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By winchendonsprings on
I'm curious about the benefits of using Fusion rather than starting with another starter theme like Zen or Framework.
Right now I'm working off the Fusion Starter theme. This is what it seems, there are a few options for theming blocks - making text bold, 30px padding, a 1px border, choose columns, a few menu layout options, etc. Also it's nice how there is a visual of the available places to put blocks. There are only a few options for the overall theme like - grid style layout, font and font color, etc.
Some of those things are offered in Zen or Framework and some seem of minimal importance if I I'm going to have to use the local.css file to write simple styles for stuff like background-color or font-color anyway.
So is there a way to unleash more options within Fusion like background styles or font styles without overriding or writing new styles in the local.css? Maybe with an expander module?
I've done a little bit of research on this subject, but maybe someone can clarify or point me in the right direction. Or if this makes little sense I'll accept that too.
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48 hour bump. should I ask
48 hour bump. should I ask this in a different forum?
I've used Zen and fusion, and
I've used Zen and fusion, and what i noticed as main difference is offcourse the the fusion control panel for block styles etc, but i also found Fusion much harder to customize the main style of your website.
Had less trouble with that in Zen. So if you have a website were you constantly need custom styling, i think Fusion has the advantage, because this can be done very quick via the control panel. If you have site admins who don't have ftp access, it's also quite handy that they can still change some style properties. If you need a site with a custom style that doesn't require any changes when it's done, i would go with Zen.
But this is just my experience. I also know Zen a lot better then Fusion, so i can't compare these on a detailed basis.
yeah, I think the
yeah, I think the visualization in for the blocks page is nice in fusion but the control panel only has minimal control, given only a few options. I'm going to give t a shot for a while longer and see if I begin to benefit from it.