Elgg 1.0: Blue Gneiss Theme

A brighter variation that I considered can be had by changing blue_gneiss_theme/views/default/css.php:

/* ***************************************
PAGE LAYOUT – MAIN STRUCTURE
*************************************** */
#page_container {
margin:0;
padding:0;
background: #6fa1b2;

to:

/* ***************************************
PAGE LAYOUT – MAIN STRUCTURE
*************************************** */
#page_container {
margin:0;
padding:0;
background: #0588BC;

It’s great to see that it works. You give me too much credit though. I just edited the existing css.

I understand what you mean about relative vs absolute. That is a direction that I will explore as it makes sense.

Ah–now it is clear what you mean. I see it too.

I believe it is also may be responsible for some of the mysterious mod_secure messages I am getting.

No promises (school starts tomorrow), but I’ll look into it!

One solution is to eliminate the option to collapse Spotlight:

In mod/blue_gneiss_theme/views/default/page_elements/spotlight.php

Delete:

< ?php

$closed = false;
if ($_SESSION['user'] instanceof ElggUser) {
if ($_SESSION['user']->spotlightclosed) {

$closed = false;

}
}
if ($closed) {
?>
action/user/spotlight?closed=false’)”>+
< ?php
} else {
?>
action/user/spotlight?closed=true’)”>-
< ?php

}

?>

I don’t think that a collapsible spotlight for non users is important.

Still, I would like a more elegant solution.

It will be distributed this way the next time I pack it up unless somebody finds something better.

@ rbryn Sorry about the frustration that must have caused. I encountered the same thing with another plugin yesterday. The only thing that brought the site back was manually delete the plugin via file transfer protocol.

If you have not done so yet, deleting the theme should bring your site back.

It is most likely an incompatibility with your server settings (as was the case with me). Rather puzzling though as this theme represents so little departure for the core theme. It’s not like it introduces anything new to the mix other than a few hacks to the css, 3 images, and small changes to the footer, spotlight, and pageshells.

The only thing I can think that may cause this are the changes to:

blue_gneiss_theme/views/default/pageshells/pageshell.php

or to:

mod/blue_gneiss_theme/views/default/page_elements/spotlight.php

If you like, you could replace those with copies from the core and see if that fixes things using a process of elimination.

Ultimately though, it is fairly likely that real culprit are server settings outside of the recommended configuration.

I know mine is outside of recommendations as it is a suPHP server. With the exception of one plugin–everything has worked fine, although I will not be shocked if I see more glitches in the future.

If you need more assistance, let me know.

Hi Pete–

I am not able to reproduce this and looking at other sites using the theme indicates that it is working for others.

You might try substituting the core elgg/views/default/pageshells/pageshell.php for the one in the theme. It will alter the way spotlight is displayed, but otherwise, all the rest of the theme should remain intact.

Let me know if that impacts anything.