Hi...
I'm new to drupal... maybe like a month ago I "saw the light" :)
I was using other CMS (joomla, wordpress) and although I still need to continue using those apps for existing client projects... I can forsee a future of only-drupal projects.
I'm a long-time perl programmer and also designer... I learned perl "back in the day" because it was the thing to use before PHP came around... and if you wanted to do anything dynamic and interesting... you basically had to do it in perl...
Now there's php... and I've started converting everything over to php as much as I can.
I'm also one of those guys that created his own CMS back before there were any out there to choose from... so, I'm very impressed with drupal and the power it has to do just about anything thrown at it.
I wanted to join a group after hearing about them on the lullabot podcast... but I didn't see any existing groups that were mostly for designers.
Even though I'm 100% interested in php and also developing modules... at the "core" of me I'm a designer... so... more than code... i'm interested in the presentation... "how it looks" and how the user experiences the design.
So... I'm hoping this group will grow and become a place for drupal-designers to give back to the community of developers and also to help each other as we learn to create a better looking drupal.
I would appreciate any feedback on whether this group is needed or if the need is being met elsewhere.
Until next time...
-Jeff
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themeing = designing??
For the most part, I think drupallers use "themeing" interchangeably with "designing". That is, "themeing" covers a lot of ground and can indeed include php (themeable functions).
So, is a "Drupal Designer" group something different? Maybe a more experienced drupaller can discuss further.
Hey Sime... I joined the
Hey Sime...
I joined the Theme development group... and I'm definitely not trying to duplicate what's going on over there...
I'll join in those discussions... but this group is going to focus on design... and well designed sites that use drupal... not so much on all the semantics of code and that sites built in tables are bad.
I've head so much talk about how the most important thing is the content... I think I've even said that to people myself.
But in the core of my soul I'm a designer... if all I'm interested in is learning some new php trick or reading the news... then sure, design is secondary.
But you have to admit, a lot of the sites today that use CMS just look like blogs... pretty boring in my opinion.
What I'm trying to explore is how drupal can be used to power and manage the content on a site without sacrificing the design.
So... I feel like this group has a different focus than the other one... but I'm still hoping to get some more feedback as to whether it should continue or not.
I figure the die-hard semantic folks will join the theming group... but those interested in the design and presentation can talk about that stuff here without getting blasted for still using tables. :)
Hope that helps clarify the purpose a bit.
np
Sounds good to me! Bring it on. :-)
new policy
i am making a strong policy which strongly encourages groups to consolidate. please help keep our focus. pick this group or theme developers and then we will archive the other one for good.
Hi Moshe I find your
Hi Moshe
I find your comments a bit cryptic. What is the motivation for this policy? Is this from an existing drupal policy? Or is this the conclusion drawn by a handful of people on #drupal?
I've interpreted jeffomac's threads to be pro-drupal. It's about community and knowledge sharing and I think it will help bring more designers into the drupal fold.
More reasons please. :-)
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