[add-art dev] ok, wordpress it is then

Fri Jun 5 17:05:42 PDT 2009

Sandbox has not been updated since WP 2.6.0 and Scott Wallick, the guy 
running it has basically decided to not do it anymore and offered to 
sell the domain: 
http://scottwallick.com/blog/2009/01/on-selling-something-i-sort-of-own/

Thematic is in a way a continuation of Sandbox and actually uses the 
same code for the extensive semantic CSS hooks. I am not sure it 
supports as many microformats as Sandbox, but it is recommended 
<http://microformats.org/wiki/wordpress-themes> in the Microformats site.

I am still a big fan of Sandbox, but it seems the energies and support 
behind Thematic are currently the more sustainable/forward-looking option.

cheers,

Mushon Zer-Aviv | ע Shual.com <http://www.shual.com> - design studio |§ 
ShiftSpace.org <http://www.ShiftSpace.org> - an opensource layer above 
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Matt Katz wrote:

> Sandbox is discontinued?  It doesn't seem to be on either plaintxt 
> <http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/sandbox/> or the project homepage 
> <http://code.google.com/p/sandbox-theme/>.  You sure?
>
> I still dig it as it it implements lots of sexy microformats 
> <http://microformats.org>out of the box and is stylable through css 
> alone. 
>
> I have no experience with Thematic, it might be god's special child, 
> just saying I'm not sure sandbox is in a cave with a stone in front.
>
> And I'm willing to come to a pizza party sometime soon.  I've got some 
> wordpress experience if there is any help needed.  If not I could set 
> aside some time to re-dig into getting federation done.  It's itching 
> me that we still can only distribute from add-art.org
>
>  
>
> On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:06:15 -0400, Mushon Zer-Aviv <mushon at shual.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     If you're starting a theme from scratch you might want to look at
>     Thematic <http://themeshaper.com/thematic/>, it's a pretty
>     powerful framework theme - which means you extend it through a
>     child theme which allow the parent theme to get updates (when WP
>     updates for example) without having to rebuild the whole theme. It
>     also has some pretty accessible hooks to only modify what you need
>     (through the functions.php file) and it makes the whole
>     development process much more streamlined and simple. They also
>     have decent documentation there too. I definitely intend to use it
>     (instead of the discontinued Sandbox) as my base theme from now on.
>
>      
>
>     Let me know if you're going for it.
>
>     Mushon Zer-Aviv | ע Shual.com <http://www.shual.com> - design
>     studio |§ ShiftSpace.org <http://www.ShiftSpace.org> - an
>     opensource layer above any website | +  1-646-283-6057
>
>
>
>     Greg Leuch wrote:
>
>         i'm still up for making the site pretty and cranking out a
>         template. is there someone who is/will be managing the site?
>
>
>
>         Greg Leuch
>         Creative + User Interaction
>         contact at gleuch.com <mailto:contact at gleuch.com>
>         http://www.gleuch.com
>
>         On Jun 5, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Steve Lambert wrote:
>
>             Sounds like we're switching.  Greg, you still up for
>             implementing one of your designs?
>
>             Anyone else interested in developing the site?
>
>             Time for an old fashioned pizza party?
>
>
>             Also, 0.8.3 went out today with small changes for the new FF.
>
>             Steve
>
>             --
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