[isf-wifidog] Network Fusion Theme for WiFiDog Auth
Don Druce
dondruce at sympatico.ca
Ven 26 Sep 21:00:14 EDT 2008
Hi Robin
Could you post at least a small tutorial. I know how to create my own
Theme Pack, and have done so, but as stated, I would not know where to
go to download the Network Fusion theme. Nor how best to handle it.
Thanks
Outback Dingo wrote:
> where is this theme available at?? these links dont work as posted in
> the email
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Robin Jones
> <Robin at networkfusion.co.uk <mailto:Robin at networkfusion.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> As you all may have seen, the Network Fusion theme was implemented
> a while ago. I wondered if any of you have any comments or
> suggestions on your likes and dislikes. Also any functionality
> changes you would like to see would be appreciated.
>
> In the end I didn't commit the new icons as I have not yet had the
> time to come up with a solution I am happy with, (overriding the
> common Images) although I will make them available to anyone who
> wants them.
>
> Yesterday I committed a patch to make the login form more CSS
> friendly, and also modified the network fusion theme pack to give
> an example of how it can be done.
>
> I start a new job on the 6th October and will struggle to find
> time for development for a while at least, so I need to know of
> any outstanding issues ASAP.
>
> Hope you like it...
>
> Regards,
>
> Robin.
>
>
>
> *From:* Don Druce [mailto:dondruce at sympatico.ca
> <mailto:dondruce at sympatico.ca>]
> *Sent:* 27 August 2008 19:46
> *To:* Robin Jones
> *Subject:* Re: [isf-wifidog] Network Fusion Theme for WiFiDog Auth
>
>
>
> Hi Robin
>
>
> Great work as usual - so, could I ask - "special request :-)) "
> you to have a look at this while you are working where you are.
> http://dev.wifidog.org/ticket/343
> <https://sbs.kravis.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://dev.wifidog.org/ticket/343>
>
> Thanks - at least for looking.
>
>
> Robin Jones wrote:
>
> Network Fusion Theme for WiFiDog Auth
>
>
>
> I have been working on a new theme pack for WiFiDog Authentication
> server over the past few days. It is not quite finished, but I
> thought I would show you what it looks like on a few of the main
> pages. In my personal opinion it is even a vast improvement over
> the base theme, keeping the same styling throughout the
> application (especially the tables) to give a consistent feel to
> the admin interface.
>
>
>
> I have learnt a lot about CSS and the way inheritance works by
> doing this and must say, if you want to create your own theme
> pack, rename the base themes "stylesheet.css" this will block the
> inheritance and allow you to get the exact feel you want, then
> when you have finished, rename it back to its original name, then
> use firebug to work out inheritance problems. I created a special
> stylesheet called "masterReset.css" which attempts to block ALL of
> the base theme by resetting each of the styles to default, as I
> wanted to give it the best appearance, but also to allow this
> theme to be the base theme if the community wanted it. If so, all
> that needs to be done is remove the @import
> url("stylesheets/masterReset.css") from the main stylesheet.
>
>
>
> I have also attempted to split the stylesheet up into sections so
> that they are easier to maintain. so the theme's "stylesheet.css"
> only contains @import statements, then a directory called
> stylesheets contains substylesheets such as "layout.css" and
> "tables.css". I know that this may break the theme on early
> browsers, but I thought that this was a good design decision and
> makes it far easier in the future to transfer CSS styles between
> themes, and also remove them completely if needed.
>
>
>
> You may notice that i have replaced a lot of the icons around the
> application. some of these are the node up and down images, and
> the tool content dialog images. at the moment these images are
> contained in the "common images" directory so are visible in all
> themes. I will have to see if it is possible to override this Dir,
> if the theme has an image to replace them.
>
>
>
> Last but not least, I have had to make a couple of changes to the
> "mainUI_Display.tpl in order to achieve this layout. before I can
> commit it, I must make sure that it is more generic e.g. I moved
> the menu from displaying in main content area, to below the
> header, so that it is also displayed in the left area. also the
> footer (and possibly the header at a later date) is shown
> constantly. In order to achieve this I will need to add some new
> options to allow selection from the Network Options page.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately I can't put the screen shots in this email, because
> of the mailing list limitations, but here are the links:
>
>
>
> An online version of this email (including screenshots) can be
> found here
> <https://sbs.kravis.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.kravis.co.uk/networkfusion/hotspots/theme.html>
>
>
>
> Network Fusion authentication server.jpg
> <https://sbs.kravis.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.kravis.co.uk/networkfusion/hotspots/Network%2520Fusion%2520authentication%2520server.jpg>
>
>
>
> offsite login page.jpg
> <https://sbs.kravis.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.kravis.co.uk/networkfusion/hotspots/offsite%2520login%2520page.jpg>
>
>
>
> Network Fusion authentication server node status.jpg
> <https://sbs.kravis.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.kravis.co.uk/networkfusion/hotspots/Network%2520Fusion%2520authentication%2520server%2520node%2520status.jpg>
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Robin Jones
>
>
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