Stats!

[ninetydegrees]

Now that the push is done, it's time to see where we're at.

☆ Styles: 45 submitted, 25 live (55.5%), 4 claimed, 15 unclaimed (34%). Not too bad, right? We can reasonably hope for more new styles patched in time for the next push. I certainly plan on claiming and patching at least one.

☆ Themes: 398 submitted, 283 live (72%), 24 claimed, 91 unclaimed (23%). You guys are still doing a wonderful job! We currently have a few unclaimed themes for existing styles so if you'd like to learn how to patch themes, just ask.

☆ Many thanks to sarken and timeasmymeasure for expanding choices for Basic Boxes and Modish. <3

☆ Styles which could use a few more themes are still EasyRead, Sunday Morning, and Tabula Rasa as well as new styles Compartmentalize and Practicality. It's also been noted that some styles could use more diverse colors and/or more dark/gray themes. I know some of you have made multi-style themes so focusing on specific colors and using them in several styles is definitely something to think about.

☆ As for styles themselves, some food for thought too: some users would like to play with opacity; some would like to have an image at the top of their journal and/or more graphics on a whole; some would like to have the poster name below the entry icon; some would like to see narrower styles. Maybe it can inspire you. :)

Comments

[stormy]

Poster name below entry icon! +1

I'd still kill for the Month, Date, and Year in datetime to have individual classes. /fingers crossed

[ninetydegrees]

I'd still kill for the Month, Date, and Year in datetime to have individual classes. /fingers crossed

This should go to dw_suggestions. :)

Edit: I've just realized this is true for 'poster below icon' too. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be that hard to make it a default option for all styles. Considering the number of people asking for it, I'm surprised nobody's suggested it yet because it's the best way to get something here (or maybe they have and the suggestion's in the queue).

[branchandroot]

If they want images at the top, Bannering seems like a good start. I got an inquiry about that just today, in fact. Was there some hold up on the CLAs for that one? All the image authors said they had sent them in.

[ninetydegrees]

It seems some people would like it to really be above the header or even replacing it. This is the reason why I still mentioned it.

I've asked Denise and Fu and I think it's in the queue of things-to-do.

[timeasmymeasure]

some would like to have an image at the top of their journal
Would there ever be a way to have that as an option in the customization wizard for all styles (though I know there's a manual CSS fix for it)? It's a relatively popular request.

ETA: Ah, never mind. Just saw your response :)

[ninetydegrees]

I've submitted it as a suggestion actually (http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/440282.html) and I think it will be accepted. The queue thing I was talking about was checking that all CLAs had been received. :)

[timeasmymeasure]

That works out just as well then :)
Thanks!

[ex_rising236]

I am actually about to get around to getting some stuff worked on for Compartmentalise and Practicality, because they're both awesome. On the other hand I can't seem to make myself put a zee in the first one of those, for whatever reason of my damnable Canadian spelling.

Also, could you possibly unclaim any of the themes that I've had set as claimed by me? I'm currently way too busy to be able to patch, and I'm not sure when in the distant future that is going to change, so I'd like to leave those open for other people who maybe do want to patch things.

[ninetydegrees]

Done!

[fu]

Awesome job, everyone <3 (I put all new themes / styles in the featured category this code push, btw, so you can all see the results of your labors easily ;-))

Opacity -- something like what Paper Me was doing?

[ninetydegrees]

Opacity -- something like what Paper Me was doing?


I think so, yes. I wanted to patch this one and I started converting it to TB but I've got so many things to do... :/

[fu]

♥ Thank you for everything that you are doing, by the way. In case I haven't said it recently :)

[ninetydegrees]

Thank you and right back at you, sweetie!