Core variables for userpic and navlinks position?

[branchandroot]

Changing the userpic and navlinks locations seems to be something a fair number of users want. I have gotten repeated requests via pm for css to either change the side of the entry the userpic appears on or move the navlinks from the sidebar to the header. I imagine some of the other designers get these also, especially for the layouts where it's more complicated than float:left instead of right. It seems as though this is something we should work on addressing in the wizard. If there were a wizard-settable core variable, let us say position_userpic, that could be set to "left" or "right", then it would be relatively simple to include css for both as a local variable in any layout. The same is true for the navlinks, though those can be a little more of a chore to switch gracefully.

Should this be added as an enhancement/bug?

ETA: I am talking about CSS positioning for the navlinks, not altering the html.

Comments

[feathertail]

Post to suggestions, maybe? It does sound very useful, at least for the userpics.

The navlinks might be more difficult to position ... I'd personally like to be able to customize them some, but I'm not sure if this would cut it.

[branchandroot]

The navlinks are somewhat more difficult, and some layouts would really not lend themselves at all to putting those anywhere up top. Most can, though, and I've gotten even more requests for that than for the icon-swapping css.

What kind of customization are you thinking of, that goes beyond changing the position that way, though?

[feathertail]

Changing what order they're displayed in, for one ... I had a layout earlier where "Recent Entries" was at the bottom.

I was also thinking of changing the names on some of them, to be more like a WordPress blog ... like having "Home" instead of "Recent Entries." That might confuse long-time Dreamwidth / LiveJournal users, but then, the way Dreamwidth has it is different from most of the rest of the world.

[branchandroot]

Yes, changing the order would be an entirely different function than this, though I do agree it would be a nice addition also.

The text of them is already alterable in the wizard; are you thinking of proposing a change in the default text?

[feathertail]

The text of them is already alterable in the wizard

It is? Huh, I guess I didn't know that. >.> Sorry. Thanks for pointing that out!

I knew things like comment sections could have different names, because I see people styling those all the time.