[buddypress-dev] BuddyPress theme development

[Andy Peatling]

Chris,

Looking good, definitely take a look at the structure of the HTML.  
I've been building it in bits as I go along, so no doubt a lot could  
be done to improve it. The only thing to watch is some ID's are use in  
the JS for AJAX functionality. Pagination and lists especially.

Anything that makes it easier for users to style a theme, the better.  
Microformats would be great, I'd like to get those in the default too.

Nice work!
Andy


On 29-Sep-08, at 3:48 PM, Chris Taylor - stillbreathing.co.uk wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've coded the beginnings of a new theme for BuddyPress:
> http://buddypress.stillbreathing.co.uk/wp-content/themes/dark/profile.html 
> .
> Obviously there's quite a bit to do with blogs, groups etc, but I'm
> quite pleased so far.
>
> However I think quite a lot could be done to make the theme code
> better, so the use of HTML and CSS is easier and more intuitive - and
> so it lends itself to increasing levels of complexity. I've had to
> change a couple of bits in the HTML of the profile page as I didn't
> want to spend hours hacking CSS! So it was obvious to me that the end
> HTML could be more flexible.
>
> I'd be happy to spend a bit of time with the theme making sure that
> the class names and IDs are put together in such a way to make style
> writing a bit easier. I'll almost certainly base the revised theme on
> the Blueprint CSS framework (http://www.blueprintcss.org/) as it gives
> lots of flexibility with layout. I guess that many users of BP won't
> want to write a full theme, just amend the CSS for the default one (as
> the theme is a lot more complex than a standard WP one). I'd also
> build in a load of microformat goodness, in the same way that Sandbox
> (http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/sandbox/) have.
>
> The idea is that if the default theme has all the flexibility and
> power built in that people could want, they'll be much more likely to
> feel able to try out BuddyPress. Lowering the barrier of entry is a
> Good Thing.
>
> So, any thoughts?
>
> Chris
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