3mension blog » theme http://blog.3mension.com Setting up the 3rd Dimension Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:23:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 New ‘under construction’ template with jQuery http://blog.3mension.com/2010/01/new-under-construction-template-with-jquery/ http://blog.3mension.com/2010/01/new-under-construction-template-with-jquery/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:18:33 +0000 David http://blog.3mension.com/?p=79 You might have noticed that the landing page on 3mension.com now has a brand new template, currently (still) telling you that we’re under construction. It was also my first attempt at adding jQuery functionality to the 3mension website, and I must say I’m quite impressed by the functionality and the ease of the integration. Given that jQuery is standard included in ImpressCMS, I plan to use it much more often in the future.

jQuery

login panel

The new template got some jQuery love. I’m using a script found in a tutorial at web-kreation.com, which gives really exceptional results. I’m working on a theme for 3mension that will incorporate a panel like this. It’s very easy to install, and I think the uses are limitless. I just need to see if it has to be added to the top of the window, or if it can be added to the top of a block in ImpressCMS

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Image fading

Also, I added a fading effect  to the images of the different supported engines. Not that difficult, and it saves loads of space.

ImpressCMS Theme someday

At the moment, this is only a simple web page which I updated to work with the login feature of ImpressCMS, to imitate the ‘site closed’ feature. I’m working on a template that will add these features in ImpressCMS proper. That will mean the jQuery stuff will be available to the entire site, and the Site Closed page will mimic the design of the site theme. At the moment, ImpressCMS developers are discussing a standardisation of the different CSS classes, in order to make it easier to get themes on the platform. I hope this gets a boost and a first version quickly, as this is really needed.

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Some people are subscribing to the announcement list, which is great. All that is also the best motivation to get a first version of the site online as soon as possible for people to try and break it, and to get feedback on the way things are handled and presented.

I have some fairly good idea about the direction I want to choose theme-wise. A first impression is included here. Feel free to comment.

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