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20040521 Friday May 21, 2004

New JSPWiki Template - Springtime I put together a new JSPWiki template this week - and I'm calling it "springtime" for now. I don't mean to reference "Spring" as in the Spring Framework, but rather Spring as in a fresh, crisp look. A lot of the styles I actually took from my Struts Resume stylesheet. For a demo, I've replicated my current wiki onto my demo server and changed the template to springtime. Whaddya think? Do you like it better than the "Redman" template I'm currently using?

Feel free to download either of these templates: Redman · Springtime Posted in Java at May 21 2004, 06:04:17 AM MDT 3 Comments

Comments:

I vote for Redman. They're both clean. I just prefer nav-bars on the left. Erik

Posted by Erik on May 21, 2004 at 07:12 AM MDT #

I still like left-side menus/TOC better, including the gray box. But I like the green links better than the red. Don't care for the brass-colored headers in the gray background as it's harder to read and they don't stand out, which is what they're supposed to do -- stick with black text (or blue?). Also, just noticed that Springtime has no padding between main page content and the side menu, and one letter is actually touching the line in my view. White space is as important in dividing things up and keeping flow going as lines/boxes are.

Overall I like Redman better. I thnk a "Greenman" would look a little better, though. Red has some negative connotations in many cultures (American included) that make it a poor choice, especially if there's LOTS of red, which some of the pages in the wiki have lots and lots of links, so the page looks really red.

That reminds me, one thing I do like about the Springtime template is the links and the little arrows aren't the same color, which makes it easier to identify which links go off-site and which ones stay put.

Posted by gerryg on May 21, 2004 at 08:21 AM MDT #

The color for the visited links is barely distinguishable from the unvisited links. It would be nice if they were contrasting colors, or at least different enough so that the difference is obvious.

Posted by Ken Liu on May 25, 2004 at 03:49 PM MDT #

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