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

hamish hamish at riseup.net
Thu Jan 24 07:11:11 PST 2008


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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