[thesite] Additions to default CSS file

[aardvark]

> From: ".jeff" <jeff at members.evolt.org>
[...]
> > [...] and it also sets a precedent (which if you do
> > this i'd like to avoid setting) that whenever something
> > doesn't look right, instead of adjusting the CSS, we
> > add more HTML...
> 
> i'd like to avoid setting that precedent as well.  this is a case
> where i saw the potential for problems in the future with a fairly
> simple solution available.

as long as you agree on that, i'm good...

> > this also means with every addition of classes, we have
> > to (or at least damn well should) go back and update
> > *every* CSS file out there that links to the site...
[...]
> yeah, that's the shitty part about it.
> 
> better now than later when there are *way* more stylesheets to deal
> with.

agreed...

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> > no, take it waaaay back... i had the idea of *not*
> > allowing every element to be adjusted, that there were
> > relationships between them... so, for instance, the
> > color you chose for the right sidebar would be used for
> > pagetitle1's bg and the text of pagetitle2 (or whatever,
> > this is from memory)...
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> 
> that's not a fair example though because the sidebar and pagetitle1
> don't share the same background color right now.

it was just an example, though...

for those who are interested, if you go to view-
source:http://evolt.org/evolt/isaac.css and look at the comments, 
you'll see that when i first built it i had assigned 'variables' to 
everything and suggested what attributes should consist of and 
where they should be re-used... so if you see /* as MainBGColor 
*/, for example, that means use the value you set for MainBGColor 
earlier in the CSS...

it's still a good guide to keep the overall design consistency for 
those making new CSS, even if it is falling out of date now...

> anyway, seems we're in agreement.  i'll do some research to see what
> all needs to be adjusted.

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