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[Matt Thomas]

You're welcome Janet! I hope it is a good solution for you. There are
certainly many great choices to choose from out there.

I unfortunately don't normally make the NYC users group meetings as I'm in
mid-state Connecticut. But, I do try to attend the NYC Joomla Day events.
Hope to see you at the next one!

Best,

Matt Thomas
Founder betweenbrain <http://betweenbrain.com/>™
Lead Developer Construct Template Development
Framework<http://construct-framework.com/>
Phone: 203.632.9322
Twitter: @betweenbrain
Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain



On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Janet Sullivan <jmsullivan50 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Thanks, Matt.
> I had a look around and  I'm not much of a php programmer.  It looks like
> the construct framework may be a better choice for my skills.
> I should have more time to download and play with the framework over the
> weekend/early next week.....Thanks for sharing your work.
> Will you be attending the NYC users group meeting tomorrow nite?  If so, I
> look forward to meeting you.
>  Thanks!
> Janet Sullivan
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Matt Thomas <matt at betweenbrain.com>
>
> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:00 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [joomla] Blank Joomla template
>
> Hi Janet,
>
> I'm the creator of the Construct Template Development Framework, one of
> the The Blank template's "competitors" (we're very friendly with one
> another). The Blank template is very good, quite educational and a
> great starting point. Alex has also added some neat tricks to it too. You
> do, though, need to flush out the Blank template's index.php and CSS files.
> You can see an example of their index.php at
> https://github.com/Bloggerschmidt/Blank-Template/blob/master/index.php and
> their template style sheet at
> https://github.com/Bloggerschmidt/Blank-Template/blob/master/css/template.css
>
> Construct is very similar in that it provides a foundation to build on.
> However, I have also fully developed the index.php, complete with a number
> of module positions (i.e.
> https://github.com/construct-framework/construct5/blob/master/index.php),
> and a core style sheet (i.e.
> https://github.com/construct-framework/construct5/blob/master/css/screen.css).
> Both of which can be overridden or customized (and I have a few tricks of
> my own)
>
> I think Construct provides more of what you are looking for in comparison
> with "Sandbox" for WordPress. Both should be good solutions for custom
> template development depending on where you want to start.
>
> While I haven't read it, Alex is also a very smart guy, so I'd expect his
> eBook to be very good too.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Best,
>
> Matt Thomas
> Founder betweenbrain <http://betweenbrain.com/>™
> Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework<http://construct-framework.com/>
> Phone: 203.632.9322
> Twitter: @betweenbrain
> Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Janet Sullivan <jmsullivan50 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> I'm new to Joomla as a CMS and was looking for a blank template, similar to
> the 'sandbox' theme in Wordpress.  Is this  "Blank" template
> http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/tools/design-tools/18381
>
> roughly the Joomla equivalent of what Sandbox provides for a wordpress web
> developer?
> Would this be a good place to start since the website I will develop is a
> custom design?
>
> How useful  is the ebook that's available for purchase?  Is the
> translation pretty good so
> that the docs are easy to follow?
> Thanks!
> Janet
>
>
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