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[Justin C Calvarese]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 May 2006 22:42:57 -0500, Justin C Calvarese wrote:
>>> I just changed the template for the whole site to the template that I 
>>> had been trying out with the DocComments pages.
>>>
>>> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?FrontPage
>>>
>>> Does the new template look any better? I can change it back if you 
>>> don't think it's an improvement.
> 
> I agree it's already a big improvement.

Great.

>>> We can make further changes as well. The template system seems to be 
>>> pretty flexible. I think my problem is a lack of imagination.
> 
> My problem is both a lack of imagination and a lack of knowledge of how 
> style sheets, etc., work.

Yeah, style sheets are tricky.

>> Yes it is better. How can 'we' help you further improve the templates?
>> By that I mean, what capabilities are there in the template system? How
>> does it work? etc ...
> 
> Is it the same wiki as drives www.wikipedia.org? I like the look & feel 
> of that site. It's simple and elegant.

No, it's not. Wikipedia runs on MediaWiki, and Wiki4D runs on ProWiki. 
Different wiki software has different strengths and weaknesses. I've 
worked more with ProWiki than any other wiki software, and I've become 
quite biased towards it. I'm not as familiar with MediaWiki. So when I 
try to use Media wiki I always find that I'm trying to get it to accept 
the ProWiki way of doing things and feeling unsatisfied.

> Most of the Digital Mars site is now driven by Ddoc templates and style 
> sheets. I'm open to suggestions for improvements via changing the style 
> sheets and templates.

The Digital Mars website has improved a lot from what it used to look 
like. I think there's still room for improvement, but I think it's in 
much better shape than it used to be.

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jcc7