Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Sharing and creating HTML and CSS templates
<p>There are a slew of HTML/CSS design sharing template sites out there. What if there was a manifest that defined what they had, and tools could work with that so you could import repositories.That is the vision that Daniel Glazman had when just created the HTML+CSS Templates Manifest 1.0 CC licensed spec.
You would end up with a file that looks like the example:
HTML:
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<templates xmlns="http://disruptive-innovations.com/zoo/templatesManifest/1.0">
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<template shortname="aFarewellToColor">
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<title xml:lang="en">A Farewell to Color</title>
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<description xml:lang="en">
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<p>Remember the early days when the Internet was all black and white,
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this is a throwback to those days. In all seriousness, I made this
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template because it was based on an earlier design that many found
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useful. Plus I've always had a thing for creating designs on the web
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with zero color, I guess it is an 'off the beaten path type deal'.</p>
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<p>I should also mention that this template has some updates (err...
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advantages) over the previous designs... this one uses h1 and h2
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tags in the header for better SEO results, and has new image
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rollovers for the navigation.</p>
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</description>
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<author>Bryant Smith</author>
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<version>1.0</version>
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<!-- the following URL does not exist (yet) -->
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<license>http://bryantsmith.com/template/license.txt</license>
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<website>http://bryantsmith.com/template/</website>
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<support>http://bryantsmith.com/component/option,com_alfcontact/Itemid,55/</support>
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<demo>http://bryantsmith.com/template/afarewelltocolor</demo>
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<thumbnail>http://bryantsmith.com/template/previews/afarewelltocolor.jpg</thumbnail>
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<package>http://bryantsmith.com/template/afarewelltocolor.zip</package>
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<path>index.html</path>
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<size>228275</size>
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<tags>gray,menus</tags>
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<format>xhtml</format>
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<width>750px</width>
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<columns>1</columns>
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<sidebars>0</sidebars>
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<direction>ltr</direction>
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</template>
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</templates>
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And, if you are into design, the OmniGraffle wireframe stencils have been updated!
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Well, I have a better idea. Why not go with HTML+CSS parts / slices that are modularized mini-templates / mini-designs and release them in the favor of interoperability for users to freely create complete templates / designs out of them.