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Method and system for designing a theme and associating it with a collaboration space user interface

  • US 7,028,262 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2000
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer implemented method for defining a theme and associating it with a collaboration space, comprising:

  • said theme including a cascading style sheet and a predetermined set of layout files, with a layout file for each of a plurality of view modes of operation, each said layout file specifying content and layout of a plurality of skin components including logo, table of contents, action bar, tool bar, and page content;

    said predetermined set of layout files containing five layout files, said layout files being a page read mode layout file, a list folder view layout file, a headline folder view layout file, a slide show folder layout file, and a page edit mode layout file;

    said cascading style sheet including a common style sheet and a skin style sheet, said common style sheet specifying font, size and color style for said skin components common to each of said view modes of operation;

    rendering each said layout file to a browser for user definition of said view modes of operation by providing for each said layout file which skin components to use and their respective locations, each of a plurality of said skin components comprising a plurality selectively of HTML tags and Java script within a skin component tag;

    presenting to a user interface a gallery of themes from which a user selectively chooses and optionally tweaks a visual site design for rendering said collaboration space to said user selectively in each of said view modes of operation;

    tweaking a theme by selecting basic property changes through said user interface to specific classes of said common style sheet;

    operating a collaboration space server to feed said changes to said common style sheet; and

    uploading said theme to said collaboration space.

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