Submission

[ambrya]

Theme name/layout: Soft Blues/Drifting
Author: ambrya
Layout info: http://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/advanced/layersource?id=79113

Colour-in-Coulour Theme

Comments

[turlough]

That link just gives me an "you're not authorized to view this" message I'm afraid.

oh no...

[ambrya]

you are right, it looks like I lost some text. I re-tried it and it should work now. Really sorry. If it still does not work after adding this 'public' line, then I don't know what to do...

Re: oh no...

[turlough]

Yeah, now I can see it but it's a user layer, not a theme layer. I could still use it to test though so it didn't really matter but I thought you should now.

I like the colours but I wonder if perhaps the journalname in the header should be moved out to the left now that there's no picture there?

[ninetydegrees]

Hi Ambrya,

Do you think this is ready to be patched or do you want to modify the positioning of titles as turlough suggested?

[ambrya]

Sorry for the late reply. I would not mind either a picture (as replacement) or to move the name to the left. But as I followed the tutorial and it only mentioned the colour-part, I did not know / am not sure, that I can alter things that are not-color-related.

[ninetydegrees]

No worries.
Do you have a picture that could be used? It needs to be yours or you need to have the right to use it on DW. If you want the titles to be moved, I can do it for you or explain how you can do it. It's up to you. :)

[ambrya]

I have looked and found a picture that might be suitable. I'm not so sure about the requirements, but I did upload it to photobucked, just in case. It's at:
http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz133/Zafyr_photo/privates/Dsc02331b.jpg
It probably needs to be mirrored to fit both sides. If it's un-suitable, the title should probably just move to the left. If you do not mind too much, you could probably explain it, I know you are good at giving explanations :-)But for speed's sake, I am fine with you doing the alterations, too. I might be a bit slow...
Thanks for your help anyway!

[ninetydegrees]

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.

As long as the photo is yours, it's perfectly suitable. :)

Would you take a look at http://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/preview_redirect?themeid=86569 and tell me what you think?

I had to resize the image to make sure that people with lower resolutions could see the header correctly and I thought that, since the photo's cut on the right side, it would be nice to put it on the right instead of both sides but I can change that, of course. It's up to you. ^_^


Now onto the explanation about moving the title closer to the left:

- If you look at the source code for the Drifting layout (this is available from here), you'll notice that the header title has a big left margin to fit the original image:

#header h1#title {
$page_title_font
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
color: $*color_page_title;
line-height: 0.9em;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 235px;
width: 100%;
}


You simply need to change this margin to something smaller:

#header h1#title {
margin-left: 10px;
}

Same thing for the subtitle.

Where to put this?

In your layer, like this:

function Page::print_theme_stylesheet() {
    """
    #header h1#title {
        margin-left: 10px;
    }
    """;
}

That's it!

soft blues - drifting

[ambrya]

I had a look at the changes you made, the picture on the right and the text to the left. I sooo love it. It's beautiful. There is nothing I would change now. Thank you so much for the help.
I found the 'margin' part but I will go very careful and try a lot before I feel secure enough to really do something permanent (and complicated) like that. But I will not hesitate to ask for help again.
Do I have to submit this again or is it still in the submission line, now with the castle?
Again thanks for the help and patience.

Re: soft blues - drifting

[ninetydegrees]

I'm so glad you like it! The photo you've chosen fits the theme perfectly.

You don't have to submit it again, just confirm that the photo is yours, either in the comment or in the entry. :)

Re: soft blues - drifting

[ambrya]

Hope this is enough:
I confirm that I am the sole owner of all rights on the submitted picture. It features Eilean Donan Castle and was taken 2006 by myself. I agree that it be used in DW without any restrictions.
Ambrya

Re: soft blues - drifting

[ninetydegrees]

Perfect. Thanks!