Cogitation Skin for .Text
Get the skin here: Cogitation Blue skin
If you've ever wanted to start a weblog, Scott Water and the .Text developers have put together a very respectable application. If you've spent any amount time browsing the Internet for quality information, it is very likely that you’ve already encounter a .Text weblog.
Included are a number of nice skins to choose from. Being the developer I am, I couldn't resist looking under the hood and taking a quick peek at the architecture and “skinnable” features .Text boasts.
I downloaded .Text (version 0.95) on Friday, played with it for a bit and then installed it on my web site. Saturday, I started creating my own skin. Of course, I didn't have a clear idea of what I wanted, but what fun would that be?! Now it's Sunday and here I am writing this.
Now, wait just a minute. I know what you're thinking. What a sad existence this must be “working” all weekend. I tell my son I am playing and he says it looks more like “working“ than “playing“. Just to show I'm not a complete recluse, I took my daughter to the stables, went shopping with my wife :( and even played Halo with my son and his friend. Got my butt kicked, again. But it really never hurts that bad when your son beats you in a game of Halo. There is always a little pride standing along side my frustration. Ok, I've significantly drifted off so I’ll get back to .Text.
There are a number of good things to say about .Text. Architecture, C#, open source, and others. Since I am “playing”, I was interested in making my own skins. Surprisingly enough it was pretty simple – a sign of good application design. I would like to hear what others have to say about it. You can download it or view a screen shot. Of course my weblog is using this same skin as the image, but I intend to add other colors in the near future.