Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
On 2/23/07, Sylvain Wallez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...I think you can remove the french flag on the right... ...I think just adding users-fr@ subscribe/archives information on the mailing-list page would be good enough. Same opinion here. -Bertrand
RE: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
It's getting better each time. I agree that the green bar at the top is floating a bit in space and does not really fit into the page right now. Maybe a little shade underneath the bar should make it fit into the page. I now notice that it has a bit of a shader on the right, but not on the left. I really like what you guys did with the teasers. Especially the download button which directly draws the attention which is imho a very strong point. Keep up the good work! Regards, Jeroen Reijn -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Sylvain Wallez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: vr 23-2-2007 11:01 Aan: dev@cocoon.apache.org CC: Onderwerp: Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version hepabolu wrote: > Guys, > > after some discussion back and forth with Thien we've decided on the > next version: Getting nicer and nicer! I think you can remove the french flag on the right: the french pages we have on the website only translate the main "what is Cocoon" blurb and introduce the french-speaking mailing list. Unless somebody feels the itch to maintain this, I think just adding users-fr@ subscribe/archives information on the mailing-list page would be good enough. Sylvain -- Sylvain Wallez - http://bluxte.net
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
hepabolu wrote: > Guys, > > after some discussion back and forth with Thien we've decided on the > next version: Getting nicer and nicer! I think you can remove the french flag on the right: the french pages we have on the website only translate the main "what is Cocoon" blurb and introduce the french-speaking mailing list. Unless somebody feels the itch to maintain this, I think just adding users-fr@ subscribe/archives information on the mailing-list page would be good enough. Sylvain -- Sylvain Wallez - http://bluxte.net
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
On Thursday 22 February 2007 19:16, Arje Cahn wrote: > Many thanks to all of you who have pushed this forward, and please keep > those good vibes going! Also give Thien some peace, as he is prepping up for his wedding shortly... (Sorry Thien, the world need to know.) Cheers Niclas
RE: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
Hi all, > All in all I think this design looks very good. First of all, I must apologize for being such a PITA when it comes to the Cocoon website in the past and then go completely silent for months... But what I've just seen is *really* *really* great! I would love to see this design and structure go life as the new Cocoon website. In all my excitement, I accidentally clicked the Cocoon logo in the new design and was sent back to the utter darkness of the 'old' Cocoon website... How depressing experience that is :-(. This new design is so much more inspiring! It rocks. It's fresh, and it breathes new life. I think I just fell in love with Cocoon.. Again :) Big +1 from me, just in case anyone cares. :) Many thanks to all of you who have pushed this forward, and please keep those good vibes going! -- Arjé
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
Antonio Gallardo wrote:
Thanks Helma and Thien. You've been doing a great work!
I am not sure if the comment is correct right now, but, just a small
reminder:
http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/getting-started.html#state-freedom
Thanks Antonio. I will think about how/where to add the information as soon as I
work on the documentation again.
Any suggestions?
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Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
Jorg Heymans wrote:
hepabolu wrote:
All in all I think this design looks very good.
Looks *very* nice, thanks for the work!!
My comments:
- The 'what is cocoon' and 'what are blocks' text is quite prominent and
important info, but i don't get that impression from their position on
the page. I find that column of text quite hard to read through fluently
because of it's narrow layout.
I think that we can shorten the two texts too which will make it easier to read.
- for the menu on the left, would it make sense to merge 'How to
contribute' and 'How to contribute documentation' into one item 'How to
contribute' (and subsequently make the distinction between contributions
on the content page).
Same for 'Communication tools we use' and 'Other tools we use' => 'Tools
we use' and again make the distinction on the content page.
Makes sense.
