Upcoming theme adjustments

Submitted by stephen on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 1:39pm

 You already know that I'm in the midst of awakening this theme.

Here I'm reminding myself of looks I want to "borrow" from other themes to incorporate into this one.

(In no particular order)

  • Add panel borders on profile pages  *done*
  • Revise look of tabs (make current one appear to come forward and be part of page)  *done*
  • Revise look of secondary tabs on profile page  *done*
  • Add Secondary Nav links to top banner  *done*
  • Add panel/view to make frontpage look like original site  *done*
  • Cleanup overall color scheme  *in-progress*
  • Add three regions to top banner (site ID - replacing current, current challenge, last year's winners pics)
  • Thought: Winners pics could be placed over right-hand column leaving more room in top banner
  • CODE: Winners pics could be a coded block so it picks files from list instead of being an animated GIF

This post is my memory so when I next do things I'll know what I need to do

-Stephen

 

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Submitted by rossp on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 10:37pm.

Hi Stephen,
I like the "elegant" look and feel for the banner.  I'd love to see the pictures in the way you mentioned on your "code" todo on your list.
I really like the possibilities that this opens up.  Interaction with the coaches would be the top priority here, and interaction with the committee and volunteers a clost second and third.  The committee is already accustomed to e-mails, but the PHP List is a "uni-directional" facility and I'd like to be able to get the coaches to feeling comfortable with responding.
Choosing the right "type" is a question - is it News, a Blog or a Forum?  I'm not really certain that I know what the differences would be.  I'd like to get a better feel for how each would be used, and then "train" the constituency on the one that offers the best interaction.
You classified Drupal as a content management system.  I'd like to learn more about what that means - simplicity of maintenance, continuity of look and feel, continuity for contributions and interaction?
With respect to mapping the functionality of this site to the "classic" site from 2008,

  1. I can easily see correlation with the "Teams" link for interaction.
  2. The cross over with the Sponsors, Tournaments & Volunteers doesn't ring quite as true for me. 
  3. One of the things I really used a lot last year was the similar directory structure between the site and my own hard drive.  Really helps me know where to find things on both.  Would I be able to continue leveraging the Drupal site that way?
  4. Would we replace the PHP list with Drupal?  This would bring up a lot of questions, probably the highest priority would be the learning curve.  I'm very intent on getting the whole committee up to speed on the same mailing list program.  PHP will be in its third season in 2009, and I think I may be able to get Marie to adapt to it, if she sees that the rest of the committee is leveraging it to save time and effort.  I'd hate to start over with that.
  5. other questions are links to TMS, older challenges, etc.  I'd like to discuss all with you.

Thanks for bringing this site up to this level.  I'm anxious to hear more about your ideas.
 Ross

Ross Parrent
Operational Partner
FIRST LEGO League in Colorado
fll.ColoradoFIRST.org
Ross.Parrent@ColoradoFIRST.org

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