Both are bootstrap based. Each is an iterative improvement. And we just keep iterating as folks have time, willingness, and expertise to do so.
I agree that this new look does not distinguish a brand. But we're not mature enough to worry about that yet. We just need enough of the right info laid out enough to help grow a community and get folks the info they need. We need it laid out in a way that multiple folks can contribute. Once we have a release, recruit some committers, demonstrate progress on the Apache Way and grow then perhaps branding becomes a bigger deal. ..this motivates me to spawn another thread about the type of community we want to be... Thanks Joe On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Adam Taft <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
