RE: RE: [hobbit] Xymon Themes

[Christopher Garrett <ctg24 (at) admin.cam.ac.uk>]

I've now added cg_theme to the Addons section.  Feedback is appreciated!

Chris Garrett
UNIX Administrator
MISD Operations Group, University of Cambridge
01223-(7)66687

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Galen Johnson [mailto:Galen.Johnson (at) sas.com]
> Sent: 12 November 2008 14:54
> To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Xymon Themes
>
> That's easy...just create an account and add a new page...it might be a
> good fit on the "Add-ons" page or "Tutorials"...actually, a "How do I
> customize the Xymon Theme?" might be a good tutorial there.
>
> =G=
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Garrett [mailto:ctg24 (at) admin.cam.ac.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:52 AM
> To: 'hobbit (at) hswn.dk'
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Xymon Themes
>
> Hi Thomas
>
> I've actually changed a heck of a lot of files within hobbit to achieve
> this look (headers, footers, some of the scripts that generate web pages)
> in order to make more consistent use of CSS, so it is not upgrade-friendly
> at all unfortunately.  I consider it a little bit hacky.
>
> However, I can certainly try to get a collection of files together for
> people to look at on The Shire.  I would imagine it would only work with
> version 4.2.0.
>
> How should I go about getting the files onto the Shire?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Chris.
>
> Chris Garrett
> UNIX Administrator
> MISD Operations Group, University of Cambridge
> 01223-(7)66687
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Séglard [mailto:tsg (at) bluekiwi-software.com]
> > Sent: 12 November 2008 09:23
> > To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Xymon Themes
> >
> > Hi Christopher !
> >
> > I really like your theme. As you said, it's really clear and simple. Any
> > chance you share with us your material to build it ? Maybe you can post
> > it to the Shire (if you want, of course) ? I also second you when you
> > asked for a more themer-friendly version of Xymon !
> > Best regards,
> >
> > ThomaS
> >
> >
> > Christopher Garrett a écrit :
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > If a new theme is being considered, as well as a logo, I'd like you to
> > see what our current hobbit installation looks like (see attached).  I
> > like the fact that the display is clear at a distance on the default
> > hobbit look - the black background really makes things stand out more
> than
> > a white background - so I haven't changed that aspect of it.  I've just
> > changed the icons and the layout somewhat.
> > >
> > > The black background lends hobbit a different feel to its competitors
> > out there at the moment (big sister, nagios etc) and (I think) makes the
> > display clearer - I would be keen to retain that.
> > >
> > > Also (and I think someone else has mentioned this) please consider
> > colour blindness in any new theme.  Two of my fellow sysadmins are red-
> > green colour blind. The current default is good because it uses
> saturated
> > colours and animated/shaped icons despite its basis on red, green and
> > yellow.
> > >
> > > Finally, I would like to mention that it would be really really nice
> if
> > a future version of hobbit made more use of CSS and was a little more
> > themer-friendly.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Chris.
> > >
> > >
> > >> I put some info about Xymon Themes that  I know on
> > hobbitmon/sandbox/themes
> > >> http://hobbitmon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/hobbitmon/sandbox/themes/
> > >> tj
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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