Basically what you said is this...

NO, i won't make it easier for designers to improve on the core and i will force everyone that wants to step out the box to hack the core files and to spend triple the time to create custom templates when in reality they aren't needed


That said, have fun and continue to develop clones which look the same.

Maybe we can have the the slogan changed to XOOPS - powered by clones...cause after all if it doesn't look the same like other 1million websites than it must be wrong.

Consistency God damn it, Consistency...sorry I meant td.class-even = Consistency / td.class.odd = Consistency

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Thats laziness...are you still using a Nokia 3310 because the GUI of the Windows phone / Android / iPhone scared you?

I'm sure not.

And if you failed to see my point than i'm sure most will too and all xoops modules will ever be is an iteration of tables that start with outer end in outer and include th td even, td odd, etc

Which is why XOOPS is not what it was

Orite I see what u did :)

Can we have forms items with id's or classes? ...preferably id's

That way when one makes a theme it can customise up to the last button that may show up in a form generated by the core.

That way when one makes a module it can use those dummy id's classes to create their own nice looking forms

Can we push for thinking outside odd/even/odd/even loop ? It feels like virulent thing and all module devs caught the bug. You can use ul/li for instance and are far more flexible to use :)

There are more ...but like i said, nothing wrong with making baby steps cause they turn to jumps on the long run

@Michael I wasn't talking about core, i was talking about modules

And NO, thats not a consistent look and feel thats a XEROX machine.

Only consistency a module dev should take into consideration is the design of comments and design of notifications. Other than that it should be at designer's choice & skills & imagination.

All link directories module look the same, all download modules look the same, all news module look the same and it looks like its funner to clone and make it as your own... something wrong with that term anyone?! "Clone" u know...like identical? Guess individuality doesn't run in this part of woods.

If you bother to assume a module as your own and u bother to clone at least change its covers?! otherwise its just another Dolly

Hello module devs,

I love you I really truly do cause without you our sites will be umm html sites where we'd have to add everything by hand but there's few things you can't seem to grasp.

Why oh why you use classes and id's from the core CSS, please stop being lazy and create your own cause the core ones simply suck and it doesn't give a consistent look to our sites, it gives a tabled dull sort of xls feel.

Don't be secretive and share with designers, not community, your ideas of the module so you can get pertinent input about what's really going on today design wise...not too many people otherwise you'll get dizzy cause of the flow of ideas

Stop looking at your predecessors for any reason other than seeing where they failed, don't copy / paste templates and be imaginative

Stop using icons that symbolise and mimic folder icons in windows that's not retro is not geeky and it stopped being cool about 10years ago.

Stop adding features just for the sake of having a full page of features, think small and develop further ones based on feedback on current releases.

On the same note, I rather have a module with +3 brilliant features which is released every few other months then to wait for a +100 features module to be completed in over 1 year...you risk being out of trend before a final version.

Don't reinvent the wheel as its daunting and you take forever to develop and complete a module. By that i don't mean copy / paste !

DON'T start 2modules at a time cause your bound to have more bugs than expected and your 2modules will look the same I mean really the same

Encourage competition, even if your competitor does a greater thing u can learn from its mistakes and create something even better but do it without postponing releases... you can always add your new stuff to a later version. And trust me no one builds a perfect module!

Look outside your ecosystem for inspiration otherwise you create just another module which will only get you reviews out of politeness even tho you lost night after night coding it and the reviews will only acknowledge the work but not the product.

Don't tie into 3rd party frameworks such as "smartobject" or "frameworks" everyone secretly hates both!

Anyway I do appreciate your work but you really need to make new battle plans

This job has been completed!

Thanks a lot @ wishcraft :)

Hello,

I need someone with PHP knowledge for a small paid job.

I have a script which is bit too old and is not working on PHP5... well you get the idea :)

Anyone interested please email me: me at aphexdesign.com or on one of the instant mes. systems visible on my profile.

PS. Why isn't a forum created for things like this?

Hi,

I'm searching for 2-3 guys/galls to help me test some themes and templates on latest current version of XOOPS

They don't have to be experts in (designing for) XOOPS but a minor understanding of the system will be ideal... if you don't already have a test installation then this post is probably not for you!

All I can offer in return is access to all commercial themes and if that's not enough perhaps a custom theme will do it :)

You can either post here or pm me or contact me on any instant messenger i have listed on my profile

Thank you

Nah, it involves too much work as it implies all past posts should be moved.

But it will be nice(r) if all were tagged by their owners accordingly so users who aren't willing to pay for something know what to expect.

That way visitors are more selective in reading articles and they don't have to visit a website they probably wouldn't have if they knew from the start it will require them to pay for something.

Posting a source file...after I post the source file. How is that relevant?! ROFL