krisbulman/aether — Issue #14: draw the line between starterkit and theme
Author: krisbulman
Created: 2011-12-01 20:13:51+00:00
State: open

At some point, beyond some base styles like tabs, buttons, link colors, the theme will become more than just a starterkit and into the realm of a theme.

The idea i have with this, is that it should look good & function well out of the box. That means all common elements a designer perhaps forgets to theme, like tabs, secondary tabs, tables, hr lines, breadcrumbs, etc. should all have a clean looking style.

However, the theme must remain bare enough that you can extend it to work with any design, without having to pull anything out just to design it.. rather, use existing code and change color values, padding, or perhaps a mixin that accept arguments to manipulate the style to match the design.

thoughts? suggestions?

I don't think we're going to get there unless we start using the theme in our own projects, and provide input/code to improve it based on your theming experience.