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Re: Themeing G3
by Brandon Sussman-3
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On Tuesday 28 October 2008 17:30:43 Bharat Mediratta wrote:
--- a lot of stuff that makes perfect sense ---
> Remember that there are two categories here:
>
> 1) professional software developers (core team, you, me, folks on
> -devel) who can learn and use any templating engine and be good at it.
> These people have time/energy/interest to go off and learn technology.
>
> 2) themers with limited time who just want to make simple (and then
> increasingly more complex) changes to the appearance of their site.
>
> in Gallery2 we aimed for #1 and screwed #2. In Gallery3 I'm hoping to
> hit #2 without screwing #1.
>One of my mis-conceptions was(is) coupling template and theme. Whatever
serves #2 and simplifies the codebase is clearly a win.
Eliminating that SMARTY mess is such a win for #1 that I am going to quit
while we are ahead. If you required templates in COBOL I'd like it better
than SMARTY :)
Sorry for extending a discussion that should have been over 3 email cycles
ago :D
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--- a lot of stuff that makes perfect sense ---
> Remember that there are two categories here:
>
> 1) professional software developers (core team, you, me, folks on
> -devel) who can learn and use any templating engine and be good at it.
> These people have time/energy/interest to go off and learn technology.
>
> 2) themers with limited time who just want to make simple (and then
> increasingly more complex) changes to the appearance of their site.
>
> in Gallery2 we aimed for #1 and screwed #2. In Gallery3 I'm hoping to
> hit #2 without screwing #1.
>
serves #2 and simplifies the codebase is clearly a win.
Eliminating that SMARTY mess is such a win for #1 that I am going to quit
while we are ahead. If you required templates in COBOL I'd like it better
than SMARTY :)
Sorry for extending a discussion that should have been over 3 email cycles
ago :D
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