I would like to try making a few minor changes to the CSS in either kbin or lemmy both of which I’ve been trying out. I favor a more dense interface and think styles could help visually separate different kinds of content. Maybe to reorganize some stuff if I got more ambitious.
I have some experience with web stuff, css. I can get around in git. But I am not a sysadmin or a programmer. And I have never worked on such a large comprehensive project.
Here are the repos I found:
codeberg Kbin/kbin-core
- seems to have no contib guidelines
- issues: 50 open, 4 closed
github LemmyNet/lemmy
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contrib - same link for both repos but doesn’t really give much useful info
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Issues: 184 open, 1,594 closed
github LemmyNet/lemmy-ui
- issues: 197 open, 507 closed
Do I need to run the whole server with back end to fiddle with the CSS? Or can I use the developer tools in my browser to produce an alternative stylesheet?
Maybe it is just way above my skill set to make full PRs in something so complex. Should I post mock ups of how I’d like it to look as an issue?
Or just wait for someone who knows better how to get it done to come along?
Yes that docker-compose will start all the things needed.
Yeah I would create a copy of an existing or the default theme, of course you can also use the Bootstrap Theme builder linked there but I have never used it myself before so I don’t know how well that’s gonna work.