This isn't a downvote -- I think it indeed looks good. But in terms of constructive criticism...
I think the mockup looks like a very generic "bootstrap" site, similar to a million other bootstrap based sites. I'd personally almost prefer the existing utilitarian website over a bootstrap theme, simply because it doesn't try to be anything more than what it is. This approach might be an acceptable tradeoff for the project; having the bootstrap look & feel is obviously a resource savings and available at the right price point. But the site mockup definitely doesn't distinguish the Apache NiFi "brand" in anyway. In fact the opposite, the brand gets watered down with this look. As a funny side note, humorously for me, this was the first thought in my head when I saw the site: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-04-01/ Adam On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Aldrin Piri <[email protected]> wrote: > In partial fulfillment of the goals of NIFI-162, I set some time aside to > put together something a bit more visually appealing as a face for the > project. > > My work can be found at: https://github.com/apiri/apache-nifi-site > > Currently, work focused around the homepage, but similar styles would be > applied to more content driven pages minus the large headlining sections. > > The relevant technology colophon is provided in the README on Github but is > primarily driven by Bootstrap, existing image resources included with the > project and current site, and other "artwork" which I created myself. > > I am neither a UX expert nor am I a renowned front end designer, so all > input is welcome. As a "version 1.1" I would like to adjust the site to > converge more with the application. Ideas for this are inclusive of points > such as bringing the toolbar styling and color scheme from the application > to the site. > > If this seems like a reasonable path forward and there is sufficient > support, I can look at the next steps to get this integrated with the > project, optimization, and integration with the application itself. > > To aid in showing the intangibles that can't be seen from an image, I have > a copy of this design hosted at http://aldrinpiri.com/apache-nifi/. The > links are currently nonfunctional as they were taken from the current site. > > Thanks! > > --Aldrin >
