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]]
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+>> 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]]
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