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  • advatera replied on the discussion topic "Mail members" not working (part of `group_tools` plugin)
    Hi David, I see the same issue - how did you resolve it? Kind regards, Volker view reply
  • advatera replied on the discussion topic Modern UI and good user experience
    Ismayil Khayredinov sounds good. Though I think all the improvements should be part of the core and of the standard delivered theme. Also to convince newcomers that it is an fresh, modern and easy to use product with a great history and great dev... view reply
  • advatera replied on the discussion topic Modern UI and good user experience
    RvR, that it is a framework needs to mean that it comes in dated look and feel and inconsistent UI and UX? Don't think so. It puts a unnecessary hurdle on all Elgg users, as they then themselve have to repair ux problems all on their own instead... view reply
  • advatera replied on the discussion topic Modern UI and good user experience
    @Tom https://my.advatera.com/ is solely running on Elgg. You might have accidentially checked out www.advatera.com which is running on Wordpress. Cheers view reply
  • advatera added a new discussion topic Modern UI and good user experience in the group General Discussion
    Hi all, my organization is an Elgg user over years now (https://my.advatera.com). We are a community for digital, marketing and communication managers. The big struggle for me is, that Elgg does not offer a modern and most importantly easy to...
    • Elgg can and will grow further. 

      I am writing a theme just now, and it has become much easier to do things - Crush CSS variables are easy to share between plugins, components and page elements are consistent, margins and paddings have been standardized, grid is quite flexible - so you can do almost anything you want without an overhead of using a CSS/JS framework.

      Major CMSs has started off with using a framework, Elgg never had the luxury. I have used a bunch of CSS frameworks, but in the end I tossed them all away, because they come with too much junk. CSS frameworks are not meant for collaboration in a plugin-driven environment. You end up with hard coded CSS selectors that are really hard to override. They are great for developing an end product, where you have a design, you customize your variables, and then write the markup from scratch to accommodate your theme. With plugins doing their own thing, you end up with 5 different button sizes and styles.

      There were two problems that made it hard to work with Elgg themes: layouts and navigation. Both have been addressed in Elgg 3.

      But yes, let's build Elgg themes. As a proof of concept, bring me a PSD and I will turn into an Elgg theme.

       

       

    • @Ismayil Khayredinov, thanks for tuckling the main issue that has faced elgg since its birth. We will continue to contribute and hope more designer can join this train.

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  • advatera replied on the discussion topic CKeditor problems with simple cache
    3rd-party plugins and themes turned off of course, cache flushed several times; although we might have forgotten to turn of cache before upgrading (which we did some weeks ago; normally we do so but I have the feeling that we forgot). Well,... view reply
  • advatera added a new discussion topic CKeditor problems with simple cache in the group Elgg Technical Support
    We had several issues with CKeditor: Extremly slow when simple cache deactivated (of course, site is slower then by default - but there was a significant difference when we turned off CKeditor) Not always working when simple cache activated...
    • very often the editor loaded but people could not edit content

      When you say "clean theme" do you mean no 3rd-party plugins or themes?

      This should be reported to https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/issues with as much detail as possible.

    • 3rd-party plugins and themes turned off

      of course, cache flushed several times; although we might have forgotten to turn of cache before upgrading (which we did some weeks ago; normally we do so but I have the feeling that we forgot).

      Well, what should I report when I have no clue where the problem lies :-)

      We might investigate again, but currently decided to go wiht TinyMCE and focus on other things...

      I just thought, if we report at least here somebody with the same issue might find it and add to it.

    • Report the Elgg, PHP, and web server versions. I get the hesitation, but a bug is a bug and core devs should get a crack at it, or at least track awareness of it. You can always make a community post to spread awareness, too.