[cle-release-team] Help with Skin announcement

[Steve Swinsburg]

Is that property value correct? I thought it tied in with the directory here:
https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn//portal/branches/portal-2.9.x/portal-render-engine-impl/pack/src/webapp/vm/

So it would be default skin. At least that is what I used a couple of months ago, unless it changed?

Cheers,
Steve

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On 07/08/2012, at 6:02, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com> wrote:

> Here was the write-up I started:
> 
> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+portal+changes 
> 
> To use the pre 2.9 skins you can use 
> 
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> portal.templates=classicskin
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> 
> 
> 
> All new skins are prefixed by default "neo-" all old skins have no prefix. Any 2.9 skins that were used prior to 2.9.0-b07 are unsupported and probably don't work.
> 
> I think there's 3 pieces of information here for Skins.
> 
> - Sakai had a standard look for the past couple of years and the standard skins have essentially been unchanged from 2.0->2.9.
> - For the first few betas over the last year of 2.9 there was a set of skins (early-neo, 2.9) these skins didn't really look that good (anymore) and had some bugs which were hard to fix.  Anyone who started using 2.9 with these is really out of luck. They can continue using them, but we've deleted all of them and don't test anything with them.
> - For trunk and betas 2.9.0-b07 and afterward theres a new set of skins (current-neo, 2.10, dos.equis) which have a different look. 
> 
> We were also wondering if we could call them something different. :)
> 
> For the Why, look at this slideshow, maybe Dr. Dhuck has a more updated list of reasons, but I think the ones in here are still good.
> 
> http://www.slideshare.net/csev/sakai-29-and-sakai-210-portal-and-plans
> 
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Neal Caidin <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> At the last CLE meeting, we discussed the need to announce a replacement skin for CLE 2.9 .
> 
> I don't know the particulars but I think the key points of the message are:
> 
> * The default portal skin for 2.9 has changed.
> * Instructions or pointer to instructions to run your legacy skin are ……..
> * The benefits of the new skin are an improved look and feel because …..
> 
> 
> Are those the main points, correctly worded? Can anybody provide details for how legacy skins can be run (or put on Confluence so we can point to it)? Can you provide two or three key changes of the new skin compared to the old?
> 
> Thanks,
> Neal Caidin
> 
> CLE Community Coordinator
> 
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