[cle-release-team] revised - Re: Help with Skin announcement

[Steve Swinsburg]

I note that in trunk we now have 17 skins. Is the doco that Gonzalo is writing, or some other doco, going to address what all of these mean?
https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn//reference/trunk/library/src/webapp/skin/

I know a lot of them are just examples of what can be done, but it would be nice to have a doc that had screenshots so people didn't have to activate each in turn to see what it did. The neo work added 9 skins btw.

Cheers,
Steve

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On 07/08/2012, at 23:48, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com> wrote:

> I might also mention that these existing skins will not receive any new features/changes in future releases. Otherwise good description. Some more updates needed in wiki.
> 
> On Aug 7, 2012 9:23 AM, "Neal Caidin" <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
> Thanks Seth. To me, that looks like it contains the complete set of information the community would need to know. I now understand the ramifications of the skin change, which I didn't before reading that.
> 
> +1
> 
> Neal
> 
> On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Seth Theriault <slt at columbia.edu> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Neal Caidin
> > <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> >> "Attention: This message is for users of Sakai CLE 2.9 beta releases.   In
> >> beta release 7 (aka b07), an update has been made to the skin, which
> >> significantly improves the look and feel of the Sakai CLE. Older skins will
> >> not be supported and, if possible, you should move to the b07 skin. Please
> >> see
> >> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+portal+changes
> >> for details."
> >
> > I find this statement confusing and a bit wrong.
> >
> > First, the skin changes for 2.9 affect everyone. People using 2.8 and
> > older need to be on notice that WITHOUT a config setting in
> > sakai.properties, their existing skins CANNOT be used in 2.9. Period.
> >
> > Second, for the handful of places using or evaluating 2.9, the
> > "update" here is abandonment of the original NeoPortal skins in favor
> > of the ex-2.10-only skin.
> >
> > I would modify the text to something along the lines of:
> >
> > "The upcoming Sakai CLE 2.9 release includes a major update to the
> > look and feel of the CLE. This update required extensive changes to
> > the existing skinning functionality. *Current skins used in 2.8 and
> > older can be used in 2.9, but a configuration setting must be enabled
> > in sakai.properties for them to function.*
> >
> > In addition, for anyone tracking the 2.9 release and developing or
> > using skins based on the "NeoPortal" skin, recent changes in the beta7
> > release (b07) have eliminated the original design and replaced it with
> > the skin targeted for 2.10. You will need to make changes to your new
> > 2.9 skin based on the b07 release.
> >
> > Please see https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+portal+changes
> > for more details."
> >
> > Seth
> 
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