[wp-hackers] New Default Theme For 2.1 (sandbox)

[Trevor Turk]

On 8/7/06, Matt Mullenweg <m at mullenweg.com> wrote:
>
> Structually, I think Sandbox needs a little more burn-in, but it has the
> potential to provide a very stable and learnable structure for CSS
> artists post-2.1. I think the Kubrick "skin" for sandbox is a pretty
> cool demonstration. We should all take a look at it and try to break it,
> and work together with Scott and Andy to make it as robust as possible.
>
> I would suggest anyone developing a new theme try to build it on top of
> Sandbox. If it doesn't work, share why.


I think this is a great idea. The k2 idea of "schemes" was really really
cool, and I'm imagining a world where there's a WP foundation that could be
used to build a CSS Zen Garden esque gallery of themes. This would help the
problem of WP themes needing security audits, etc, which was an issue for
Alex King's Theme Browser, I know. Sharing CSS is pretty easy, and having a
standard-ish base to build on sounds really exciting.

Is anyone out there working on a k2-lite theme for Sandbox? I'm thinking
that might be a good project for me.