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Example sites/themes to look at somewhere?
Posted by Claus Dahl on

[off topic: Where's the newbie section of the forum? ]

Are there any example sites for the three built in themes and how things are supposed to look when choosing a theme and not doing much else.

The front page for video.demodag.org right now is a little bare, more so, than I was expecting given the theme thumbnail. Maybe I need to do something, or maybe I should just choose a different theme, but I can't really figure that out right now.

Any pointers?

Re: Example sites/themes to look at somewhere?
Posted by Steffen Tiedemann Christensen Team 23 on

With only one channel you could substistute the Video overview block with a Newest video block on the front page. Set it up to show something like 18 thumbnails and show thumbs using the default thumbnail settings for the site.

Now, you've got yourself some content... The standard, small square thumbs are usually not you best option -- so try setting it to use a larger thumb (200px or even larger). You'll need to tweak the number of columns in your Page content configuration after you do this to make the content stay within the lines.

Another good option is to have some explanation on the front page. You've already got some text in the right sidebar, but that can be featured more heavily on the front page on top of the videos.

Then there's the great un-design of demodag.org, which could be reused. Obvious additions would be using full width (#frame {width:98%;} etc) and even dropping the sidebar all-together and having sharing/subscribing/donwloading options below the video player and the content.

Just a few suggestions...

Re: Example sites/themes to look at somewhere?
Posted by Claus Dahl on

Alright, plenty to look at then. I'm definitely working towards demodag.org-style undesign

Re: Example sites/themes to look at somewhere?
Posted by Claus Dahl on

Hmm - kand find the "newest video" block anywhere - if its supposed to be a built in standard. Another thing. The theme backup page indicates there's supposed to be a "share your theme" location somewhere, but the link to that is just back to the backup page.

Re: Example sites/themes to look at somewhere?
Posted by Steffen Tiedemann Christensen Team 23 on

Go to Design -> Layout and add a new block. Here you'll be able to choose from different block types, including one called New videos.

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