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Subject: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
From: Byrl Raze Buckbriar
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Organization: OCTADE
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:52 UTC
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From: news0@octade.net (Byrl Raze Buckbriar)
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Subject: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:52:28 +0000
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I started working on a new, compact and minimalist theme for Rocksolid Light news portal.

The theme is very spartan and clean. It hides some of the features to achieve a compact layout.

Please find attached the latest diff patch from the most recent git.

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Byrl Raze Buckbriar . OCTADE . < https://octade.net >
Hacker Hotline . voice & SMS . (781) OCT-AGON
KeyOxide . < https://keyoxide.org/keyoxide0@octade.net >

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Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
From: Byrl Raze Buckbriar
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Organization: OCTADE
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:21 UTC
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From: news0@octade.net (Byrl Raze Buckbriar)
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:21:41 +0000
Organization: OCTADE
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:52:28 +0000
Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> wrote:

It would be helpful to me to get some feedback on the theme before I tweak it any more.

The theme demo runs here: https://news.octade.net/rocksolid .

The username is 'guest'.

The password is 'guest123' spelled in reverse.

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Byrl Raze Buckbriar . OCTADE . < https://octade.net >
Hacker Hotline . voice & SMS . (781) OCT-AGON
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Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
From: Retro Guy
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Organization: Rocksolid Light
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:44 UTC
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From: retroguy@novabbs.com (Retro Guy)
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:44:52 +0000
Organization: Rocksolid Light
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:21:41 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:52:28 +0000
> Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> wrote:
>
> It would be helpful to me to get some feedback on the theme before I
> tweak it any more.
>
> The theme demo runs here: https://news.octade.net/rocksolid .
>
> The username is 'guest'.
>
> The password is 'guest123' spelled in reverse.

I like it! (trw would be impressed)

The patch is fine (did a dry run), but I'll wait until you say you're
ready, then I'll do a --signoff.

Along with TriMonoBlue Theme and yours, we're getting some nice looks.

--
Retro Guy

Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
From: Byrl Raze Buckbriar
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Organization: OCTADE
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:37 UTC
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From: news0@octade.net (Byrl Raze Buckbriar)
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:44:52 +0000
Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:21:41 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:52:28 +0000
> > Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> wrote:
> >
> > It would be helpful to me to get some feedback on the theme before I
> > tweak it any more.
> >
> > The theme demo runs here: https://news.octade.net/rocksolid .
> >
> > The username is 'guest'.
> >
> > The password is 'guest123' spelled in reverse.
>
> I like it! (trw would be impressed)
>
> The patch is fine (did a dry run), but I'll wait until you say you're
> ready, then I'll do a --signoff.
>
> Along with TriMonoBlue Theme and yours, we're getting some nice looks.
>
> --
> Retro Guy

If it checks out in multiple browsers ship it when you're ready. The GPL license is in the CSS file.

I will eventually want to tweak it for phones with tiny screens. For now I'm out of fiddle time.

--
Byrl Raze Buckbriar . OCTADE . < https://octade.net >
Hacker Hotline . voice & SMS . (781) OCT-AGON
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Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:57:00 +0000
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:37:11 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:44:52 +0000
> Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:21:41 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:52:28 +0000
>>> Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> It would be helpful to me to get some feedback on the theme before I
>>> tweak it any more.
>>>
>>> The theme demo runs here: https://news.octade.net/rocksolid .
>>>
>>> The username is 'guest'.
>>>
>>> The password is 'guest123' spelled in reverse.
>>
>> I like it! (trw would be impressed)
>>
>> The patch is fine (did a dry run), but I'll wait until you say you're
>> ready, then I'll do a --signoff.
>>
>> Along with TriMonoBlue Theme and yours, we're getting some nice looks.
>>
>> --
>> Retro Guy
>
> If it checks out in multiple browsers ship it when you're ready. The GPL
> license is in the CSS file.

Sounds good. So far only tried Waterfox. I'll try a few more (blink
based, etc.) then push it through.

> I will eventually want to tweak it for phones with tiny screens. For now
> I'm out of fiddle time.

style.css contains some sections for different screen sizes where you
can put duplicate stuff. You probably already know that, but just in
case :)

