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A Minimal Symbiostock - Less is More - Community Project

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Leo Blanchette:
I'm putting out a call for people to help develop the base theme, for a final and clean appearance.

Anyone who makes significant contributions to Symbiostock can of course have a premium version free of charge. Even if you tackle a page, that is enough. If you are already in possession of the premium theme, we will instead give prominent links from the main site.


----    -----    -----    -----    -----   THE GOAL -----    -----    -----    -----    -----    -----   

Simply stated: A refinement to the Styles.

Minimal, Clean, Happy

Not too much color, but refreshing. Let color accent it in the most minimal, necessary ways.

I love white, and I know its a universal standard :D

Imagine if your Symbiostock site could make you feel like your in here:

http://www.ghoofie.com/interior-design/modern-and-beautiful-white-interior-decoration/attachment/cool-white-room-flowing-curtains-decor/

You know that "Dragonlfly" theme we have? We're going to put those options straight into the main theme, out of the package. But, the default is going to be this beautiful, minimal version we create together.

Symbiostock's appearance is still a little clunky. Thankfully, however, this is not due to structure. Its a simple solution: A style sheet.

Do research. Be inspired. Find things you like, that are refreshing and happy, and see how they can be applied to Symbiostock. This will in fact be the first big group effort of the network.

-----    -----    -----    -----    -----   THE STANDARD  -----    -----    -----    -----    -----    -----   

See the attached draft of Symbiostock's main page. Still very much under revision, but you can see (especially the top) where things are going.

Just as it's aim is to be visually minimal, we should be seeking only the most conservative use of CSS. Less is more.


--- Whenever possible, white.

--- Text round, modern, and less dark.

--- Flat and blocky shapes.

--- Vivid color only in specific places, accentuating, not dominating, drawing attention to key places.


You may contribute only small blocks of css if you wish, and I (and whoever else is involved) will do what we can to make them consistent with other provided visuals.

Symbiostock is getting a drastic visual overhaul across the board. While I'm accustomed to doing most work myself, I believe its wisest to delegate this with the above terms / standards.

Thank you,

Leo[/list]

Leo Blanchette:
This thread is happening here:
http://www.symbiostock.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1078

Leaf, could you please lock / stick this in this forum? Thank you.

Shelma1:
What about those of us who've already helped??????

Ron:
My 150 dollar towards the project is enough help from me. I even use my personal network outside Symbiostock to help out. Dont expect me to put in any more time when most of my suggestions are being ignored.  Also all my threads and comments have been wiped, as if I never existed. I stopped caring about SYS.

Shelma1:
In all fairness, your posts were probably wiped accidentally when there was a spam issue with the boards and they were just trying to stem the tide of obnoxious spam posts. They had to delete a lot of users and we all had to re-register.

Right now I'm felling pretty neutral about Symbiostock. I've decided to stop being so active and "relax" instead, as Cidepix has suggested.

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