin.
> This makes them not as general as we need them.
> It makes it more of a proof of concept than a useful tool
> unfortunately.
>
> Other problem: some layouts are broken because assume a few divs that
> we do not have.
>
> Massimo
>
>
> On Mar 20, 7:18 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
>> Well... the quickest way to change layouts is to store the
>> configuration in the database...
>>
>> So have a table for web2py meta information, that contains
>> "current_layout" which is value is "layout.html" or "mynewlayout.html"
>> etc etc.
>>
>> In all views instead of {{ extend "layout.html" }} it will be {{
>> extend current_layout }}. Then do the same with the CSS as well.
>>
>> {{ response.files.append(my_current_css) }}
>>
>> Cache these variables in RAM to save from un-necessary dbio
>>
>> -Thadeus
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Yarko Tymciurak
>>
>> <resultsinsoftw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Having said this, the zengarden shows how to accomplish some standard
>> > naming, and now to switch css to affect things....
>>
>> > That by itself is quite useful - and worth (for me at least) more
>> > closely...
>>
>> > On Mar 20, 1:53 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
>> >> I envision having an app create wizard, you select a layout (based on
>> >> ez-css), and then select a skin for the layout. :)
>>
>> >> -Thadeus
>>
>> >> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 1:50 PM, mr.freeze <nat...@freezable.com> wrote:
>> >> > I think the ability to select a skin when creating an app would be a
>> >> > major plus and help kick-start development for the design-impaired
>> >> > such as myself.
>>
>> >> > On Mar 20, 1:32 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>> >> >> I just came across this:
>>
>> >> >>    http://www.csszengarden.com/
>>
>> >> >> It is one simple html layout (only divs) with 210 PURE CSS skins:
>>
>> >> >>    http://www.mezzoblue.com/zengarden/alldesigns/
>>
>> >> >> This could be an option for the welcome app. If we use their html, it
>> >> >> would be trivial to add a small admin option that downloads a team to
>> >> >> zengarden and applies to skin. Options that require overriding the
>> >> >> HTML are more complex to handle.
>>
>> >> >> What do you think?
>>
>> >> >> Massimo
>>
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