Workshop proposal: Let's help make it easier to theme Drupal!
UPDATE:
While the following post was primarily geared to the Los Angeles Drupal group, it (should) have some relevance to 'some' folks in whatever group you're reading this in. This is an ongoing 'drupal' project and the more folks that can get actively involved would be a very good thing....
Drupal's Designer Future
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to write in and link to Steven's excellent post titled "Drupal's Designer Future" in case you didn't see it:
http://acko.net/blog/drupals-designer-future
Let's work together to make Drupal better for designers! There is a lot that can be done that will make our lives easier and benefit the entire Drupal community. It's not an easy task, but let's figure out a game plan and priorities to get some enhancements done now so they can be included in the next release.
Your thoughts?
Read moreTheming integrated module output is hard therefore distributions should not require all core themes
One of the most important and difficult parts of building a site is theming the integrated module output. If distributions are required to support all core themes, then designers will have to ensure that their integrated contributed modules will work with all core themes. This is too difficult. Profile and distribution designers should have the option to included fewer themes in their distribution.
Designers will want to focus on the user experience of their distributions and not on the laborious task of systems integration.
Kieran
Read moreDrupal profiles and distributions can attract design talent into the Drupal community
Since Linux has become mainstream we have seen the shift in innovation move from the Linux Kernel itself to exciting distributions like Ubuntu.
Drupal can attract the next generation of design talent by preparing itself to support multiple profiles made available as Drupal distributions.
This is of strategic importance as Drupal needs more designers to compete against Joomla, Wordpress, and hosted application services like Google applications.
Read moreBoulder/Denver Drupal Developer and Designer Positions Available
pingVision is hiring a Graphic Designer and two more Developers. (Links lead to full descriptions.) We've hired 2 people so far, and have some exciting projects in the pipeline.
Thanks!
Read moresIFR - open discussion
Ever used GIFs to display that cool font on a website? You hope it doesn't effect your search ranking and accessiblity, but the customer is adamant that the design comes first.
Gordon Heydon mentioned this thing called Scalable Inman Flash Replacement or sIFR. Apparently some drupallians are using it (eg. Bryght). I had to find out more.
Read moreDrupal theme designers in town?
Does anyone have recommendations for a Drupal theme design company in town? We need some help making our new web site look appealing at my day job. I will also take recommendations for people out of town who would be able to help also.
Thanks!
Read moreOpenUsability
Once upon a time ... there was an idea to do it here: http://openusability.org/projects/drupal/
What's about these plans?
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