Hello World
This is my submission for the 1.5 Template Contest
Free (as in freedom AND as in beer) Joomla1.5 Template System
UPDATE 17/01/2008 : Download FreedomBlocks_layoutbuilder here:
(this is not a submission for the contest , only a next step in my project
)http://www.joomlafreak.be/freedomblocks ... uilder.zip
FB_LB is a "light" version of the 1.0 BETA
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Blueprint CSS Framework http://code.google.com/p/blueprintcss is included (but not yet used to create layout)
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Select style of module ( raw, table, xhtml, roundedcorners, roundedcorners with 4 images)
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Choose horizontal menu style
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module chrome style : Rounded Corners with 4 images (create images here: http://www.roundedcornr.com/ )
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Admin complete multilangual
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date added: 17/01/2008
Before:
A time ago Dries Buytaert (Drupal) was blogging about "eliminate the middlemen"
http://buytaert.net/drupal-and-eliminating-middlemen
Quote:
If we can eliminate the webmaster and the developer, the next question is: can we eliminate the designer? A lot of people will be inclined to say we can't. Others will say it is too hard. And, while it might be difficult, there's still a lot of specific tasks we can eliminate. Just as we'll always need webmasters and developers to accomplish certain tasks, we'll never be able to totally eliminate the role of the designer. How many of the designers tasks can be killed by technology, replaced by a script?
Now:
With the idea in mind of "eliminate the designer" i started with the Template "FreedomBlocks"
with more than 350 parameters you can create a new template in 5 minutes !
And Yes , Joomla! 1.5 can eliminate the designer!
Hmmm when this template is finished i need to find other work
because everybody can create his own template with only a few clicks.
Download the 0.7.BETA version here:
http://www.freakout.be/freedom_template ... 07BETA.zip
Download the 0.9 BETA version here:
http://www.freakout.be/freedom_template ... 09beta.zip
http://www.joomlafreak.be/freedomblocks/
Download the 1.0 BETA version here:
http://www.joomlafreak.be/freedomblocks/
new in 1.0 beta:
- Select style of module ( raw, table, xhtml, roundedcorners, roundedcorners with 4 images)
- New module chrome style : Rounded Corners with 4 images (create images here: http://www.roundedcornr.com/ )
- More text in language file (but far away from finished)
1.0 beta is not the end, it's just the beginning...
The default theme is not one of my best works, but it's not about the theme, it's about the technology behind
New themes can be downloaded in future from: http://www.joomlafreak.be/freedomblocks/
NEW (under construction) :FreedomBlocks_Light (working title)
A Basic Template with only parameters to create a layout for your J!Site
Objective: Create a complete Joomla!1.5 Template "Framework"
- Easy to use Joomla!1.5 Template Builder Component with a lot of mootools (in future...)
- no tables, only css for layout (ofcourse valid)
- Choose width an positiong of blocks (included files with DIVS and
- Choose css menu-styles ( mainmenu, horizontal) and import your own!
- Share the template paramers with your friends
- Choose Colors and Background-images (beta)
- Set easy roundedcorners (under construction)
- +more to come...
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Now, if there was some sort of really clever designer where I could do all this in live preview then save those setting, it would be awesome. Just my POV as a newb joomla man so please don't be annoyed.