Layout: Daydream Believer / Tabula Rasa

[laitaine]

Theme name/layout: Daydream Believer / Tabula Rasa
Author: laitaine
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Sample theme: Silver / Daydream Believer
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Image info: I used a bunch of silk icons in the basic layout and more in the themes. All icons used in the base layout were used as-is, but some of the theme icons where modified (I made arrows in different colours by tweaking hue/saturation). I also made some backgrounds for various themes.

I think I've set everything to be viewable and public so hopefully those previews will work. That sample theme is just one of a few I've been working on - so when this is all tested and everyone's happy, there should be quite a few to choose from.

I've tagged this as unclaimed as it needs testing by someone who is not me (I've done a bit, but more would be a very good thing). But I am keen to see this through to the end and make any patches that are necessary and all that jazz.

Comments

[laitaine]

It's necessary from a it-makes-my-layout-prettier point of view however the world will not end if I move it back and accessibility should be the priority here.

Basically, I want to be able to specify the distance of the userpic from the top border of the entry header. If I have the userpic below the entry header I can't do that. I can faff around with negative margins to shift it upwards (which is what I did originally) but there are problems:

1) if the entry title is uber-long it runs over two lines so my careful calculated margins will fail anyway as they will account for one line of entry title and not two.

2) if the entry title is long but stays on one line, I run the risk of hiding part of the title behind my icon (as it is set to float: right, however it's set to float below the title so it won't automatically wrap the subject line around the float.

As I said, accessibility should take precedence over pretty, so I change it back, but I would like to have accessibility and pretty if I possibly can! Yes, I want to have my cake and eat it too. Is there any way to get around this?

[ninetydegrees]

As I said, accessibility should take precedence over pretty, so I change it back, but I would like to have accessibility and pretty if I possibly can! Yes, I want to have my cake and eat it too. Is there any way to get around this?

I'm not the best when it comes to CSS but we can certainly try and hopefully other people will chime in. It seems to me ColorSide and Modular have something close to what you've done so clues may be found by looking at their source codes.

[laitaine]

Sorry it's taken me so long to reply. (I'm also trying to write a thesis and that's taking most of my time!)

I had a look at those layouts shortly after you posted this and tried to copy what they had done but with limited success. I've just tried again and still no joy.

I can get the icon positioned in the right place but the text won't wrap around it, OR I can get the text to wrap around it but then the positioning goes screwy if I have a long subject that takes up two lines. But I can't get it to do both. I guess ugly but accessible is the way forwards here.

[laitaine]

Spoke to soon! I just had a brainwave and it worked!

[ninetydegrees]

\o/

[laitaine]

Right, I think I am (finally!) ready for the next step. *must stop tweaking*

I have a bunch of colour schemes for this layout and another new layout, also with lots of colour schemes.

The layout needs testing. Do the colour schemes need testing too, or do I just run with them?

Either way, I was trying to make a new post here for testing the new layout and dreamscapes doesn't come up in the list of journals I can post to. I obviously managed to post before, but now I can't seem to. Am I just being a muppet or has posting access changed?

[ninetydegrees]

I think you are too. I can't remember if you need my help with that so feel free to refresh my memory. Also, I can't remember if I've given you my e-mail address should you need it.

It's always best to post the color schemes here too, yes, if only to get feedback about color contrast and to make sure text is readable in every view (even if you triple checked it yourself ^_^). Whatever you do with the feedback is up to you, though.

[laitaine]

I have a vague idea of what I think I might have to do probably, but I don't actually know. I know I have to make a patch and I have made patches before, but not for styles so I don't know exactly what I need to add/change and where. A bit of help would be appreciated, please :) I do have a dreamhack already.

I don't think I have your email. Mine is laitaine@laitaine.net.

And I shall get colour scheme feedback, as I can read everything, but I'd like to make sure other people can too!

[laitaine]

Okay, apparently I am a muppet. I have found a post link. Though why I need to use a special "post to community link" instead of being able to post from the usual post page is confusing. Is this intentional or a bug that needs mentioning?

[ninetydegrees]

I think only communities you're a member of are listed on the Update page so I don't think you've ever been able to post from there.

[laitaine]

Ah, okay, that makes sense!