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Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme [message #15518 is a reply to message #15496]

Wed, 17 December 2003 18:44

gbjbaanb

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I waited until tonight to reply - and someone did it for me Smile

That CSSZenGarden site shows that enough CSS is cross-browser/platform to make it work in the mainstream. Incidentally, there's plenty of non-CSS HTML code (especially tables) that work differently in different browsers to make (most) CSS tags no worse than the current.

The reason to CSS-ify, is IMHO to split content from presentation. A CSS forum would probably make maintenance of the back-end code easier too (as you only then have to generate a pretty dull looking layout, the CSS makes it into the forum users see).
Also the forum wouldn't need options to generate/not generate some content - the CSS can simply not display it. Perhaps this is not the optimal way to hide features, but it is another example of why CSS could be useful to Ilia.

I don't think any other forum has this feature, so a 'pure' CSS front end would make FUDforum stand out a lot more. (especially as no amount of fancy back-end features make up for 1 cool looking feature in the minds of end-users Rolling Eyes

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Bandwidth reduction is another major benefit - even if page generation is not affected, and page display times are the same. Users may still see benefits, but owners will definitely see benefits, especially for large forums. As the slashdot article says - they reduced bandwidth by 9k per request. (for the heavily trafficed slashdot - that means 14Gig bandwidth saved per year).

Printer-friendly pages are one 'skin' that would be useful.
A handheld version too.
Plus a visual-disability version would be extremely beneficial to some users.

Lastly, and possibly best. A per-customer skin. I'd like to use FUDforum for my customer's web sites. However, they all have different styles and colours etc.

So. I think it's probably a good thing, and is worth investigating further.
Here's another link: http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic2/
thanks.

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		Possible to do an all CSS theme By: beamdriver on Mon, 15 December 2003 14:48
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Mon, 15 December 2003 15:43
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: gbjbaanb on Tue, 16 December 2003 23:08
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Tue, 16 December 2003 23:14
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: beamdriver on Wed, 17 December 2003 14:30
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: gbjbaanb on Wed, 17 December 2003 18:44
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: AzaToth on Wed, 17 December 2003 19:58
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: beamdriver on Wed, 17 December 2003 20:37
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Wed, 17 December 2003 21:57
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: gbjbaanb on Wed, 17 December 2003 22:54
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: gbjbaanb on Wed, 17 December 2003 22:57
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Wed, 17 December 2003 23:25
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: AzaToth on Wed, 17 December 2003 23:56
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Thu, 18 December 2003 00:04
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: beamdriver on Fri, 19 December 2003 14:41
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: tgaastra on Fri, 02 January 2004 03:06
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Fri, 02 January 2004 04:27
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: tgaastra on Fri, 02 January 2004 05:53
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Fri, 02 January 2004 15:53
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: tallship on Sat, 15 May 2004 15:37
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Wed, 17 December 2003 23:24
		Any news about the all CSS theme ? By: Spooky on Wed, 28 April 2004 06:50
		Re: Any news about the all CSS theme ? By: Ilia on Wed, 28 April 2004 13:26
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: showdax on Fri, 02 July 2004 04:31
		Any news on the tableless design front By: Spooky on Sat, 02 October 2004 07:05
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: JamesS on Tue, 19 October 2004 15:48
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Tue, 19 October 2004 15:57
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: JamesS on Tue, 19 October 2004 16:55
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: D9rr on Thu, 28 October 2004 20:28
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: JamesS on Fri, 29 October 2004 13:31
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Fri, 29 October 2004 13:39
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: D9rr on Fri, 29 October 2004 17:47
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ric Fischer on Sun, 31 October 2004 05:07
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Sun, 31 October 2004 18:06
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: D9rr on Mon, 01 November 2004 01:54
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: JamesS on Fri, 29 October 2004 13:49
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Fri, 29 October 2004 14:01
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: JamesS on Fri, 29 October 2004 14:11
		Re: Possible to do an all CSS theme By: Ilia on Fri, 29 October 2004 14:15

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