proposal for kdevelop.org new website design

[Niko Sams]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 22:28, Sam S. <smls75 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Niko Sams <niko.sams at gmail.com> wrote:
>> great work!
>> Now we just need to write the whole css.
>> Do you think you can do that? Or do you need help?
>
> Converting the "soft formatting" (colors, font/list/paragraph styles,
> etc.) stuff of the SVG mockup into CSS code is something I can
> definitely do - I'll post the resulting CSS snippets soon. I'll also
> finish creating the individual images needed for constructing the
> graphical design elements.
>
> I would be glad, though, if someone else could:
>
>  1) Implement the CSS for those graphical/structural design elements
> (header, footer, layout columns, boxes). (I've already uploaded some
> "proof-of-concept" code for the tricky parts, but my experience with
> achieving proper cross-browser compatibility is limited, so someone
> more experienced should take over...)
my css knowledge was pretty good, but is now rusty as I didn't do anything
for years. But IE6 is still there - so nothing has changed :D

Once I have the site running locally I'll try hacking some css...

>
>  2) Take charge of managing the creation of the actual CSS file
> ("putting it all together", so to speak)
>
>> Unfortunately I don't have an cvs account for the website and don't know the
>> process on how to make changes.
>
> I don't have an account either, but I don't think that's a problem -
> for the most part, it'll suffice to grab a copy of the static HTML of
> the site, write CSS code to go with it, and tell Amilcar if something
> needs to be changed in the HTML markup.
Well, that somehow works but isn't really fun...

Niko