UI Refactoring progress

[Adrian Crum]

A lot of progress has been made since the last update.

The Webtools and Accounting components have been refactored. One of the
committers re-introduced deprecated styles in the Webtools component (*cough*
Andrew *cough*) so I had to go through it again. Committers - please watch out
for this. Let's not go backwards.

The masthead (header), main navigation bar, and footer have been refactored. The
new HTML markup makes the page layout extremely flexible. For instance, you can
now move the masthead, main navigation, and footer to other locations on the
screen, just by making a few changes to the main style sheet.

If you have been updating your local copy of OFBiz regularly, you probably get
the impression that the main navigation bar is having an identity crisis.
Actually, we're just trying to come up with a style that everyone likes. If
anyone would like to contribute their own style, they are welcome to do so.

I submitted a new style for the project which has gotten some initial positive
feedback - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-918. Go check it out and
vote for it if you like it.

The refactoring effort has made a serious impact on the amount of markup
generated. Pages that used to contain 100 to 200 DIVs now have 12 to 20.

Looking to the future -

I started taking a look at the Order and Product components. They have hundreds
of files and I believe some of them are shared with the eCommerce component. I'm
not sure where to go from here on those two. If I refactor them, then that might
break eCommerce - since its style sheet doesn't contain the new styles.

I'm working on some ideas for a collapsible masthead. It will enable a user to
free up more screen space.

I hope to take a look at the menu widget soon. I'd like to have it support
nested menus - so that we can have fancy cascaded or flyout menus.

-Adrian

[Andrew Zeneski-2]

Very nice work! I  took a look at the patch in JIRA and found it to  
be a very nice improvement! Good job.


Andrew

p.s. Thanks for fixing whatever I did... :0

On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:

> A lot of progress has been made since the last update.
>
> The Webtools and Accounting components have been refactored. One of  
> the committers re-introduced deprecated styles in the Webtools  
> component (*cough* Andrew *cough*) so I had to go through it again.  
> Committers - please watch out for this. Let's not go backwards.
>
> The masthead (header), main navigation bar, and footer have been  
> refactored. The new HTML markup makes the page layout extremely  
> flexible. For instance, you can now move the masthead, main  
> navigation, and footer to other locations on the screen, just by  
> making a few changes to the main style sheet.
>
> If you have been updating your local copy of OFBiz regularly, you  
> probably get the impression that the main navigation bar is having  
> an identity crisis. Actually, we're just trying to come up with a  
> style that everyone likes. If anyone would like to contribute their  
> own style, they are welcome to do so.
>
> I submitted a new style for the project which has gotten some  
> initial positive feedback - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ 
> OFBIZ-918. Go check it out and vote for it if you like it.
>
> The refactoring effort has made a serious impact on the amount of  
> markup generated. Pages that used to contain 100 to 200 DIVs now  
> have 12 to 20.
>
> Looking to the future -
>
> I started taking a look at the Order and Product components. They  
> have hundreds of files and I believe some of them are shared with  
> the eCommerce component. I'm not sure where to go from here on  
> those two. If I refactor them, then that might break eCommerce -  
> since its style sheet doesn't contain the new styles.
>
> I'm working on some ideas for a collapsible masthead. It will  
> enable a user to free up more screen space.
>
> I hope to take a look at the menu widget soon. I'd like to have it  
> support nested menus - so that we can have fancy cascaded or flyout  
> menus.
>
> -Adrian

[Andrew Zeneski-2]

Adrian,

Are the images you included in your JIRA bundle free for use?

Andrew

On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:

> A lot of progress has been made since the last update.
>
> The Webtools and Accounting components have been refactored. One of  
> the committers re-introduced deprecated styles in the Webtools  
> component (*cough* Andrew *cough*) so I had to go through it again.  
> Committers - please watch out for this. Let's not go backwards.
>
> The masthead (header), main navigation bar, and footer have been  
> refactored. The new HTML markup makes the page layout extremely  
> flexible. For instance, you can now move the masthead, main  
> navigation, and footer to other locations on the screen, just by  
> making a few changes to the main style sheet.
>
> If you have been updating your local copy of OFBiz regularly, you  
> probably get the impression that the main navigation bar is having  
> an identity crisis. Actually, we're just trying to come up with a  
> style that everyone likes. If anyone would like to contribute their  
> own style, they are welcome to do so.
>
> I submitted a new style for the project which has gotten some  
> initial positive feedback - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ 
> OFBIZ-918. Go check it out and vote for it if you like it.
>
> The refactoring effort has made a serious impact on the amount of  
> markup generated. Pages that used to contain 100 to 200 DIVs now  
> have 12 to 20.
>
> Looking to the future -
>
> I started taking a look at the Order and Product components. They  
> have hundreds of files and I believe some of them are shared with  
> the eCommerce component. I'm not sure where to go from here on  
> those two. If I refactor them, then that might break eCommerce -  
> since its style sheet doesn't contain the new styles.
>
> I'm working on some ideas for a collapsible masthead. It will  
> enable a user to free up more screen space.
>
> I hope to take a look at the menu widget soon. I'd like to have it  
> support nested menus - so that we can have fancy cascaded or flyout  
> menus.
>
> -Adrian

[Adrian Crum]

Yes, of course. I granted the license to it all.

