I think it would be a good idea to think about the standard layout style of ikiwiki, the current layout used in a standard setup and on ikiwiki.info as well looks a bit old-fashioned to me. I guess that a nice modern layout would attract more new ikiwiki users and boost the ikwiki community... > FWIW, I agree. The actiontabs [[theme|themes]] would be a better default, but something which showed what ikiwiki was capable of (or more precicely: that ikiwiki is as capable as other popular wiki softwares) would be better still. — [[Jon]] >> As an author of plugins that interact with the UI, I think it's good that >> a *minimal* ikiwiki has a minimal anti-theme, and that plugins are >> developed against the anti-theme - it's a "blank slate" for themes. >> [[plugins/contrib/trail]] was much easier to get working in >> the default anti-theme than in actiontabs and blueview. >> >> Technical detail: all the standard themes are done by appending to the >> anti-theme's CSS (albeit in ikiwiki's build system rather than during >> the wiki build), rather than by replacing it - so themes that haven't >> been updated for a new UI element end up using the version of it from >> the anti-theme. [[plugins/Comments]] and [[plugins/contrib/trail]] >> both need some tweaks per-theme to make them integrate nicely, >> but most of the design comes from the anti-theme. >> >> That doesn't necessarily mean the anti-theme should be the one used >> on ikiwiki.info, or used by default in new wikis - from my >> point of view, it'd be fine for either of those to be actiontabs >> or something The important thing is to *have* a "blank slate" anti-theme >> that looks simple but sufficient, as a basis for new styles (either >> [[themes]], or wikis that want their own unique stylesheet), and derive >> the other themes from it. --[[smcv]] > Ikiwiki's minimal theme is not modern. It's postmodern. I like it for the > reasons described here. > " The minimalism sucked you in, it made the web feel like one coherent, > unified thing, unlike the constellation of corporate edifices occupying > much of it today." > > I see an increasing trend back toward these principles, driven partly > by limits of eg, smartphone UI. So I certianly won't be changing the > look of any of my ikiwiki sites, including this one. > > `auto.setup` and `auto-blog.setup` could have different defaults, > or allow a theme to be picked as [Branchable](http://branchable.com/) > does. Perhaps actiontabs for auto-blog and default for wikis? --[[Joey]]