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Rediggit theme updated for Lemmy v0.18 (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by thayer to c/main

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Update: @[email protected] has been kind enough to add Rediggit as a native theme to the lemmy.ca instance. You can now access it from your account settings page, without the need of another browser add-on.

Just posting an update on my Rediggit theme, in case anyone else prefers a reddit/digg-style interface for the desktop.

Highlights include:

Flexible full-width layout, with fixed width for vote buttons and thumbnail columns
Strong focus on content and discussion (improved comment legibility)
Decreased font size throughout
Increased post list density
No user or community circle-icons
No community banners or logos
Few rounded buttons or boxes
Re-sizable comment box

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[–] smorks 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still need to make this into a theme! I've been busy this weekend since my son has baseball playoffs, but will be mostly over by tomorrow.

so hopefully should be able to get to this soon.

[–] thayer 5 points 2 years ago

Sounds great. Shoot me a message if you want a version with your instance logo and title back to normal. The latest version I pushed is just playing around with some design concepts on a unified branding, and I'll probably revert things or try something new in the coming weeks.

[–] SpaceCowboy 7 points 2 years ago

Thanks for this!

The default style is ok, but how threads are displayed with only 1px difference in the lines doesn't look right to me and is hard to distinguish.

Your theme makes things much more readable.

[–] MisterD 3 points 2 years ago

The procedure to replace my antennas with a tail to become a lemming was almost painless. This theme will prevent scarring. Thank you!

[–] kia 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Amazing theme! Any way to also get a dark version of the full-width style?

Also, it's somewhat broken on mobile.

[–] thayer 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks! It isn't really meant for mobile, since there are plenty of apps already which provide a superior UI. I do plan to do a dark version of Rediggit eventually but it's not there yet.

Lemmy's frontend templating keeps changing with every release, which is expected but also presents a challenge to keep the themes working. For example, there are currently three different versions of lemmy-ui in use across the most popular instances, each requiring slightly different tweaks. Hopefully, things will stabilize a bit in the near future.

[–] kia 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, that makes sense. I can't stand the narrow width of the default lemmy theme.