That is a big help! I'm headed to the airport in 5 minutes. But if someone can get you admin access to confluence you could start playing around with the template.
Jean-louis and Jonathan are admins as are a few others (those are just the ones I remember adding recently). They could hook you up. Shoot me your confluence id. Maybe there'll be net in the airport. -David On Oct 2, 2011, at 9:07 AM, dsh wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to extract the relevant images [1] from the mockup. Does that > already help creating a template? Next step would be creating a CSS > for the various cast shadows in the left and right navigation panes. > > [1] http://people.apache.org/~dsh/oejbsite/ > > Cheers > Daniel > > PS: I noticed that the mockup did contain some blur because of the > JPEG format used to save the image. > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 12:38 AM, David Blevins <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Oct 1, 2011, at 3:02 PM, dsh wrote: >> >>> So call out the problem statement, the constraints and the final goal >>> in the beginning and you don't need to fear to having to fix whatever >>> pattern later on ;) >> >> That would be the perfect scenario, yes. :) >> >>> PS: I suspect the goal at hand is -- as I learned to understand it >>> while reading this thread again -- to turn the mockup image into some >>> templates to get the website online ASAP. >> >> That's the idea. Or "an" idea at least :) >> >> >> -David >> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 11:42 PM, David Blevins <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 1:59 PM, dsh wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wouldn't call it perfectionism. It is just that the constraints and >>>>> goals weren't pretty clear at the beginning of this thread ;) >>>> >>>> Yep. Vaguely stated at best. >>>> >>>>> The icons I requested aren't even related to the website itself... >>>> >>>> Right, was targeting the "collect ideas and get new proposal" statement >>>> which is dangerously close to "let's throw away what they gave us and try >>>> again". No one ever said that, just making sure we don't start a >>>> "bikeshed" pattern[1]. >>>> >>>> Probably the best way to phrase it: >>>> >>>> We can paint the bikeshed as many times as we want >>>> >>>> The fallacy of the bikeshed metaphore is that somehow everyone needs to >>>> agree on a color before you can paint the bikeshed. When in reality its >>>> a simple task and you can just paint the bikeshed and keep repainting it >>>> for as long as it takes. >>>> >>>> >>>> -David >>>> >>>> >>>> [1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshed >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Daniel >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:54 PM, David Blevins <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> FYI, to all. Chatting with Sally who does all the Apache announcements >>>>>> and it looks like either the 5th or 6th will be the date. Anything >>>>>> later than that and JavaOne is essentially over. So if we don't have >>>>>> something in place by then, we'll end up launching with the old site. >>>>>> >>>>>> If we get too picky I think we're going to learn a hard lesson in >>>>>> perfectionism. >>>>>> >>>>>> My recommendation would be for us to get the actual template files for >>>>>> the site as shown in the pic. Someone here can work on getting that >>>>>> turned into a velocity template and up on the site. Then we can push a >>>>>> new round of requirements at the designers. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -David >>>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Didn't get time yesterday to get something better. But, I can collect >>>>>>> all >>>>>>> your ideas, requirements, etc and get a new proposal from our designers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hopefully on Monday. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jean Louis >>>>>>> Le 1 oct. 2011 22:27, "David Blevins" <[email protected]> a écrit >>>>>>> : >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I would like something more dynamic, maybe more orange like our bean. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We can certainly do that. I expect we'll keep playing with the site and >>>>>>> possible TomEE logos for the next few weeks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We just need something new in place for the announcement even if it's >>>>>>>> only >>>>>>> temporary. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -David >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Le 1 oct. 2011 20:51, "Karan Malhi" <[email protected]> a écrit : >>>>>>>>>> I love it!. +1 on this template. Will share my ideas in another email >>>>>>>>>> regarding TomEE launch. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 11:03 AM, David Blevins >>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Jean-Louis forwarded me this image. The only text was in French, >>>>>>>>>>> which >>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> don't speak, but it's pretty safe bet to know what it is ;) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> http://openejb.staging.apache.org/images/newsite-tan.jpg >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Looks nice! Way better than what we have and would be a great >>>>>>>>>>> template >>>>>>>>> to use for the launch. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> If we could get "TomEE" worked into the logo, I think that'd be >>>>>>>>>>> perfect >>>>>>>>> for the launch. We can always do something else later, but this is at >>>>>>> least >>>>>>>>> new and different enough. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -David >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 15, 2011, at 2:29 AM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> FYI, I asked someone in my company to help us with the design of >>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>> new >>>>>>>>> web >>>>>>>>>>>> site. >>>>>>>>>>>> If we could get something sexy to accompany the upcoming Apache >>>>>>> OpenEJB >>>>>>>>>>>> 4.0.0, that'd be great. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Jean-Louis >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Karan Singh Malhi >>>>>>>>>> twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >>
