Oh I see. I agree that learning how other people set up their templates would be very interesting. I'll be interested to see where this project goes.
On Jan 1, 6:27 pm, Will Dampier <judow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree I'll be limiting things. And I don't expect that you'd be > able to download the templates from this website and plug it into your > own without any modification what so ever. The standardization comes > from the limiting of what I actually put in the context-dictionary > when I render the template. > > I hope this will become a resource for people to download templates > that they can "tinker" into their own django programs. I've noticed > that everytime I start a django project I get the views, forms, > models, etc. programmed easily but I stare at a blank editor screen > trying to write the template. If I had a place to go and find a > "slick-looking" template to tinker with I'd be able to do things even > faster. > > I'm hoping to make this into an ideal place for people to demonstrate > the tricks they use in constructing their templates ... stuff like how > they arrange the "blocks", which css items they use, whether they use > lists or tables, how they implement 'nav-bars', etc. > > On Jan 1, 5:12 pm, aditya <bluemangrou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Will, > > Django is much more flexible over template-based systems like > > Wordpress or Tumblr. Wordpress standardizes a lot of things so generic > > templates are easy to make and will work on just about any Wordpress > > installation. It seems to me like to have templates in Django you'd > > have to standardize things somehow...but that would result in loss of > > flexibility. > > > Aditya > > > On Jan 1, 1:06 pm, Will Dampier <judow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > An open call, > > > > This is Will Dampier, I've been an avid python and django programmer for > > > the > > > past two years or so. I've worked on a few in-house django projects and > > > I've been looking for a project to "give-back" to the community. I've > > > always worked on the "programming" side of projects and have only dabbled > > > on > > > the "design" side. Whenever I've started a new project I've scoured the > > > internet for django templates that come complete with css, images, etc. > > > and > > > always come up empty. > > > > So I was thinking of making a "meta"-django project. I could make a site > > > that allows designers to upload django-templates against a well defined > > > set > > > of models, views, forms, etc. Then users could switch between templates > > > and > > > see how more "complex" examples function. This would be useful for > > > designers to advertise their skills and for newbies to get a richer set of > > > functions. Something akin to the CSS Zen Garden. > > > > I'm looking for a collaborator or two ... or even just a few people to > > > pick > > > their brains about some of the details. I have some code in a git-hub > > > repositoryhttp://github.com/JudoWill/DjangoTemplateRepository/andI'vegot > > > about a dozen google-wave invitations if people would like to try > > > collaborating that way. If you wouldn't mind either forwarding this to > > > anyone you think would be interested or posting it on your blog. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Will -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
