I think the integration of uBlogsy in an existing website would be improved, if there was a way to map custom css style definitions to uBlogsy html elements, from within the Umbraco backoffice, instead of hacking into the ublogsy.css file or the custom .css files of your website.
Sorry for my late replay. I have seen examples in DotNetNuke modules - sorry for the DNN-word :) - where there are settings to input style definitions (see screenshot).
As every blog more or less has the same recurring elements (a title, body text, a date, tags, etc ...) I think it would be handy if a user can set the styles for the blog from the properties of a document type rather then hacking into the .css file or the template.
I don't really see the benifit of defining CSS styles within document types, as it will just make maintenance harder (styles are added, old ones aren't removed, etc.)
Personally I would go for a well defined template or well structured CSS file which contains all items related to uBlogsy and allow you to easily customize it.
In the future you can provide a series of templates, or even have a contest ;-)
managing style definitions from within backoffice
I think the integration of uBlogsy in an existing website would be improved, if there was a way to map custom css style definitions to uBlogsy html elements, from within the Umbraco backoffice, instead of hacking into the ublogsy.css file or the custom .css files of your website.
greetings,
Anthony
Some sort of easy skinning capability is on the list.
What exactly do you have in mind?
Got any examples?
Hi Anthony,
Sorry for my late replay. I have seen examples in DotNetNuke modules - sorry for the DNN-word :) - where there are settings to input style definitions (see screenshot).
As every blog more or less has the same recurring elements (a title, body text, a date, tags, etc ...) I think it would be handy if a user can set the styles for the blog from the properties of a document type rather then hacking into the .css file or the template.
greetings,
Anthony
I don't really see the benifit of defining CSS styles within document types, as it will just make maintenance harder (styles are added, old ones aren't removed, etc.)
Personally I would go for a well defined template or well structured CSS file which contains all items related to uBlogsy and allow you to easily customize it.
In the future you can provide a series of templates, or even have a contest ;-)
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