2014-12-03, 04:44 PM
I love this idea. I have to accept that I only read Brad's first post and a couple of the last comments. So sorry if I repeat ideas here 
One of the things that kind of stops such drastic changes on themes, in my opinion, is the technical limitations on how themes are created: you have to edit the files through the ACP pages. There is no chance to have some version control, or make a project at Github to keep it moving. You cannot use any CSS preprocessor in a fluid workflow (you have to copy+paste the output), or other useful stuff to handle the templates or JS.
The last attempt I had of a crazy theme (long time ago), I was worrying on every step that the templates would get corrupted or something (I didn't finish that theme because I thought I better waited for 1.8 as rumores were arising that it was soon to be released).
Instead of worrying too much on whether MyBB it's gonna look 'modern' or like a 'classic' forum, we should work some more into creating a more flexible theme engine. Then we can jump into making more human themes that could work as frameworks for others who like it that way.
One of the things that kind of stops such drastic changes on themes, in my opinion, is the technical limitations on how themes are created: you have to edit the files through the ACP pages. There is no chance to have some version control, or make a project at Github to keep it moving. You cannot use any CSS preprocessor in a fluid workflow (you have to copy+paste the output), or other useful stuff to handle the templates or JS.
The last attempt I had of a crazy theme (long time ago), I was worrying on every step that the templates would get corrupted or something (I didn't finish that theme because I thought I better waited for 1.8 as rumores were arising that it was soon to be released).
Instead of worrying too much on whether MyBB it's gonna look 'modern' or like a 'classic' forum, we should work some more into creating a more flexible theme engine. Then we can jump into making more human themes that could work as frameworks for others who like it that way.