[haiku-web] Re: website skin/theme
- From: "Dennis d'Entremont" <dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:21:24 -0300
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Jorge Mare <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Dennis d'Entremont
> <dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Would you guys support this idea?
> >
> > I definitely support this idea. For the time being a hint at the modules
> > needed and the theme would suffice for me as I already have a Drupal
> > installation ready to go but for future use this is an excellent way to
> go.
> > This might encourage those folks with little Drupal experience to get
> things
> > going more easily.
>
> This will take a while, so for now I will send you and Serpentor what I
> have.
>
> You may also want to try to get Niels' version of the theme for Drupal
> 5, as when I tried it, it looked like it could have less issues than
> the one we are using in NORCAL-HUG.
>
> With regards to the modules, for the front page you will need this:
>
> http://drupal.org/project/front
>
> I also thought it would be a good idea to have a common navigation
> means that ties all HUG sites to the various Haiku websites
> (haiku-os.org, haiku-files.org, Trac, etc.). This would give a
> stronger sense of unity between the HUGs and the project. For this, I
> have been experimenting with the SimpleMenu module:
>
> http://drupal.org/project/simplemenu
>
> I enabled the module on norcal-hug.org so that you can see what I
> mean. The menu can be themed and the menu entries fully customized, so
> consider what you see now WIP.
>
> In addition to the above, it may be interesting to consider using
> shared sign-on:
>
> http://drupal.org/project/singlesignon
>
> This would allow to share the user base, and potentially user maps
> (using Google maps).
>
> Jorge
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>
Jorge, thanks for the information it's much appreciated. Is the theme ready
to go yet? Just wondering.
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