[Futurosity]

Upstart Blogger Tutor Lite is my new bare bones template, designed to be a kind of template template—a good starting place for experienced Pliggers who want to simplify the task of customization, and a test bed for Pligg newbies who want to learn Pligg.

It has a minimalist layout, few graphics, and code that is (well, will be) simplified and stripped of extraneous tags. If there’s interest, it may eventually even come in two flavors: Lite and Annotated. The annotated version would include explanations and guidance directly in the template files, to help new users decipher Pligg’s sometimes maddeningly obscure code.

I think of it is The Missing Template. Wouldn't it be great if Pligg came packaged with a stripped-down template that made it easier for people to find their way around?

Warning: This template is definitely a work in progress. Ported from yget, I still have a lot of work to do to pare down the code to the ideal I’ve outlined above. I’m releasing it now because there’s been some interest on the Pligg Forum for a simple template. I don’t think you’ll find a simpler template than Upstart Blogger Tutor Lite.

Please let me know if my idea for a stripped-down, annotated template is of interest, or if I'm wasting my time and should put my energy into more heavily designed templates.

Grab the Upstart Blogger Tutor Lite template here. Be sure to read the post (you can view a preview there).

The template is completely free. Do as you like with it, but please keep the footer link to Upstart Blogger to avoid bad karma and insomnia.

[kbeeveer46]

I think a lot of people will be interest in this. Thanks for the contribution.

[jitgos]

haha I'm creating the same thing.

[Futurosity]

Originally Posted by jitgos

haha I'm creating the same thing.

Great minds think alike!

Maybe we should chat and share ideas so we don't just duplicate each other's efforts?

[richrf]

I think this is an excellent idea. Thanks. I may be trying out Pligg in the next few weeks and I am sure this would be the place I will start.

Rich

[PurpleCow]

This is an interesting template. I'd love to sue it.

What version of Pligg is it currently functional on?
Any dates on completion for this?

Thanks

[Futurosity]

Originally Posted by PurpleCow

This is an interesting template. I'd love to sue it.

What version of Pligg is it currently functional on?
Any dates on completion for this?

Thanks

The template is designed for Pligg beta 9.1.

No dates for completion. It's an ongoing project. I'll work on it as time allows and depending on how much interest there is in it. It's functional now, but I plan to simplify it even more and possibly add an annotated version.

[PurpleCow]

URLmethod2 is a little broken for title links and also discuss links.

Thanks

[Futurosity]

Originally Posted by PurpleCow

URLmethod2 is a little broken for title links and also discuss links.

Thanks

URL method shouldn't have anything to do with the template itself. It could be something in your .htaccess file.

[rebelboy]

Thanks for this great template!
But in IE6 and Maxthon,"tell a friend" link is not working,it gives a script error.
Do you have any solution?
Thanks in advance.

(Edit..and profile menu,does not have ["View god's RSS feed ","View my friends","View people who've added me as a friend"] functions.

i know its not yet finished,but just want to let you know these problems.