Hello all,
It’s been a while since I have last made a blog on this site. Well I have
literally got back from CodeGaren07 just now which I blog about in another post
about my experiences.
For those of you who attended CodeGarden07 you may have been aware that I was
due to release a NEW website package to the community and some of you may have
seen glimpses of it during sessions here and there.
When I first started using Umbraco about a year and half ago now, I struggled to
use Umbraco at first as there was no real documentation (but this due to change
- HURRAY for Umbraco Books). So I taught myself anyway possible and one of the
best ways I learnt was downloading and installing the website package and
looking how documents, templates and XSLTs and so on was all used together to
build the website. So this package is aimed more for new people to the umbraco
platform to learn and understand how to build common elements of a website.
The aim for this package is to release it to the community and see what needs to
be improved/fixed/tweaked by feedback I receive from you guys & girls, but where
I would like to see this package going is that people release new CSS for
the website package so that the design and layout can be changed easily. If you
do not know what I mean an excellent exmaple of this is
CSSZenGarden which uses the same HTML structure but a different CSS file to
change the look and feel of the site.
Warren Buckley
is a Creative Web Specialist based in
Leigh on Sea, Essex
,
UK.