UI Refactoring progress

[Adrian Crum]

Only a few (but significant) changes have been made during the last month.

OFBiz has a new look in the back office applications. Many thanks to everyone who voted for and
commented on the new style, and thanks to Jacopo for getting it committed.

As soon as the new style was committed, Andrew Zeneski went right to work refactoring the Order
component to take advantage of it. There are still a few Order component screens that need updating.

I put forth a RFC email asking for comment on simplifying the layout of the outermost HTML elements.
So far Jacopo is the only one who has responded. Since there haven't been any objections, I'll get a
patch submitted soon.

A patch has been submitted to help advance the RTL layout effort -
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-998.

Looking to the future -

I would like to start removing unused styles from the maincss.css file. Once it is scaled down a
bit, we can create a RTL version of it so that OFBiz can support RTL layout OOTB.

I will be ramping down my involvement with the UI refactoring effort. Enough work has been done that
any one of the developers can continue the effort by using the refactored components as a guide. I
will continue to help troubleshoot UI issues and answer questions and such, but I won't be making
any more broad, sweeping changes. I will also continue to refactor screens here and there as I come
across them.

Looking back over the last five months, it is inspiring to see how much progress has been made.
Beginning around the middle of January 2007, the UI refactoring effort has produced the following:

   Formulated CSS/HTML Best Practices
   Consolidated the style sheets
   Reduced the amount of code in the main style sheet
   UI was made scalable
   Default styles for widgets - reducing XML code
   New styles for recurring HTML element compounds - reducing HTML markup
   A new look (the gradients style)

All of this was accomplished by a great team of developers who devoted a lot of time to the work.
Thanks again everyone!

-Adrian

[cjhowe]

Adrian,
Thank you VERY much for the amount of time and effort you put into this
area and for spearheading the effort!!!  It has greatly simplified that
area of the project and made it immensely more flexible and easier to
work with.

-Chris
--- Adrian Crum <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Only a few (but significant) changes have been made during the last
> month.
>
> OFBiz has a new look in the back office applications. Many thanks to
> everyone who voted for and
> commented on the new style, and thanks to Jacopo for getting it
> committed.
>
> As soon as the new style was committed, Andrew Zeneski went right to
> work refactoring the Order
> component to take advantage of it. There are still a few Order
> component screens that need updating.
>
> I put forth a RFC email asking for comment on simplifying the layout
> of the outermost HTML elements.
> So far Jacopo is the only one who has responded. Since there haven't
> been any objections, I'll get a
> patch submitted soon.
>
> A patch has been submitted to help advance the RTL layout effort -
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-998.
>
> Looking to the future -
>
> I would like to start removing unused styles from the maincss.css
> file. Once it is scaled down a
> bit, we can create a RTL version of it so that OFBiz can support RTL
> layout OOTB.
>
> I will be ramping down my involvement with the UI refactoring effort.
> Enough work has been done that
> any one of the developers can continue the effort by using the
> refactored components as a guide. I
> will continue to help troubleshoot UI issues and answer questions and
> such, but I won't be making
> any more broad, sweeping changes. I will also continue to refactor
> screens here and there as I come
> across them.
>
> Looking back over the last five months, it is inspiring to see how
> much progress has been made.
> Beginning around the middle of January 2007, the UI refactoring
> effort has produced the following:
>
>    Formulated CSS/HTML Best Practices
>    Consolidated the style sheets
>    Reduced the amount of code in the main style sheet
>    UI was made scalable
>    Default styles for widgets - reducing XML code
>    New styles for recurring HTML element compounds - reducing HTML
> markup
>    A new look (the gradients style)
>
> All of this was accomplished by a great team of developers who
> devoted a lot of time to the work.
> Thanks again everyone!
>
> -Adrian
>
>

[Tim Ruppert]

+1

Cheers,

Tim

--

Tim Ruppert

HotWax Media

http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

o:801.649.6594

f:801.649.6595

On Jun 1, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Chris Howe wrote:

Adrian,

Thank you VERY much for the amount of time and effort you put into this

area and for spearheading the effort!!!  It has greatly simplified that

area of the project and made it immensely more flexible and easier to

work with. 

