Comments on: Introducing the New and Improved Bay Nature http://manisheriar.com/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-bay-nature Impeccable Code | Beautiful Design Thu, 13 May 2010 19:08:51 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Columbus Web Studio http://manisheriar.com/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-bay-nature/comment-page-1#comment-236775 Columbus Web Studio Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:14:15 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/?p=146#comment-236775 Amazing redesign! I have enjoyed looking through your portfolio and blog. I have a folder in my bookmarks where I draw design inspiration. It is titled "Heroes", and you are now in it. Amazing redesign! I have enjoyed looking through your portfolio and blog. I have a folder in my bookmarks where I draw design inspiration. It is titled “Heroes”, and you are now in it.

]]> By: Jeni http://manisheriar.com/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-bay-nature/comment-page-1#comment-181338 Jeni Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:05:27 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/?p=146#comment-181338 Beautiful work, Mani! Colour choices were impeccable. -- Jeni (aka: Chi) Beautiful work, Mani! Colour choices were impeccable.

– Jeni (aka: Chi)

]]> By: Sheriar Designs http://manisheriar.com/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-bay-nature/comment-page-1#comment-179128 Sheriar Designs Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:31:29 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/?p=146#comment-179128 Awwwww ... Thanks, David!! Awwwww … Thanks, David!!

]]> By: David Siedband http://manisheriar.com/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-bay-nature/comment-page-1#comment-179025 David Siedband Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:04:05 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/?p=146#comment-179025 Hi Ross. Mani delivered the design as XHTML/CSS and I did the Plone skin post-production. I find Plone skinning to me much more efficient and enjoyable than PHP theme integrations for the following reasons. 1) Plone's templating language (TAL) uses a valid XML syntax which allows it to work with the many excellent XML editing/debugging tools out there. 2)The logic is very cleanly partitioned from the presentation which nicely separates the debugging worflows on those two elements. A crucial thing to be aware of when developing designs for subsequent Plone integration is that Plone has a wealth of existing CSS for editing and management UI inside the O-Ring. For this reason, practices like global resets and styling at the tag level can cause a lot of pain. If you let your designer know about this and ask them to scope-constrain their css selectors, you'll find that integrating their design goes quite smoothly. Mani's design was a joy to integrate. Working with her is really flying first class :) Hi Ross. Mani delivered the design as XHTML/CSS and I did the Plone skin post-production.

I find Plone skinning to me much more efficient and enjoyable than PHP theme integrations for the following reasons.

1) Plone’s templating language (TAL) uses a valid XML syntax which allows it to work with the many excellent XML editing/debugging tools out there.

2)The logic is very cleanly partitioned from the presentation which nicely separates the debugging worflows on those two elements.

A crucial thing to be aware of when developing designs for subsequent Plone integration is that Plone has a wealth of existing CSS for editing and management UI inside the O-Ring. For this reason, practices like global resets and styling at the tag level can cause a lot of pain. If you let your designer know about this and ask them to scope-constrain their css selectors, you’ll find that integrating their design goes quite smoothly.

Mani’s design was a joy to integrate. Working with her is really flying first class :)

]]> By: ross http://manisheriar.com/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-bay-nature/comment-page-1#comment-178616 ross Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:55:07 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/?p=146#comment-178616 There goes another Plone design. Yay. Really fantastic economy of space and such a deliciously warm, earthy palette. Did you work with Plone theming? How was the experience compared to WP/Drupal? There goes another Plone design. Yay. Really fantastic economy of space and such a deliciously warm, earthy palette. Did you work with Plone theming? How was the experience compared to WP/Drupal?

]]> By: Brad http://manisheriar.com/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-bay-nature/comment-page-1#comment-176385 Brad Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:37:32 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/?p=146#comment-176385 WOW. Yes...you made quite the improvement. Nice job. I especially like the attention to detail with the gradient banner place holders complete with dimensions. I don't think I would've ever though of that. WOW. Yes…you made quite the improvement. Nice job. I especially like the attention to detail with the gradient banner place holders complete with dimensions. I don’t think I would’ve ever though of that.

]]> By: Michael P http://manisheriar.com/blog/introducing-the-new-and-improved-bay-nature/comment-page-1#comment-176328 Michael P Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:22:29 +0000 http://manisheriar.com/blog/?p=146#comment-176328 Well done Mani! It's a beautiful design. Well done Mani! It’s a beautiful design.

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