Pat, just saw this; it's basically the same as the mockup. I can't attach a picture on here but I'll mail to anyone who'd like a screenshot.
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 12:51 PM, Andrew Palumbo <ap....@outlook.com> wrote: > +1 > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> > Date: 12/13/2017 12:51 (GMT-08:00) > To: dev@mahout.apache.org > Subject: Re: New Website > > I guess I’m ok with that since the overall site is such a huge improvement > but please don’t go back to the old logo for the launch, the color schemes > don’t match and that will ruin the effect of the new design. If you ask > startbootstrap I bet they agree. > > Ship it, there will be lots of changes later, if only content updates. > +1 > > On Dec 13, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Andrew Palumbo <ap....@outlook.com> wrote: > > I apologize.. I've been in a back to back meetings all week.. so am > hectic..but as far as separating the vote, my thinking is just ship site as > is and then swap out logo if we have -1s on it. > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Andrew Palumbo <ap....@outlook.com> > Date: 12/13/2017 12:35 (GMT-08:00) > To: dev@mahout.apache.org > Subject: RE: New Website > > I am +1 on the site absolutely. I suggest that we seperate the vote on > the logo and the site. > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> > Date: 12/13/2017 09:47 (GMT-08:00) > To: dev@mahout.apache.org > Subject: Re: New Website > > Due to 8 years of Ruby cruft I can’t get the Jeckyll site running without > some major jackhammering. I can’t post a screenshot but here is the > proposed logo. > > https://github.com/apache/mahout/blob/mahout-1981/ > website/assets/mahout-logo.svg <https://github.com/apache/ > mahout/blob/mahout-1981/website/assets/mahout-logo.svg> > > I encourage people to look at all of this and be judicious with -1s. This > has been a lot of work, much of the design volunteered by folks at > startbootstrap.com. IMO the design is awesome. It will put a good, > modern, clean face on the new Mahout. > > The logo is a simple cube, not my favorite but I’m not going to -1 my > favorite was the M/infinity symbol. If the logo is meant to be a hypercube > there are simple ways to illustrate it like some form of this: > > https://sarcasticresonance.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/ > cubes1.png?w=721&zoom=2 <https://sarcasticresonance. > files.wordpress.com/2017/01/cubes1.png?w=721&zoom=2> > > > On Dec 6, 2017, at 11:27 AM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> wrote: > > Since you’ve already built it can you share a screen shot? The mockup I > saw on Slack looked awesome. > > Also a logo change is a lot more far reaching so can we have at least a > little discussion? > > > On Dec 6, 2017, at 10:18 AM, Andrew Musselman <andrew.mussel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > +1, looks great > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Trevor Grant <trevor.d.gr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > The new website is available by checking out the mahout-1981 branch. > > > > If anyone interested wants to help do QA on it- > > > > > > Follow these instructions > > https://github.com/apache/mahout/blob/mahout-1981/ > > website/developers/how-to-update-the-website.md > > > > The only difference is, until we merge- you need to checkout mahout-1981 > to > > see the new site. > > > > I've been working on getting all of the links working /etc. > > > > Would like to plan on launching Monday, if no objections. That gives > > everyone a chance have a look. > > > > Also, even if a typo or broken link slips through- updating the website > is > > easier than ever for committers and contributors alike (after we launch > the > > new site). One simply opens a PR against master, and then when merged, > the > > site automatically updates! > > > > Thanks, > > tg > > > > > >
