CVS edit link for gthing

I have created several Drupal themes and would like to start contributing them to the community. I would like to start with my most recent them which you can see on a production site here: modernbirdstudios.com. The contributed theme will be called "modernbird." I created it because I did not find anything similar in previous themes.

My theme is lightweight, ie6+, FF2+, and Safari3+ compatible and passes the w3c check for HTML 5. It is a two column theme optimized for 1024x768 with simple navigation and a nice wide right sidebar with a featured block. My theme is complete and ready for contribution.

I have seen theme availability as a little bit of a weak spot for Drupal when compared to some other CMSes. I have loved the Drupal project for a long time and think it could only benefit from more clean, valid, and modern themes. I plan to continue contributing future themes as I make them.

I also have selfish motivations for contributing themes to Drupal. By showing my work, I look forward to getting feedback from others who are no doubt better than I am at this sort of thing. By contributing my themes I believe I can become a better designer/coder. I am also interested in "getting my name out there" in hopes of getting more freelance design work.

CommentFileSizeAuthor
#12 modernbird.zip32.97 KBgthing
#7 modernbird.zip33.15 KBgthing
#3 modernbird.zip35.25 KBgthing
#1 modernbird.zip32.47 KBgthing

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gthing’s picture

Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Needs review
StatusFileSize
new32.47 KB

Modernbird theme is attached for review. Looking forward to hearing your comments.

avpaderno’s picture

Issue tags: +Theme review
gthing’s picture

StatusFileSize
new35.25 KB

I have attached a new version here with a cleaned up .info file. I noticed I had left some unused regions in there.

avpaderno’s picture

Status: Needs review » Closed (won't fix)

See Apply for contributions CVS access before to apply for a CVS account.

gthing’s picture

Status: Closed (won't fix) » Needs review

Can you please be more specific? I am unable to find anything in the instructions that I have not done.

beeradb’s picture

Status: Needs review » Closed (won't fix)

After reviewing the CVS application procedures as well as your theme here's a few things which might help get this through next time.

  • Include a screenshot or a link to a site which currently runs the theme. Under the theme contributions section of the CVS application requirements this requirement is outlines.
  • Please refer to both the PHP and CSS coding standards. I didn't do a comprehensive review in this respect, but at the very least you are using tabs rather than spaces for indentation.
  • Be more consistent with your region names in the .info file. The drupal standard is to capitalize the first word in titles or labels.

That's all I saw. Kiam, if you saw other things please speak up about the specifics. Unfortunately, according to the CVS application guidelines you'll need to submit a new application once you've addressed the code changes and can include a screenshot or link to the theme in action. Good luck gthing.

gthing’s picture

Status: Closed (won't fix) » Needs review
StatusFileSize
new33.15 KB

1. The link to the theme in action is modernbirdstudios.com. The URL is included in the CVS application although it is not formatted as a link.

2. I have cleaned up the spacing issues in my PHP file and made tons of changes to the CSS file to bring it in line with the guidelines.

3. Fixed.

Code is attached for review. Thanks.

avpaderno’s picture

@beeradb: The reason I marked the report as won't fix is that it was not reported the link to a screenshot, or to a demo site that would mean the applicant didn't carefully read the requirements for a CVS application (which seems commonly done, lately).

gthing’s picture

@kiamlaluno: But I'm good now, right? You see the URL in the description?

beeradb’s picture

@kiamlaluno: understandable, I missed it the first couple reads as well, but it was actually there. Just hidden because the site didn't autolink :)

beeradb’s picture

Status: Needs review » Needs work

from page.tpl.php:

<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script><![endif]-->
<!--[if lte IE 7]>
<script src="js/IE8.js" type="text/javascript"></script><![endif]-->
<!--[if lt IE 7]>

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="css/ie6.css"/><![endif]-->
  <script type="text/javascript" src="wmd.js">
  </script>

None of the referenced stylesheets/JS files are included. I'm assuming these are all for HTML5 compatibility in IE? You should include all of these files, except for the 'html5.js', in the theme. It would also be nice to see them added with drupal_add_js and drupal_add_css where appropriate, so end users can take advantage of CSS/JS aggregation and compression.

If you can fix these issues I'd be willing to mark this RTBC.

gthing’s picture

StatusFileSize
new32.97 KB

Doh! Those calls are not necessary. I thought I had taken them out but I think I did my previous revisions on an older version of that file.

Those calls have been removed from the header and the wmd.js from the body.

gthing’s picture

Status: Needs work » Needs review
beeradb’s picture

Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community

This looks good to me. Thanks for the contribution gthing.

avpaderno’s picture

Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)
Issue tags: -Theme review

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

avpaderno’s picture

Component: Miscellaneous » new project application
Assigned: Unassigned » avpaderno
Issue summary: View changes