-Chris

--- Adrian Crum <[hidden email]> wrote:

Only a few (but significant) changes have been made during the last

month.

OFBiz has a new look in the back office applications. Many thanks to

everyone who voted for and 

commented on the new style, and thanks to Jacopo for getting it

committed.

As soon as the new style was committed, Andrew Zeneski went right to

work refactoring the Order 

component to take advantage of it. There are still a few Order

component screens that need updating.

I put forth a RFC email asking for comment on simplifying the layout

of the outermost HTML elements. 

So far Jacopo is the only one who has responded. Since there haven't

been any objections, I'll get a 

patch submitted soon.

A patch has been submitted to help advance the RTL layout effort - 

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-998.

Looking to the future -

I would like to start removing unused styles from the maincss.css

file. Once it is scaled down a 

bit, we can create a RTL version of it so that OFBiz can support RTL

layout OOTB.

I will be ramping down my involvement with the UI refactoring effort.

Enough work has been done that 

any one of the developers can continue the effort by using the

refactored components as a guide. I 

will continue to help troubleshoot UI issues and answer questions and

such, but I won't be making 

any more broad, sweeping changes. I will also continue to refactor

screens here and there as I come 

across them.

Looking back over the last five months, it is inspiring to see how

much progress has been made. 

Beginning around the middle of January 2007, the UI refactoring

effort has produced the following:

   Formulated CSS/HTML Best Practices

   Consolidated the style sheets

   Reduced the amount of code in the main style sheet

   UI was made scalable

   Default styles for widgets - reducing XML code

   New styles for recurring HTML element compounds - reducing HTML

markup

   A new look (the gradients style)

All of this was accomplished by a great team of developers who

devoted a lot of time to the work. 

Thanks again everyone!

-Adrian

[Jacques Le Roux]

Yes, thank you Adrian for all the good work done !

Jacques
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  Cheers,
  Tim
  --
  Tim Ruppert
  HotWax Media
  http://www.hotwaxmedia.com


  o:801.649.6594
  f:801.649.6595




  On Jun 1, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Chris Howe wrote:


    Adrian,
    Thank you VERY much for the amount of time and effort you put into this
    area and for spearheading the effort!!!  It has greatly simplified that
    area of the project and made it immensely more flexible and easier to
    work with.


    -Chris
    --- Adrian Crum <[hidden email]> wrote:


      Only a few (but significant) changes have been made during the last
      month.


      OFBiz has a new look in the back office applications. Many thanks to
      everyone who voted for and
      commented on the new style, and thanks to Jacopo for getting it
      committed.


      As soon as the new style was committed, Andrew Zeneski went right to
      work refactoring the Order
      component to take advantage of it. There are still a few Order
      component screens that need updating.


      I put forth a RFC email asking for comment on simplifying the layout
      of the outermost HTML elements.
      So far Jacopo is the only one who has responded. Since there haven't
      been any objections, I'll get a
      patch submitted soon.


      A patch has been submitted to help advance the RTL layout effort -
      https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-998.


      Looking to the future -


      I would like to start removing unused styles from the maincss.css
      file. Once it is scaled down a
      bit, we can create a RTL version of it so that OFBiz can support RTL
      layout OOTB.


      I will be ramping down my involvement with the UI refactoring effort.
      Enough work has been done that
      any one of the developers can continue the effort by using the
      refactored components as a guide. I
      will continue to help troubleshoot UI issues and answer questions and
      such, but I won't be making
      any more broad, sweeping changes. I will also continue to refactor
      screens here and there as I come
      across them.


      Looking back over the last five months, it is inspiring to see how
      much progress has been made.
      Beginning around the middle of January 2007, the UI refactoring
      effort has produced the following:


         Formulated CSS/HTML Best Practices
         Consolidated the style sheets
         Reduced the amount of code in the main style sheet
         UI was made scalable
         Default styles for widgets - reducing XML code
         New styles for recurring HTML element compounds - reducing HTML
      markup
         A new look (the gradients style)


      All of this was accomplished by a great team of developers who
      devoted a lot of time to the work.
      Thanks again everyone!


      -Adrian