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Reinhard Pötz Independent Consultant, Trainer & (IT)-Coach
{Software Engineering, Open Source, Web Applications, Apache Cocoon}
web(log): http://www.poetz.cc
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
Thanks Helma and Thien. You've been doing a great work! I am not sure if the comment is correct right now, but, just a small reminder: http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/getting-started.html#state-freedom Best Regards, Antonio Gallardo. hepabolu escribió: Guys, after some discussion back and forth with Thien we've decided on the next version: - the masthead is adjusted to improve the display of the search box and the apache feather when resizing. - the green blocks are better at the center than on the side. - we've added a prominent download block with the latest Cocoon version. - the page curl is gone. ;-) - the navbar below the masthead now has a "home" icon that would go to the home page of the PMC site, while the "Cocoon Core 2.2" would go to the home page of the current block. - we've added older versions at the bottom of the menu - a flag is added for the French version (now that I think of it, that would only be applicable for the PMC site) - the color of the note at the bottom is changed Note that when resizing to 800x600 the "News" section will creep up in the space between the blocks and the "About" box on the right. It might not be elegant, but it's better than the alternative of variable width blocks. We've discussed the possibility of changing the design of the Cocoon 2.1 website to this new design and most of you decided against it. Fine by me, but I think the PMC site should be definitely changed to this new design. All in all I think this design looks very good. If you agree, I would like to go on and ask Thien for further restyling of elements we're currently missing such as tables, code snippets, images + captions and warnings. Please add other elements if I forgot some. Bye, Helma
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
hepabolu wrote: All in all I think this design looks very good. Looks *very* nice, thanks for the work!! My comments: - The 'what is cocoon' and 'what are blocks' text is quite prominent and important info, but i don't get that impression from their position on the page. I find that column of text quite hard to read through fluently because of it's narrow layout. - for the menu on the left, would it make sense to merge 'How to contribute' and 'How to contribute documentation' into one item 'How to contribute' (and subsequently make the distinction between contributions on the content page). Same for 'Communication tools we use' and 'Other tools we use' => 'Tools we use' and again make the distinction on the content page. Thanks, Jorg
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
hepabolu wrote: > Guys, > > after some discussion back and forth with Thien we've decided on the > next version: Very nice, a great work!! Anyway, I also agree that the green bar on the top is a bit detached and could get ignored, but I'm too poor in graphics to suggest a change that could solve it :( Simone
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
On 2/20/07, hepabolu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Guys, after some discussion back and forth with Thien we've decided on the next version: much goodness This is really nice. One minor thing; the green bar on the top that has the breadcrumb trail looks very detached from the rest of the design, I guess partially because of the shadow. So much so that people used to seeing things like "browser pop up blocked" messages showing up in the same area and in almost the same way might not notice it. I'm not sure what to suggest as an alternative, perhaps the color should not be so contrasting or perhaps not so much relief between the green and the blue area or perhaps even moving it? Other than that I still wish the blocks weren't so pastel, but I guess that's just me... -- Peter Hunsberger
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
hepabolu wrote: but I think the PMC site should be definitely changed to this new design. Of course. All in all I think this design looks very good. +1 Vadim
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
On 2/20/07, hepabolu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All in all I think this design looks very good. +1, looks great! -Bertrand
Re: [graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
you forgot to add the link, but it wasn't too hard to guess ;-)
http://people.apache.org/~hepabolu/final3.html
hepabolu wrote:
Guys,
after some discussion back and forth with Thien we've decided on the
next version:
- the masthead is adjusted to improve the display of the search box and
the apache feather when resizing.
- the green blocks are better at the center than on the side.
- we've added a prominent download block with the latest Cocoon version.
- the page curl is gone. ;-)
- the navbar below the masthead now has a "home" icon that would go to
the home page of the PMC site, while the "Cocoon Core 2.2" would go to
the home page of the current block.
- we've added older versions at the bottom of the menu
- a flag is added for the French version (now that I think of it, that
would only be applicable for the PMC site)
- the color of the note at the bottom is changed
Note that when resizing to 800x600 the "News" section will creep up in
the space between the blocks and the "About" box on the right. It might
not be elegant, but it's better than the alternative of variable width
blocks.
I don't think that 800x600 is something that we really have to care about.
Anyway, doesn't a break before the news solve it?
We've discussed the possibility of changing the design of the Cocoon 2.1
website to this new design and most of you decided against it. Fine by
me, but I think the PMC site should be definitely changed to this new
design.
All in all I think this design looks very good.
yes it does!!!
If you agree, I would like to go on and ask Thien for further restyling
of elements we're currently missing such as tables, code snippets,
images + captions and warnings. Please add other elements if I forgot some.
thanks again to both of you!
--
Reinhard Pötz Independent Consultant, Trainer & (IT)-Coach
{Software Engineering, Open Source, Web Applications, Apache Cocoon}
web(log): http://www.poetz.cc
[graphics] Artwork for cocoon.apache.org - new version
Guys, after some discussion back and forth with Thien we've decided on the next version: - the masthead is adjusted to improve the display of the search box and the apache feather when resizing. - the green blocks are better at the center than on the side. - we've added a prominent download block with the latest Cocoon version. - the page curl is gone. ;-) - the navbar below the masthead now has a "home" icon that would go to the home page of the PMC site, while the "Cocoon Core 2.2" would go to the home page of the current block. - we've added older versions at the bottom of the menu - a flag is added for the French version (now that I think of it, that would only be applicable for the PMC site) - the color of the note at the bottom is changed Note that when resizing to 800x600 the "News" section will creep up in the space between the blocks and the "About" box on the right. It might not be elegant, but it's better than the alternative of variable width blocks. We've discussed the possibility of changing the design of the Cocoon 2.1 website to this new design and most of you decided against it. Fine by me, but I think the PMC site should be definitely changed to this new design. All in all I think this design looks very good. If you agree, I would like to go on and ask Thien for further restyling of elements we're currently missing such as tables, code snippets, images + captions and warnings. Please add other elements if I forgot some. Bye, Helma
