Re: [website-dev] is there a way to clean the template code of OOo

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Ismaël Grammenidis
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm not sure if it's worth to go through all the trouble. AFAIK, the website
> of openoffice.org is going to migrate to the kenai project [1] [2] and will
> no longer use CollabNet in the near future. But on the other hand, I
> understood that there are some delays because of some internal problems with
> the kenai infrastructure.
>
> Perhaps someone can add some more information about this? Because in the
> Dutch native language project we already discussed the possibility to change
> the front page [3] in something more open. But now with the branding
> initiative and the new logo that's on his way, I'm not sure how this will
> impact the NL project.
>
> Regarding to the current HTML used in Collabnet, it's not only the tables
> that we should get rid of, but also the huge number of div's that are just
> used to wrap things around. With some proper id's and css this could be
> reduced as well.
>
> I hope that we will be able to take advantage of the new HTML 5 and CSS3 in
> project Kenai.
>
> [1] http://www.kenai.com/
> [2] http://kenai.com/projects/ooo-migration/pages/Home
> [3]
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/NL/Stappenplan#Voorpagina_.28Homepage.29
>
> Regards,
> Ismaël Grammenidis
>

I agree that simplicity is king and we should definetly try to slim
down the line number. I did some of that with an app we are working on
and took the template and simplify it as far as the content go.
However a must have should be a more structured, well commented code.
The previous code in collabnet was a pain to read.
http://ooodic.planetopenoffice.org/frontend/

Also excited about html5 but unfortunately still not 100% knowledgable
about Canvas, Storage API and Scriptability. However after doing some
CSS3 tutorials, there are really great things we could be thinking
about.

Has anyone learn more about the new functionality. I'll be happy to
exchange some ideas.

BTW good web design pages include:
http://www.sitepoint.com
http://dev.opera.com
http://www.alistapart.com

-- 
Alexandro Colorado
OpenOffice.org Español
http://es.openoffice.org