For STYLE Designers: S2: Required Features

[ninetydegrees]

Last updated: July 26, 2013.

Dreamwidth makes great effort toward providing the same options in all of its styles but it can be hard for designers and developers to keep track of updates and integrate all options into the designs. I hope listing current required standards will make it easier for everybody.

All styles should:

-- Have no hardcoded font faces. (bug #2629, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have no hardcoded font sizes for major elements (see existing options). (no specific bug, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have no hardcoded colors. (several bugs, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have no CSS resets which would prevent the correct display of HTML elements users might include in their posts. (bug 4045, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Support the one-column display mode. (bug #1798, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support left and right sidebar placement if a multi-column mode is available. (several bugs, bug #3185, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support all Tabula Rasa presentation options. (several bugs, bug #3775, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support all Tabula Rasa color options. (bug #3190, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support all Tabula Rasa font options. (bug #2195, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Support all Tabula Rasa image options. (several bugs, bug #3052, IN PROGRESS) *

-- Support the placement of any module in all available positions or restrict the positions certain modules can be in. (several bugs, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Make sure header modules, if there are any, wrap correctly when screen size is reduced. (several bugs, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have a 'Back to Top' link at the bottom of every page. (bug #3472, IMPLEMENTED)

-- Have at least one light on dark theme for each style. (unofficial, IMPLEMENTED)


* Not true of all styles yet but style designers should keep this in mind for future styles.

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

I don't know if that's what you meant, but I'd love to have a "Top of page" link in every style.

[ninetydegrees]

Hmm. I don't think it's every been a requirement but I'd like that a lot (as well as prev/next at the top and the bottom, and all journal titles in every style but I digress). It's worth suggesting it, I think (I've already submitted 4 or 5 suggestions so I think I've hit my limit ;))

[dancing_serpent]

*g* Yeah, I'm still only at one suggestion in total...

[arobynsung]

Hey, I'm trying to convert this layout to tabula rasa for dreamscapes. Is everything you mentioned, except for the few asterisked, updated on current tabula rasa styles? I was just going to copy/paste the default css but I want to make sure beforehand.

[ninetydegrees]

I think so, yes. TB itself has everything which is mentioned here (unless it's not relevant to it).

The only relevant bugs for Tabula Rasa are http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3020 and http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2629 but they're very minor things.

[arobynsung]

Alright, thanks =)

[jana]

It'd be great if we could move the navigation links (recent entries, archive,...) as we see fit. As it is now, you have to choose a specific style if you want to have the nav links in the header/footer or in the sidebar. However, it might be more difficult to implement than it sounds...

[ninetydegrees]

Good idea but it should go through dw_suggestions to be approved and filed.

[suncat]

It would be nice to have the option to use one's journal title for the page title that appears in the browser title bar. I only recall seeing this feature in "Zesty" among the published available styles.

I'd also like to see theme-provided coloring options for the navigation strip, like in "Bases".

[ninetydegrees]

This list is meant to compile current features. New features should go to dw_suggestions. :)

[suncat]

Oops!

scuttles off to file this in dw_suggestions