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Upgrade base to bootstrap 2.0?

Open jaddison opened this issue 13 years ago • 39 comments

I'm not sure if this is a feasible request or not, but bootstrap 2.0 has been released (twitter's version). is it worth it to re-base this repo on the updated twitter-bootstrap?

I'm going to guess not...

jaddison avatar Feb 01 '12 02:02 jaddison

i'm currently using this as swapable style, and since upgrading to newer bootstrap 2.0, i had to remove fbootstrap

andycjw avatar Feb 02 '12 10:02 andycjw

Would love to see an upgrade to bootstrap 2.0...

plainspace avatar Feb 02 '12 19:02 plainspace

I'll definitely look into a port. I'll keep you updated on the progress right here.

ckrack avatar Feb 03 '12 12:02 ckrack

awesome. any idea on timing?

plainspace avatar Feb 03 '12 16:02 plainspace

for what it is worth, I'd be happy to help. let me know what you think.

plainspace avatar Feb 04 '12 05:02 plainspace

+1, I can help on porting to 2.0

rochacbruno avatar Feb 07 '12 02:02 rochacbruno

Hey Andy, What do you mean a swappable style?

plainspace avatar Feb 08 '12 05:02 plainspace

Hey guys. Very busy days, i just had an exam and had to celebrate the excellent grade a bit.

Some help would be greatly appreciated, of course. I'll have to get started with the basics and push these first though, so we have a base to work on. I'll give you a heads up, as soon as i have gotten around doing that.

ckrack avatar Feb 08 '12 18:02 ckrack

congrats! keep us posted...

plainspace avatar Feb 08 '12 18:02 plainspace

@plainspace I should have said css style switcher, something like this, http://www.centerkey.com/style/switcher/

andycjw avatar Feb 09 '12 02:02 andycjw

This just in: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-timeline-pages-2012-01 Facebook might announce timeline for fanpages on 29th february.

I wanted to bring this up anyways, so we might discuss it here: As you can see, timeline pages look different than the normal facebook UI. They feature a grey background with white boxes, use rounded corners and have a more modern appeal. I'm guessing that facebook will revamp the remaining parts of the site, as soon as both profiles and fanpages are converted to that new look.

So, instead of just allowing the usage of the new elements within bootstrap 2.0, we might go for a proper 2.0 release of fbootstrapp which is built for the "new" look. What do you guys think?

ckrack avatar Feb 10 '12 15:02 ckrack

+1

cmer avatar Feb 10 '12 15:02 cmer

i think it makes sense to adopt new fb design elements. seems like using current profile timeline elements should do the trick. do you have an idea on timing?

plainspace avatar Feb 10 '12 17:02 plainspace

Sounds good, but what does it mean exactly? Which elements would be particularly interesting for fbootstrap? Unfortunately, noone really knows how the timeline pages will look, so should we wait for it?

jessor avatar Feb 14 '12 15:02 jessor

Yes, that is exactly what i was thinking about. We might need new dimensions aswell and other things could change, too.

In the meantime you can use the current version.

ckrack avatar Feb 14 '12 15:02 ckrack

Yep, fair enough, imho.

jessor avatar Feb 14 '12 15:02 jessor

Waiting for Facebook? Do you think they are going to change the canvas size? The fixed app canvas is currently 760 and the timeline canvas is 849. For some reason I don't think they are going to change the app canvas. It would mess up so many app developers. You can use the whole thing if you want anyway. What do you think of a making fbootstrapp 2.0 with the same element styles but with the ability to use a fixed or a fluid grid? Then people can customize the width but still retain the fb for bootstrap styles.

I'd like to get working on a port to 2.0. Can you give me any tips about how you set it up with the current version? Are the styles all in one file or spread out over the less and css files?

plainspace avatar Feb 14 '12 17:02 plainspace

Sounds like what we have is a "wontfix" - basically fbootstrap will remain tied to Twitter Bootstrap 1, and future versions of FBootstrap will wait until the next (relentless) styling change Facebook rolls out. Correct?

artlung avatar Feb 22 '12 01:02 artlung

i wish it wasn't true! waiting for Facebook? ug.

plainspace avatar Feb 22 '12 18:02 plainspace

+1 for Bootstrap 2.0 support! I wouldn't wait for FB's new styles.

tmchow avatar Feb 26 '12 09:02 tmchow

@tmchow +1

yguedidi avatar Feb 27 '12 23:02 yguedidi

The timeline for pages is here: https://www.facebook.com/about/pages

Most important change for us is probably the new app width (810px).

jessor avatar Feb 29 '12 14:02 jessor

interesting. is the app width changing too? I don't see that yet on the dev tools. seems like page width and app width might not be the same?

plainspace avatar Mar 02 '12 05:03 plainspace

App width is 810px for page apps. I've added a new layout option and sent a pull request.

rkischuk avatar Mar 03 '12 05:03 rkischuk

See also: https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/179918418787576

jessor avatar Mar 03 '12 13:03 jessor

Noticed this last night when my app looked ugly. Gotta love Facebook, their bugs, and their bug fix process. Maybe expect a real fix on Tuesday.

rkischuk avatar Mar 03 '12 15:03 rkischuk

So the app canvas is going to be the same width as the new page width?

plainspace avatar Mar 07 '12 23:03 plainspace

I'm not trying to tread on toes here, just providing my point of view: fbootstrapp is a project created based on Twitter's Bootstrap project - obvious, I know. ;)

My point is that this project should primarily track its foundational features and functionality - that is, any changes in Twitter's Bootstrap should be reflected first and foremost. Anything else should be considered scope creep. I'm not saying that FB Timeline support shouldn't be added, but not at the expense of compatibility with the original Bootstrap or release timing.

If possible, adding extra functionality like Timeline or new FB page widths should be an add-on. If approached this way, then perhaps upgrading when Bootstrap 3.0 is released might be easier.

Edit: Perhaps a plugin or module based-approach might be feasible? LESS is quite flexible, so this should be realistic. I use a great 3rd party app available here https://github.com/earle/django-bootstrap to make Django forms work seamlessly with Twitter Bootstrap; for a while (pre-Bootstrap 2.0), this worked well with this Facebook version of Bootstrap. But then things fell apart with the 2.0 release. Anyhow, just some feedback on the project's approach - I don't think anyone expected such significant changes in Bootstrap, so it was hard to predict.

jaddison avatar Mar 22 '12 15:03 jaddison

+1

plainspace avatar Mar 22 '12 16:03 plainspace

+1

yguedidi avatar Apr 01 '12 17:04 yguedidi