[imc-oxford-features] proposed style changes to OxIMC

Jennie B gaiabomb at riseup.net
Thu Jan 24 07:36:25 PST 2008


I'm not a techy, but it all sounds good :)

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> I agre with jack, yes to all.
>
> And maybe change the topics tital from oxford topics to just topics as
> the oxford part seams superfluous?
>
> hamish
>
> Mr. Demeanour wrote:
>> owen at riseup.net wrote:
>>> I noticed recently that our oxford CSS file is editable as an include
>>> file
>>> from within the admin interface, meaning that we can very easily modify
>>> the
>>> look (though not the content) of the oxford site.
>>>
>>> There are a few things that have been bugging me for ages, so I'd like
>>> to
>>> propose some small style changes. Not a radical overhaul (much as that
>>> may
>>> be needed), just a few tweaks. If anyone else has ideas for
>>> improvements,
>>> please suggest them too!
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 1. Padding on article body. There doesn't appear to be any, and it
>>> looks
>>> crap. See for instance:
>>> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/oxford/2008/01/389139.html
>>> and note the way that the text starts right at the left edge of the
>>> white
>>> box.
>>> PROPOSAL: 20px padding to the left and right of article body text
>>
>> Yes
>>
>>> 2. Publish button. Wouldn't hurt to make it bigger.
>>> PROPOSAL: Increase size of 'PUBLISH YOUR NEWS' text and increase
>>> padding
>>> around it too so that pink box is bigger.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> 4. Oxford Actions 2003/2004/2005 in leftcolumn. I believe we were
>>> planning
>>> to get rid of these as part of the proposed overhaul that never got
>>> implemented (ages ago). PROPOSAL: Hide them using CSS.
>>> (OK, I know I said we couldn't use CSS to change the structure/content
>>> of
>>> the site but hiding things is the exception).
>>
>> Yes.
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> That's it for now.
>>
>
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