allow a forum without structure

I'm playing with the Administration >> Board structure - categories and forums. It's nice and simple.

But for me, the categorization and forums are never really needed. I just need 1 forum, no structure. In other words, my Board is my forum, and there is no categories.

Can this be accommodated?

Try the single forum theme.

From a user point view, I see this as an option in the structure page, e.g.

   Board Structure: (x) Have categories and forums ( ) Single forum board

The possibilities for options are endless.  This only effects forum owners and they should be able to search through the themes until they find what they want.

haha, that is just kind of unexpected, I'd never expect a theme to do that.

Even if I discovered it, okay, I had a single forum board, I will still have an additional theming need, for example, I may prefer black color than the blue color. So, I'll try to find a black theme. But then can I get both the single and the black theme?

Or I have to make the single black?

My theme is generated by code.  So if I have 10 variables, I can generate any combinations that make sense, each combination being a separate theme.

I think that Tumblr themes allow users to set colors.  I will ask Hugo about this tonight.

I implemented theme configuration.

Great.

But shouldn't the "Configuration" be part of the "Franklin" theme?

Also, we should rename "Franklin" theme to be the "Blasma Default" theme. Then under it, we'll have a few configuration options:

    Blasma Default Theme

        Configuration Options

            Hierarchy
                * Multi-forum
                * Single-forum
 
            Color
                * Blue
                * Black
                * Silver
                ...

            Font-family
                * Gotham (default)
                * Times
                ...

I changed my mind about this.  The type of forum should be determined by theme selection, not a configuration page.  I don't want a configuration page at all because it adds another layer of complexity.  Instead, fundamental differences should be different themes and superficial differences like color and font should be done by editing the theme.  Each theme should just put these basic configuration options at the top so that anyone can edit them.

Yes, I like this design.

There is a single place for all these customization. Basic options are exposed at the top with comments to explain.

This is done.  You can ask for specific things that you want.

We talked. Refer to http://will.instaknowledgebase.com/admin/customize will.lin@gmail.com/will

I improved the theme but font-size doesn't work if I don't use REM which complicates the theme, so instead I used "zoom" which is similar.

closing