I'd say the two sides of the spectrum as examples are: http://kafka.apache.org/ [super minimalist] http://aurora.incubator.apache.org/ [ quite fancy looking ]
Both in my opinion are beautifully done and make it easy to get the content needed. I think these (and others) provide great examples that both sides of the spectrum have merit. What is most important to me is that we as a community rally behind those with the expertise and willingness to contribute in this space. Thanks Joe On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > >> > >
