[pmwiki-devel] SkinTest page for developers

[Petko Yotov]

I reverted the tables on your compact page.

While I understand you want to have a compact test page, I need to 
easily see many or most PmWiki features in the tested skin, without 
downloading it, reviewing it and installing it on my server. Not as a 
skin developer, but as a PmWiki administrator/webmaster who is shopping 
for a skin for his wiki. I don't need to evaluate the skin "quickly" but 
"extensively" in order to waste less time.

Your SkinTestAssortment page is a good start in that direction 
(thanks!), so for the moment I linked to it from the SkinsHeader page.

I disagree with the "curated" list of skins, I don't believe a skin is 
more important than the others to require more advertisement -- 
selecting and enforcing only a few skins in the test pages may 
discourage developers of new skins.

Petko

On 2016-08-30 03:46, H. Fox wrote:
> This is just a note to point out that the SkinTest-Compact page has
> drifted away from one of its original intended purposes.
> 
> When I created that page it was intentionally a very compact page. The
> content fit into a typical 1024x768 screen's browser viewport (size
> varies from OS to OS and browser to browser).  Right now it won't fit
> in the viewport on my 1920x1200 screen.
> 
> There were two reasons:
> 
>   1) It could be used for compatibility testing in BrowserCam.
>   2) It could be used to quickly and conveniently evaluate skins.
> 
> Reason #1 may not be necessary any more. The content should probably
> fit into a 1366x768 screen's viewport though.
> 
> Reason #2, however, is still valid. A visitor who's unfamiliar with
> PmWiki should be able to evaluate skins in a user-friendly manner.
> 
> I have in mind someone who's considering trying PmWiki for the first
> time. Attention spans are even shorter now than they were then! :-)
> 
> Back then I created a different page for skin development at
> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Test/SkinTestAssortment .
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> I just created a Skins/SkinTest page that could provide something in
> the middle. Right now it (:include:)s the SkinTest-Compact page.
> Additional markup -- tables and such -- can be added below the Compact
> page's content.
> 
> This would allow the Compact page to revert to something more suitable
> for someone who's unfamiliar with PmWiki, in particular someone who's
> evaluating whether to try PmWiki for the first time.
> 
> Hagan
> 
> p.s: The list of skin links was a curated list, for reason #2.
>