SF State Drupal Theme and CSS cleanup

Below are a list of recent theme patches submitted to SF State Drupal:

1. Skip navigation link added to theme
2. Webtemplate stylesheet conflicts removed from sfsu.info (defaults.css and system.css)
3. Redundant styles from custom.css removed

With the default Drupal styles removed, the nav menu items, tables, and lists should now appear as intended by the SF State Web Template Program.

Big up to Nat Supakit from the SF State Drupal team for pushing these patches through.

Webtemplate CSS patch

I also submitted a patch for a layout bug in the global.css. The Web Team needs to approve it, but in the meantime, this is the local stylesheet override I'm using:

#main .brief {float:none;overflow:hidden;}

To replicate the bug:

1. Create a page where the main column has more content than the nav or sidebar.
2. Apply the .brief class to the last div element within the #main div.

What should happen is that the float will cause the main column to extend past the nav and sidebar columns.

My proposed fix is to get rid of the float and add an overflow:

-- #main .brief {width:100%; float:left; padding-top:10px; border-top:1px dotted #ddcc77;}

++ #main .brief {width:100%; overflow:hidden; padding-top:10px; border-top:1px dotted #ddcc77;}

Advanced searchbox settings

Removed Local search and added subdomain search parameters to global searchbox using hidden field options.

Theme fixes for DISQUS+webtemplate

The #main div of the webtemplate can be touchy when it comes to the CSS clear property.

Friendlier “Search SF State” pages

In my opinion, the SFSU Google search result pages could benefit from a few layout adjustments.

DoIT SF State Web Template Workshops

University Communications and the Division of Information Technology will host two hands-on technology training sessions on deploying the SF State Web template.

SF State webtemplate version 1.05 available

Just noticed that the SF State webtemplate has been updated to version 1.05.