Andrew Zeneski wrote:

> Adrian,
>
> Are the images you included in your JIRA bundle free for use?
>
> Andrew
>
> On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>
>> A lot of progress has been made since the last update.
>>
>> The Webtools and Accounting components have been refactored. One of  
>> the committers re-introduced deprecated styles in the Webtools  
>> component (*cough* Andrew *cough*) so I had to go through it again.  
>> Committers - please watch out for this. Let's not go backwards.
>>
>> The masthead (header), main navigation bar, and footer have been  
>> refactored. The new HTML markup makes the page layout extremely  
>> flexible. For instance, you can now move the masthead, main  
>> navigation, and footer to other locations on the screen, just by  
>> making a few changes to the main style sheet.
>>
>> If you have been updating your local copy of OFBiz regularly, you  
>> probably get the impression that the main navigation bar is having  an
>> identity crisis. Actually, we're just trying to come up with a  style
>> that everyone likes. If anyone would like to contribute their  own
>> style, they are welcome to do so.
>>
>> I submitted a new style for the project which has gotten some  initial
>> positive feedback - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ OFBIZ-918.
>> Go check it out and vote for it if you like it.
>>
>> The refactoring effort has made a serious impact on the amount of  
>> markup generated. Pages that used to contain 100 to 200 DIVs now  have
>> 12 to 20.
>>
>> Looking to the future -
>>
>> I started taking a look at the Order and Product components. They  
>> have hundreds of files and I believe some of them are shared with  the
>> eCommerce component. I'm not sure where to go from here on  those two.
>> If I refactor them, then that might break eCommerce -  since its style
>> sheet doesn't contain the new styles.
>>
>> I'm working on some ideas for a collapsible masthead. It will  enable
>> a user to free up more screen space.
>>
>> I hope to take a look at the menu widget soon. I'd like to have it  
>> support nested menus - so that we can have fancy cascaded or flyout  
>> menus.
>>
>> -Adrian
>
>

[Andrew Zeneski-2]

Nice job...

Andrew

On Apr 23, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:

> Yes, of course. I granted the license to it all.
>
> Andrew Zeneski wrote:
>
>> Adrian,
>> Are the images you included in your JIRA bundle free for use?
>> Andrew
>> On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>> A lot of progress has been made since the last update.
>>>
>>> The Webtools and Accounting components have been refactored. One  
>>> of  the committers re-introduced deprecated styles in the  
>>> Webtools  component (*cough* Andrew *cough*) so I had to go  
>>> through it again.  Committers - please watch out for this. Let's  
>>> not go backwards.
>>>
>>> The masthead (header), main navigation bar, and footer have been  
>>> refactored. The new HTML markup makes the page layout extremely  
>>> flexible. For instance, you can now move the masthead, main  
>>> navigation, and footer to other locations on the screen, just by  
>>> making a few changes to the main style sheet.
>>>
>>> If you have been updating your local copy of OFBiz regularly,  
>>> you  probably get the impression that the main navigation bar is  
>>> having  an identity crisis. Actually, we're just trying to come  
>>> up with a  style that everyone likes. If anyone would like to  
>>> contribute their  own style, they are welcome to do so.
>>>
>>> I submitted a new style for the project which has gotten some  
>>> initial positive feedback - https://issues.apache.org/jira/ 
>>> browse/ OFBIZ-918. Go check it out and vote for it if you like it.
>>>
>>> The refactoring effort has made a serious impact on the amount  
>>> of  markup generated. Pages that used to contain 100 to 200 DIVs  
>>> now  have 12 to 20.
>>>
>>> Looking to the future -
>>>
>>> I started taking a look at the Order and Product components.  
>>> They  have hundreds of files and I believe some of them are  
>>> shared with  the eCommerce component. I'm not sure where to go  
>>> from here on  those two. If I refactor them, then that might  
>>> break eCommerce -  since its style sheet doesn't contain the new  
>>> styles.
>>>
>>> I'm working on some ideas for a collapsible masthead. It will  
>>> enable a user to free up more screen space.
>>>
>>> I hope to take a look at the menu widget soon. I'd like to have  
>>> it  support nested menus - so that we can have fancy cascaded or  
>>> flyout  menus.
>>>
>>> -Adrian

[Andrew Zeneski-2]

I hit send too fast. Again, nice job, I personally would like to see  
this as the default L&F, is a vote in order for this?

