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Roller's Editor/Admin UI looks ancient and is rather clunky in some places. I propose that Roller's user-interface will be modernized and generally improved.  This will be done by modifying Roller's JSP pages to use Twitter Bootstrap Javascript components and styles. Struts 2 Bootstrap will be used to apply Bootstrap via the Struts tags that Roller already uses.

   http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/modernizing-the-roller-ui

Requirements

• Rewrite Roller's JSP pages to use Bootstrap via Struts 2 Bootstrap
• Use WebJars for Javascript dependencies of jQuery and Bootstrap
• Consder using modal windows in some cases instead of separate pages
• Struts 2 Bootstrap will require removal of tables used for form formatting
• Make general improvements to admin UI

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And then for each form element we will remove any table tags used to format it and remove its label tag because Struts 2 Bootstrap will be responsible for layout and labelling.

Status

Work is ongoing in the bootstrap-ui branch. You can find screenshots of this work on Flickr here:

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/snoopdave/sets/72157666773620323

Bootstrap UI page progress checklist

•  Login page
•  Edit User Profile 
•  Create New Weblog 
•  Setup page
•  Create & Edit -> New Entry
  •  Bug: status tag bad placement
  •  Bug: allow comments control is broken and stuck in enabled state
•  Create & Edit -> Entries
  
  •  Bug : date pickers are broken
•  Create & Edit -> Comments
•  Create & Edit -> Blogroll
  •  Bug: Only default blogroll is editable
  •  Bug: Add bookmark folder broken on post
  •  Bug: Add bookmarks folder should disable Save button if no name
  •  Bug: After new blogroll added, need page refresh
  •  RFE: switch to new blogroll combo-box looks bad
  •  RFE: better help text on default and custom blogroll page
•  Create & Edit -> Categories
  
  •  Bug: Add category form should disable Save button if no name specified
•  Create & Edit -> Media Files   
•  Add new media page
•  New User Registration    
•  Design -> Theme
•  Design -> Stylesheet
•  Design -> Templates
•  Preferences -> Settings (WeblogConfig)
•  Remove weblog page
•  Preferences -> Members
•  Preferences -> Pings
•  Preferences -> Maintenance
•  Server Admin (GlobalConfig)
  
  •  Bug: frontpage won't save
  •  Bug: bad layout around comment and trackback settings
  •  Bug: checkboxes not saving
  •  Bug: numbers not saving
•  Planet Admin -> Settings
•  Planet Admin -> Subscriptions
•  Planet Admin -> Custom Groups 

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