:: I agree here. But then, TMTOWTDI is a big part of Perl :: culture. I suggest a democratic solution: present the logo :: and the favorite logo-based button as "the" logo and button. :: Then, also present a page which has some alternate buttons :: on it, including the two winners of the present contest. :: Make the page with the official logo and button easy to find :: so users will see it first.
But an important part of any "product" is its brand. I personally believe that the logo/button/banner should be uniform throughout, with one font and one colour scheme. One area where we do have creative license is with banners - providing that the recognised mod_perl logo still features within. :: Since there was a landslide winner I would say there is :: probably no need for alternate logos although it may be :: interesting for historical reasons (the Google logo archives :: do it the right way, in my opinion: :: http://www.google.com/stickers.html). The logos at http://beverley2.digital-word.com/mod_perl/ will remain online "forever" for historical/nostalgic purposes. :: DR>I really like the :: new logo, and in fact I voted for it. However, I :: DR>just realized that the logo uses "modperl", whereas :: mod_perl's name :: DR>is "mod_perl", with the underscore. Does anyone else see :: this as a :: DR>problem? :: :: BM>It's a graphic design so I don't see that it needs to follow the :: BM>Apache module naming convention exactly... It's a design -- it :: BM>doesn't have to be accurate to the name. :: :: I agree with both these statements. I think the issue isn't :: that the design must follow the name, but that users often :: get confused between the two, and if the design doesn't :: follow the name, that confusion will certainly be :: exacerbated. Of course, this is probably not a big problem :: as long as the conventional term is used in the :: documentation and website and as long as "modperl" on Google :: leads to the mod_perl site. I think the logo should feature an underscore, however it's used. We are promoting a brand, a product... its name needs to be consistent wherever it's used - how else will we get pointy-haired bosses to recognise it? :: I might also point out that any mod_perl hostnames come out :: as modperl (since underscores are not allowed in hostnames) :: and that modperl is often used as a directory name even :: though underscores ARE allowed in filenames. I don't think that's relevant at all. People name their files and directories in whatever way suits them. And hostnames, well that's just a convention we can do nothing about and, thus, a non-issue. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ <-- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