Andrew

On Apr 23, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:

> Yes, of course. I granted the license to it all.
>
> Andrew Zeneski wrote:
>
>> Adrian,
>> Are the images you included in your JIRA bundle free for use?
>> Andrew
>> On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>> A lot of progress has been made since the last update.
>>>
>>> The Webtools and Accounting components have been refactored. One  
>>> of  the committers re-introduced deprecated styles in the  
>>> Webtools  component (*cough* Andrew *cough*) so I had to go  
>>> through it again.  Committers - please watch out for this. Let's  
>>> not go backwards.
>>>
>>> The masthead (header), main navigation bar, and footer have been  
>>> refactored. The new HTML markup makes the page layout extremely  
>>> flexible. For instance, you can now move the masthead, main  
>>> navigation, and footer to other locations on the screen, just by  
>>> making a few changes to the main style sheet.
>>>
>>> If you have been updating your local copy of OFBiz regularly,  
>>> you  probably get the impression that the main navigation bar is  
>>> having  an identity crisis. Actually, we're just trying to come  
>>> up with a  style that everyone likes. If anyone would like to  
>>> contribute their  own style, they are welcome to do so.
>>>
>>> I submitted a new style for the project which has gotten some  
>>> initial positive feedback - https://issues.apache.org/jira/ 
>>> browse/ OFBIZ-918. Go check it out and vote for it if you like it.
>>>
>>> The refactoring effort has made a serious impact on the amount  
>>> of  markup generated. Pages that used to contain 100 to 200 DIVs  
>>> now  have 12 to 20.
>>>
>>> Looking to the future -
>>>
>>> I started taking a look at the Order and Product components.  
>>> They  have hundreds of files and I believe some of them are  
>>> shared with  the eCommerce component. I'm not sure where to go  
>>> from here on  those two. If I refactor them, then that might  
>>> break eCommerce -  since its style sheet doesn't contain the new  
>>> styles.
>>>
>>> I'm working on some ideas for a collapsible masthead. It will  
>>> enable a user to free up more screen space.
>>>
>>> I hope to take a look at the menu widget soon. I'd like to have  
>>> it  support nested menus - so that we can have fancy cascaded or  
>>> flyout  menus.
>>>
>>> -Adrian

[Adrian Crum]

Thanks! Now go place your vote... :p

Andrew Zeneski wrote:

> Nice job...
>
> Andrew
>
> On Apr 23, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>
>> Yes, of course. I granted the license to it all.
>>
>> Andrew Zeneski wrote:
>>
>>> Adrian,
>>> Are the images you included in your JIRA bundle free for use?
>>> Andrew
>>> On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>
>>>> A lot of progress has been made since the last update.
>>>>
>>>> The Webtools and Accounting components have been refactored. One  
>>>> of  the committers re-introduced deprecated styles in the  Webtools  
>>>> component (*cough* Andrew *cough*) so I had to go  through it
>>>> again.  Committers - please watch out for this. Let's  not go
>>>> backwards.
>>>>
>>>> The masthead (header), main navigation bar, and footer have been  
>>>> refactored. The new HTML markup makes the page layout extremely  
>>>> flexible. For instance, you can now move the masthead, main  
>>>> navigation, and footer to other locations on the screen, just by  
>>>> making a few changes to the main style sheet.
>>>>
>>>> If you have been updating your local copy of OFBiz regularly,  you  
>>>> probably get the impression that the main navigation bar is  having  
>>>> an identity crisis. Actually, we're just trying to come  up with a  
>>>> style that everyone likes. If anyone would like to  contribute
>>>> their  own style, they are welcome to do so.
>>>>
>>>> I submitted a new style for the project which has gotten some  
>>>> initial positive feedback - https://issues.apache.org/jira/ browse/
>>>> OFBIZ-918. Go check it out and vote for it if you like it.
>>>>
>>>> The refactoring effort has made a serious impact on the amount  of  
>>>> markup generated. Pages that used to contain 100 to 200 DIVs  now  
>>>> have 12 to 20.
>>>>
>>>> Looking to the future -
>>>>
>>>> I started taking a look at the Order and Product components.  They  
>>>> have hundreds of files and I believe some of them are  shared with  
>>>> the eCommerce component. I'm not sure where to go  from here on  
>>>> those two. If I refactor them, then that might  break eCommerce -  
>>>> since its style sheet doesn't contain the new  styles.
>>>>
>>>> I'm working on some ideas for a collapsible masthead. It will  
>>>> enable a user to free up more screen space.
>>>>
>>>> I hope to take a look at the menu widget soon. I'd like to have  it  
>>>> support nested menus - so that we can have fancy cascaded or  
>>>> flyout  menus.
>>>>
>>>> -Adrian
>
>