[#7610] - Visual update for isis
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Let’s drop a few more gradients
Some FACTS:
- Joomla is locked with Bootstrap 2.3.2
- The less files are already touched multiple times
- There’s not gonna be an update for BS 2.3.2
- Joomla 3 is already 3 years old with the same template
With all those facts in mind I tried to drop a few more gradients so the rendered pages resemble a Bootstrap 3 template.
The changes are global since the less files touched here are the bootstrap 2.3.2 files
Changes affect only Isis template, the true impact is that 5 files are duplicated so changes in e.g. bootstrap buttons have to be done in two places, but since bootstrap is NOT gonna have any release for 2.3.x this is only theoretical, in practice we just have some duplicate less files to achieve our goal. Same goes for chosen, also notice that this version of chosen is dropping the png files and using icomoon which is always loaded for Isis...
B/C:
Other than the change in the appearance I don’t see any drawbacks here.
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@brianteeman thanks, should be ok now
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Changing the Bootstrap LESS files will likely not be accepted due to B/C. You would be changing all templates that work from those. And they rightfully expect a Bootstrap 2.3.2 stack there.
The only changes we made to those files were needed to make it compatible with some MooTools stuff.
If you want to update Isis/Protostar, do it in the template folder itself. Don't touch the jui folders.
However I would argue that changing Protostar is not really a good idea as it affects productive sites all over the planet, changing their appearance quite a bit. Not everyone will think it's an improvement.
Isis is fine to change as it affects only administrators, not the public.
@dgt41 The issues I spotted with Isis are resolved.
Completely missed that you had updated protostar as well. I tend to agree with @Bakual on that one.
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Redid this with overrides only for Isis
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I have been using this Isis visual update on a few sites' backend and I quite like it.
One pb though, the dropdown of Modules position doesn't take into account the templates names.
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| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2015-09-21 14:50:36 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | dgt41 |
This is a UX/UI territory so I am gonna close and let them decide.
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| Closed_Date | 2015-09-21 14:50:35 | ⇒ | |
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Color of 'delete icon' (grey, and black on hover) does not match with blue background of button. Grey on blue: low contrast.
I guess this will need some changes in generatecss.php
@infograf768 actually it works great with generatecss.php (all the changes are in the template.less)
Thanks for sharing your work, the JUX team will review and consider this idea.
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| Status | New | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2016-03-11 03:52:38 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | dgt41 |
Spotted quite a few bugs
Drop Down menu items are invisible on hover
Text on Buttons like the Review Messages are unreadable
Toolbar buttons have no border/background (except on hover)
Finally the select boxes look the same as a disabled option