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Abstract

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

Issues

Issues to be considered

Design

Webjars for jQuery and Bootrap will be added to the Roller webapp's Maven POM.

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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:

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