One of the things I'd like to implement is a social site. After looking around for a while it came down to Pligg and Drigg. I decided to go with Drigg, as it would allow me to use my existing database.
NOTE: This post is not about Drigg as much as its about theming.
One of the problems I have is theming.....I have no Idea how to do the art. So I set off to see if there were any assistance programs out there. That is when I found Artisteer. I decided to see if anyone in the Drupal community has used it and that is when I found this thread.
It looks as if the program is not perfect and has a few problem, so I decided to write Artisteer and ask them about the thread posted above.
This was the reply:
"Hello,
Thank you for your interest in Artisteer.
Yes, our product creates universal Drupal themes that work with both Drupal 5 and Drupal 6.
We've only resolved an issue with Drupal 6.10 (not 6.1 or any other version) and we do work with our customers to resolve any specific problems that they report to us.
A patch will also be available within 1-2 weeks for any issues reported directly to us."
Sounds promising, however if you visit Artisteers drupal forum you'll see support is a bit slow. However once again to their credit....not many posts are in there.
So I decide to download and play with the software. It seems to be straightforward and fairly easy. Within minutes I created a basic new theme.
It's a bummer, its only made for Windows and not Linux :(
I plan on playing with it a bit more to see how well it will work with Naturestechnology.
As you tell Naturestechnology themes are stock and not very original. Currently I don't have the time to learn how to theme and would like something with my own touch. If Artisteer can provide me with that, then maybe Artisteer is just what I'm looking for.
Has anyone out there used it, and what's your thoughts?
If there is anyone out there who would like to help me Develop/Maintain/design Naturestechnology, drop me a line.
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