http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:54:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/28/a-step-out-of-the-box-theme/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/28/a-step-out-of-the-box-theme/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:30:55 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=370 I thought most of what I have seen with Elgg 1.0 themes, including my own, seemed boxy. Not that this is bad, but I thought it was time for variation. This theme, Step Out of the Box, uses graphic elements as backgrounds introduce a rounded upper left hand corner. It returns Spotlight to the default [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/28/a-step-out-of-the-box-theme/feed/ 5 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/26/image-elements-in-elgg-10-themes/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/26/image-elements-in-elgg-10-themes/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:52:51 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=353 In addition to CSS, Elgg 1.0 themes use images to enhance their appearance. The default Elgg theme contains several graphic elements. Sometimes it can be a little tricky finding and changing these images. As usual,the FireFox Web Developer is a great tool. You’ll also need an html text editor, an ftp client, and image editing [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/26/image-elements-in-elgg-10-themes/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/05/great-elgg-10-plugins-trickling-in/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/05/great-elgg-10-plugins-trickling-in/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:29:14 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=292 Some early users were disappointed by the lack of features upon Elgg 1.0′s release. What they didn’t realize is that the new Elgg was designed as an extensible core engine to drive plugins and interact with other social platforms. Elgg 1.0 developers are starting to release plugins that extend the basic Elgg 1.0. What has [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/09/05/great-elgg-10-plugins-trickling-in/feed/ 18 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/25/creating-elgg-10-themes/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/25/creating-elgg-10-themes/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:14:34 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=240 Elgg developer Ben Werdmuller gave a very quick overview on how to create an Elgg 1.0 theme as a plugin. This approach has the advantage of leaving the core code intact. It is also handy because using the plugin system makes it easy to enable and disable themes within the Tool Administration interface. The first [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/25/creating-elgg-10-themes/feed/ 18 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/18/hacking-an-elgg-10-theme/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/18/hacking-an-elgg-10-theme/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:35:04 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=213 Now that Elgg 1.0 is released, administrators may want to distinguish their site for all the other installations. As of this writing, there are no Elgg1.0 themes available nor has the Elgg Documentation Wiki yet been updated with instructions on theme development. There are some quick and easy ways to significantly change the appearance of [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/08/18/hacking-an-elgg-10-theme/feed/ 13