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DESIGN
4DRUPAL
PARIS PRESENTORSEPTEMBER 3, 2009 JOHN ALBIN WILKINS ( JOHNALBIN )
MAKING DRUPAL DANCE!TECHNIQUES FOR BEAUTIFUL, CORE-WORTHY DESIGNS
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Drupal 6 Core Themes
Themes
That Suck
Garland
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Drupal 7 Core Themes
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Designers vs. Developers
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Designers and Developers
( This fighting is just a phase. )
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http://webchick.net/node/9
New Community Member Experiences
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Bad Assumptions
“And designers, in most discussions, assume that developers are visually illiterate and uneducated about UX matters. It’s a double-edged sword.” — Jeff Eaton
“In most discussions, developers assume that design proposals are ill-informed … about the complications for the user.” — Bojhan Somers
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Solutions• There is no “Us and Them”.
• Instead of thinking that something is the product of ill-informed decisions, ASK what those decisions were.
• Be patient.
• Be welcoming.
• Improve the usability of the issue queue:http://groups.drupal.org/node/26016
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DESIGN
4DRUPAL
PARIS PRESENTORSEPTEMBER 3, 2009 JOHN ALBIN WILKINS ( JOHNALBIN )
MAKING DRUPAL DANCE!TECHNIQUES FOR BEAUTIFUL, CORE-WORTHY DESIGNS
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Collaboration TechniquesFor making core-worthy themes
• Understand what Designers want
• Find a partner
• Communicating your desires
• The back and forth of the design review tango
• Dealing with missed cues and mis-steps
• After the dance
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Understanding Desire• Designers want to work on interesting design
problems
• Content shapes
• Developers want to work on interesting technical problems
Finding a Partner• groups.drupal.org/d4d
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The Design Review Tango
• Communicate!
• Email is okay. Skype is better! Desktop sharing works best!
Dealing with Missed Cues and Mis-steps
• Apologize!
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After the Dance• Proposing it for inclusion in D7
• Write-up the motivation andcreate a new issue
• Add a link to it from here:“New default theme for D7”http://drupal.org/node/293540
• If it doesn’t go into core,Make it a kick-ass contrib theme!
• And remember… groups.drupal.org/d4d