[thesite] user selectable style help

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Mon Nov 5 19:46:06 CST 2001


dan,

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> From: Daniel J. Cody
>
> > yes, my point exactly.  unfortunately we're going to
> > run into this problem again -- especially when we
> > allow people to create their own stylesheets.
>
> maybe its just my lack of understanding of CSS, but if
> people create their own stylesheets, they'll be able to
> see that it looks wrong and fix it, no?
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sure, but that's not the crux of the problem.  the problem is that the
styles currently assume that the same color as the links in the main content
area won't be the same color that the will be desired color for the bar
across the top (pagetitle1 & pagetitle2).

in that regard, our current stylesheet is "broken".  it requires a very
simple fix though.

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> if no one else jumps up to change and validate these
> stylesheets, particularly the person who did it, i
> think michele or whoever volunteers their time to do
> so should change them
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again, correct css is one thing.  altering fonts, font sizes, and colors is
a completely different animal.  it's similar to fixing spelling errors
versus rewording an author's sentence.  one can be done easily without
mistaking what was meant (the misspelling or the css correctness).  the
other is subjective and open to all sorts of false assumption on the desired
effect by the author (sentence structure or fonts, font sizes, colors).

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> again, if people choose their own stylesheets, won't it
> be up to them to decide whether or not it looks ok?
> maybe i'm missing something, but they're only going to
> be allowed to change the stylesheet values we have
> decided on - which are pulled froma pre-defined list in
> the DB - right?
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yes, that's correct.  that's why i'm making more of a point to point out
this problem.  if the author of a future stylesheet happens to want to use
the same color as the background color in the top bar as the color for the
links in the main body then we'll have this problem again.  i think that's a
pretty serious limitation.  however, the fix is *really* simple.

can someone else weigh in here and tell me if i'm making any sense at all?

thanks,

.jeff

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