Layout allows you to define your hierarchical layout structures within PHP arrays, to display complex HTML layouts. You can also bind data (just like with CI views) and attach assets to each view.

Full documentation, including a download link can be found at:

http://daylerees.com/layout

and the source for the library can be found on Github, please feel free to contribute changes.

Let me know if the Library is of any use to you!

The main issue with them is the way they are approached, normally meetings start with a list of topics, vaguely related to the main issue at hand, which are then discussed in order. This seems to be a competitive sport for those who like to give their opinions on the topics, but don’t provide anything useful. Meetings end having had a great chat, but nothing has been learned, nothing will be improved.

This is why I would prefer to approach meetings with problems, rather than topics.

How can we fix xxxx? How can we improve the speed of xxxx?

Don’t discuss current methods, anyone involved should know those already, and if they don’t, then they don’t need to. Instead talk about the problems directly, and preferably the solutions to these problems.

The morale of my little story is, if you want to chat about something, go to the pub. I would rather be coding to solve problems, than chatting about what we already know about!

For those interested, and quite frankly too nerdy, here are the details on the construction of the new theme.

The site has been written using HTML5, built on top of the HTML5 Boilerplate by Paul Irish & Contributors. The boilerplate allows me to use the new standards’ additional features, including improved semantic markup, without sacrificing older browsers. The site is also using a lot of CSS3 to render subtle animations and some shading where needed.

The CSS has been written in LESS format, and compiled on the fly using the fantastic LESS.js. CSS3 media queries allow for the site to be responsive, providing an equal reading experience for smaller screened devices. Don’t believe me? Try it! Resize your browser down to what you would imagine a mobile phones browser size would be.

The semantic.gs project has allowed me to align content in a consistent readable format, without compromising the clarity of the source code. The semantic grid works hand in hand with LESS.js to allow for column sizes and nesting to be specified in the CSS, without the need for adding extra classes to the HTML elements that make up the page.

The font used on the page is ‘Proxima Nova’ provided by TypeKit.

Of course everything else has been powered by the happy hackers at WordPress.

Hope you like it!