History: Theme Revamp

Tiki13 after the Tiki12LTS would be a great time to revamp the whole theme management in Tiki.

The bulk of the work could be done at a TikiFest Design Revamp

Below are some topics:

• theme & css work, including Print revamp, after Tiki7 Mobile and Theme generator
  • Simplification of CSS
    One target: reduce module content specific rules with module zone specific rules (needed because a module can be placed anywhere, and different zones have different colors, etc.)
    • Consolidation of stylesheet files
    
    Rethink function and location of various CSS files (css directory vs. styles directory, feature-specific (admin.css) vs. global (layout.css and theme stylesheets), etc.
    Reduce redundant rules (no need to specify body in three or four files, etc.)
• http://www.ohloh.net/p/assetic which can also do LESS, SASS, etc. and there is a http://github.com/widmogrod/zf2-assetic-module,
• http://www.sitepoint.com/native-css-variables/
• Web Template Repositories
• CSS Frameworks and Preprocessors
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.cms.tiki.devel/21224
• Take advantage of Smarty 3 enhancements.
• HTML5
• CSS framework(s) ?
• CSS for print
• Improve Mobile Tiki
• Accessibility
• Improve Theme Generator
• SVG Icons using Raphael
• Sprite Generator for small icons
• CSS3 Buttons
• Deployment of themes: Mods or profiles? If we continue with mods, we should improve them
• Use any font in Tiki (not just web fonts) HTML5
• Discuss theme strategy of other CMSs to see what we can learn and improve (WordPress, etc.)
  • http://cmsshowdown.com/competition http://www.slideshare.net/Webnific/cms-comparisson-3850088
  • http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/03/joomla-and-wordpress-a-matter-of-mental-models/
  • http://www.majordojo.com/2011/02/how-did-wordpress-win.php
• http://mashable.com/2011/09/30/website-usability-tools/
• etc.