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Some of you may know that we're working on new default themes for Cotonti based on Twitter Bootstrap 3. Our CMS will look differently in one of the following releases.

Admin theme is mostly complete by now, but the following is still TODO:

• Add some required features to Cotonti core.
• Visual facelift.

As for the default site theme, we have the basic templates, but there are more things TODO:

• New logo and colour scheme.
• Unique site header.
• Contents, blocks and plugins udpate to fit current needs.
• Customized design for basic components http://getbootstrap.com/components/.

If we don't do it, every new Cotonti site will look like thousands of other Bootstrap-based sites.

We've asked our friends from http://486made.me to help us with new design stuff. Those guys are not from U.S./E.U., so they can't accept money from Cotonti's PayPal donations account. That's why we've added InterKassa payment method to http://www.cotonti.com/donate. So if you want to support this project, you can donate a small sum using InterKassa and your credit card (don't forget to switch InterKassa language to English).

Our goal is $300-500. We don't have a true Crowdfunding plugin to track progress, so I'll make weekly reports in this topic.

As soon as we have some sketches, we'll show them here. But don't expect anything beyond perfect. We need a new modern and attractive theme, not a pure perfection of all time.

Thanks!

They (486made.me) are based in Praha aka Prague which is in Europe :)
Either way, it's a good initiative.

I don't like Bootstrap because it becomes bloated as soon as you step out of the framework or basic design of the bootstrap CSS's,
having a CSS file that kills in some extent the design produced by Bootstrap, is to me a bad way. I would rather go with a grid system
that isn't carrying any design and from there have the freedom to roam freely.

If you have no idea what i mean, then this might explain it:
- Boostrap.css (All design etc. that bootstrap gives you)
- Yourown.css (Your design that in most cases will be the same as bootstrap but with overrides etc. in order to have it look your way, not like all other bootstrap basic designs)

...not to mention all the JS files needed in order to have it working. Good bye loadtimes!

Looks nice. I like the blocks that still make up the shape of the letter 'C'.

Not entirely sure about the text shadow inset on the main text though, it might potentially be a problem when using the logo on different backgrounds.

I quite like the idea of the coloured (building) blocks as an illustration of Cotonti's modular design.

#38957 esclkm:
Цветные кубики? Виндоус?

Добавлено 2 часа спустя:

Color bricks?3/4 windows?

I think that's a little far-fetched.

@Macik, that link gives 403 forbidden.