I would like to try making a few minor changes to the CSS in either kbin or lemmy both of which I’ve been trying out. I favor a more dense interface and think styles could help visually separate different kinds of content. Maybe to reorganize some stuff if I got more ambitious.

I have some experience with web stuff, css. I can get around in git. But I am not a sysadmin or a programmer. And I have never worked on such a large comprehensive project.

Here are the repos I found:

codeberg Kbin/kbin-core

  • seems to have no contib guidelines
  • issues: 50 open, 4 closed

github LemmyNet/lemmy

  • contrib - same link for both repos but doesn’t really give much useful info

  • Issues: 184 open, 1,594 closed

github LemmyNet/lemmy-ui

  • issues: 197 open, 507 closed

Do I need to run the whole server with back end to fiddle with the CSS? Or can I use the developer tools in my browser to produce an alternative stylesheet?

Maybe it is just way above my skill set to make full PRs in something so complex. Should I post mock ups of how I’d like it to look as an issue?

Or just wait for someone who knows better how to get it done to come along?

  • SibboEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    That is a great approach! I think if you manage to set it up yourself, the project may benefit from a pull request with a dev setup guide 😉

    • crankOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Even in the best case scenario I probably don’t have the breadth to write something PR-ready but an issue with notes would probably be doable. (Unless the existing docs are already docs are already perfect, which they could be.)