NYCPHP Meetup

[Alberto dos Santos]

I work regularly with a designer and he does the basic port of his design to
the Joomla Template(I taught him and now he knows it better than I do) and I
just polish the ends and TADA!

Cheers

On 24/07/06, Ryan W. Ozimek <cozimek at picnet.net> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I think that what Mitch provided below is great to note, and additionally,
> I
> think we've been more successful working with designers that have actually
> used Joomla, even on the periphery or partially.  The reason is that when
> they're building module-like entities in their designs, they can think
> about
> building it out in such a way that allows you as a developer and admin to
> more effectively manage the modules on your template.
>
> After a go at using Joomla, most designers can understand the ability to
> be
> flexible that modules have, and breakout their designs accordingly.
>
> Best,
> Ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:
> joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
> On Behalf Of Mitch Pirtle
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 6:48 PM
> To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla
> Subject: Re: [joomla] Joomla and working with web graphic designers.
>
> On 7/23/06, David A. Roth <rothmail at comcast.net> wrote:
> > The more I learn about Joomla, the more I like it.
>
> Smart man.
>
> > Would it be considered reasonable to expect a web graphic designer to
> > prepare their designs as a template in Joomla? I'm asking because I
> > don't know how many designers are familiar with Joomla yet. Also, how
> > much effort would it take for an experienced designer to learn Joomla
> > to complete their design in a Joomla template? Thanks!
>
> www.joomlasolutions.com used to have a DreamWeaver extension so you could
> output your design as a template file. Not sure if it is still actively
> maintained, but you might want to check that out.
>
> If the designers had access to something like that, then it would be
> reasonable to ask them to take that step. However, you still need a little
> PHP knowledge in order to create templates by hand, and that may be asking
> too much from a graphic designer. I suppose it ultimately depends on the
> skills of your designer.
>
> -- Mitch
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-- 
Alberto dos Santos
Consultor em TI
IT Consultant

http://www.yournway.com
A internet à sua maneira.
The Internet your own way.
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