Organizing layouts

[denise]

We've been talking a bit about how the Select Style page should be categorized and laid out as we get more and more styles added (and OMG, I am loving the styles that we've been adding!), so it is time to discuss how we should categorize things.

afuna and I have already been talking about a few options, but I wanted to throw it out to the community at large to see what you guys think first, before we talk about what we've been thinking, to see if anyone has any great ideas that we would have missed!

To that end, a poll:

Poll #1158 Layout choice

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 313

View Respondents

When looking for a design for your journal, how do you expect to be able to browse/select one?

View Answers

By color family
171 (54.6%)

By color contrast
37 (11.8%)

By font size
23 (7.3%)

By base layout
282 (90.1%)

By header image content
66 (21.1%)

By something else (explain in comments!)
15 (4.8%)

Discussions, ideas, pros-and-cons, and other thoughts go in the comments. :)

Comments

[yvi]

Heh, from your color theme I was assuming you had used that site to change it. And if you have any questions whatsoever, please just ask at Support: http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/ . We will be happy to help you.

[starwatcher]

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Well, I probably did it there... but I don't pay attention to URLs when something is working. (Or when they're not, for that matter.)

I know support is always happy to help; they've been very gracious with each request I've made. But I also know that more styles are coming down the pipeline, so I'm not anxious about it. I haven't yet found the "perfect" layout for me. When I do, if I can't impose my color scheme by hook or by crook, I'll yell for help.

But while I'm here, it occurs to me... we can select a color for links, but I'd love to select different colors for 'name-links' on my reading page, links in the message, and the 'go-to' links at the bottom of the post. (Edit, reply, etc). I know this isn't the place to make the suggestion; where should I put it?

On the other hand, maybe we already can, but I don't recognize where the possibility is. I can't always figure out which description matches which thing on the page.

Anyway, it would be a nice feature, if you'd kindly point me toward the right place to make the suggestion.
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[yvi]

we can select a color for links, but I'd love to select different colors for 'name-links' on my reading page, links in the message, and the 'go-to' links at the bottom of the post.

That sounds good! I don't think that's in the wizard yet and I am not sure whetehr it can be done via CSS, but you can certainly suggest to add it. The suggestions generator is this way: http://www.dreamwidth.org/site/suggest.bml :)

[starwatcher]

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Thanks. I'll pop over there and do it.
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[kyrielle]

Sure could, as long as they were given different classes. It might take some styles adjustment, but given classes, yes.

(...yes, I have been beating my head on CSS - not very fancy CSS, I suspect, but CSS - in my day-job this past week or two, does it show?)

And I'd love to see it done.