--
Retro Guy

Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
From: Byrl Raze Buckbriar
Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:39 UTC
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Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:57:00 +0000
Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:37:11 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:44:52 +0000
> > Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:21:41 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:52:28 +0000
> >>> Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> It would be helpful to me to get some feedback on the theme before I
> >>> tweak it any more.
> >>>
> >>> The theme demo runs here: https://news.octade.net/rocksolid .
> >>>
> >>> The username is 'guest'.
> >>>
> >>> The password is 'guest123' spelled in reverse.
> >>
> >> I like it! (trw would be impressed)
> >>
> >> The patch is fine (did a dry run), but I'll wait until you say you're
> >> ready, then I'll do a --signoff.
> >>
> >> Along with TriMonoBlue Theme and yours, we're getting some nice looks.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Retro Guy
> >
> > If it checks out in multiple browsers ship it when you're ready. The GPL
> > license is in the CSS file.
>
> Sounds good. So far only tried Waterfox. I'll try a few more (blink
> based, etc.) then push it through.
>
> > I will eventually want to tweak it for phones with tiny screens. For now
> > I'm out of fiddle time.
>
> style.css contains some sections for different screen sizes where you
> can put duplicate stuff. You probably already know that, but just in
> case :)
>
> --
> Retro Guy

I gutted the @media queries and tried to make everything flow uniformly regarless of screen size. I plan on creating new @media query tweaks later. For now the theme renders well on my little Android chromium browser and minified browser windows without the @media queries.

When I add the new @media queries it will be minor tweaks just to get the font more pleasing for the small screen and to resize the top bar links and buttons. I designed the header to flow irrespective of screen size so I just gutted the queries so I could push something that works and go from whatever feedback users might offer after testing it.

Styling around <table> tags with just one class per tag is very tricky and figuring out which browsers support which CSS methods is almost as persnickety as rocket science. I also may push a patch with some changes to the php header, footer, and article files adding some extra classes so more styling can be done.

--
Byrl Raze Buckbriar . OCTADE . < https://octade.net >
Hacker Hotline . voice & SMS . (781) OCT-AGON
KeyOxide . < https://keyoxide.org/keyoxide0@octade.net >

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Newsgroups: rocksolid.nodes.help
Subject: Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:10:41 +0000
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:39:24 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:57:00 +0000
> Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:37:11 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:44:52 +0000
>>> Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:21:41 +0000, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:52:28 +0000
>>>>> Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be helpful to me to get some feedback on the theme before I
>>>>> tweak it any more.
>>>>>
>>>>> The theme demo runs here: https://news.octade.net/rocksolid .
>>>>>
>>>>> The username is 'guest'.
>>>>>
>>>>> The password is 'guest123' spelled in reverse.
>>>>
>>>> I like it! (trw would be impressed)
>>>>
>>>> The patch is fine (did a dry run), but I'll wait until you say you're
>>>> ready, then I'll do a --signoff.
>>>>
>>>> Along with TriMonoBlue Theme and yours, we're getting some nice looks.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Retro Guy
>>>
>>> If it checks out in multiple browsers ship it when you're ready. The GPL
>>> license is in the CSS file.
>>
>> Sounds good. So far only tried Waterfox. I'll try a few more (blink
>> based, etc.) then push it through.
>>
>>> I will eventually want to tweak it for phones with tiny screens. For now
>>> I'm out of fiddle time.
>>
>> style.css contains some sections for different screen sizes where you
>> can put duplicate stuff. You probably already know that, but just in
>> case :)
>>
>> --
>> Retro Guy
>
> I gutted the @media queries and tried to make everything flow uniformly
> regarless of screen size. I plan on creating new @media query tweaks
> later. For now the theme renders well on my little Android chromium
> browser and minified browser windows without the @media queries.
>
> When I add the new @media queries it will be minor tweaks just to get
> the font more pleasing for the small screen and to resize the top bar
> links and buttons. I designed the header to flow irrespective of screen
> size so I just gutted the queries so I could push something that works
> and go from whatever feedback users might offer after testing it.
>
> Styling around <table> tags with just one class per tag is very tricky
> and figuring out which browsers support which CSS methods is almost as
> persnickety as rocket science. I also may push a patch with some changes
> to the php header, footer, and article files adding some extra classes
> so more styling can be done.

I don't blame you :)

I am very weak in html and css, the stylesheet for rslight shows that.
Others here have encouraged me to add more styles for each specific
entity, and I agree, but I'm only doing that now as I change things. The
time I spend on just one css change is ridiculous, I could write a new
php site in the time it takes me to get a string to display in the right
part of the page.

Looking forward to your mods. I'll probably push this one tomorrow, or
maybe Saturday. I have a medical procedure tomorrow morning so I don't
know how well I'll feel after that. We'll see. It's just yet another
petscan, but the dye they inject makes me feel like crap.

--
Retro Guy

You work very hard. Don't try to think as well.

rocksolid / Rocksolid Nodes Help / Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal

Subject	Author
[patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal	Byrl Raze Buckbriar
Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal	Byrl Raze Buckbriar
Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal	Retro Guy
Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal	Byrl Raze Buckbriar
Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal	Retro Guy
Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal	Byrl Raze Buckbriar
Re: [patch] Mini Theme For Rocksolid Light News Portal	Retro Guy