Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 12:16 -0700, Mike Basinger wrote: I used people advise for making forums icons from the pictograms, and made some changes. What do people think (www.mikesplanet.net/forums) I really like it, it's nice and bright and seems balanced. My only critique is that the icons are repetitive, even one more design would be handy. There are some nice pictograms here I found: http://spreadubuntu.org/en/material/site-button/ubuntu-pictograms-i-events Note: I filed a bug so we could do a search for spreadubuntu items with svg sources to make it easier to find good source material. Just put svg into the source extension box (not ideal) and limit the results to all those with svg sources. Martin, -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
splendid - thanks! On 15/11/10 19:16, Mike Basinger wrote: I used people advise for making forums icons from the pictograms, and made some changes. What do people think (www.mikesplanet.net/forums) Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com -- Ivanka Majić Creative Strategy Lead Canonical Design Team m: 07968704460 e: ivanka.ma...@canonical.com This email was sent using Thunderbird http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/ on Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
I used people advise for making forums icons from the pictograms, and made some changes. What do people think (www.mikesplanet.net/forums) Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:16:09 -0700 Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com wrote: I used people advise for making forums icons from the pictograms, and made some changes. What do people think (www.mikesplanet.net/forums) Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com I have to say this is one of the easiest to read re-designs I have seen now. Thanks for that. Unfortunately, and maybe it is a bad perception on my part, I see at least three separate ways links are treated there. The main page treats links by changing the color when I hover over them. The banner leaves the white link white, with no change as I hover. The links under the banner are split. Todays posts and FAQ underline the link, the next three actually use an orange highlight with reverse white text, I think. Is this intended? - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM4YojAAoJEFNEIRz9dxbAmw4H/iSYslmTcpjy0Zc2MPM4gisl fEFQi5Mj+qqTpGpgUhlj2qTgO7cBCorDUr+fgNJfsfWXOxQlT7njWg7ePgmEJCzY wrt3PCwfbxUK+IU5KYFFoheitXZ48Yef5PKKpQbtpuczWbbJoAGh2QkZ9NTBB0FC Qnx11v7o5dGjNvewNDYfC90O3K374wHBBJr6xCU53V4ooWrZPIJxhIY6ueD5L7FY X2rhOD6lrSSj851bJPMjO40Qf/zHJ+MqrbxJh2VjxAz076Hq/VI2+5o3Lz/HOhMr x3/fBahMnQfV1QwtFfiKSxNWMzPi5zVr+IQngB37UA6Ndsb6OD5wK7zJXvMx5MU= =Q+G+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
I have trying to fix that but have not been able to fine the rights settings yet. It is possible it is a bug in the forums software. Mike On Nov 15, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Charlie Kravetz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:16:09 -0700 Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com wrote: I used people advise for making forums icons from the pictograms, and made some changes. What do people think (www.mikesplanet.net/forums) Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com I have to say this is one of the easiest to read re-designs I have seen now. Thanks for that. Unfortunately, and maybe it is a bad perception on my part, I see at least three separate ways links are treated there. The main page treats links by changing the color when I hover over them. The banner leaves the white link white, with no change as I hover. The links under the banner are split. Todays posts and FAQ underline the link, the next three actually use an orange highlight with reverse white text, I think. Is this intended? - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM4YojAAoJEFNEIRz9dxbAmw4H/iSYslmTcpjy0Zc2MPM4gisl fEFQi5Mj+qqTpGpgUhlj2qTgO7cBCorDUr+fgNJfsfWXOxQlT7njWg7ePgmEJCzY wrt3PCwfbxUK+IU5KYFFoheitXZ48Yef5PKKpQbtpuczWbbJoAGh2QkZ9NTBB0FC Qnx11v7o5dGjNvewNDYfC90O3K374wHBBJr6xCU53V4ooWrZPIJxhIY6ueD5L7FY X2rhOD6lrSSj851bJPMjO40Qf/zHJ+MqrbxJh2VjxAz076Hq/VI2+5o3Lz/HOhMr x3/fBahMnQfV1QwtFfiKSxNWMzPi5zVr+IQngB37UA6Ndsb6OD5wK7zJXvMx5MU= =Q+G+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
I used people advise for making forums icons from the pictograms, and made some changes. What do people think (www.mikesplanet.net/forums) I think it's better to remove speech dots from the no new posts icon. An icon with a question mark also seems an odd icon for a category. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
The question mark was the best I could find. Mike On Nov 15, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Сергей wrote: I used people advise for making forums icons from the pictograms, and made some changes. What do people think (www.mikesplanet.net/forums) I think it's better to remove speech dots from the no new posts icon. An icon with a question mark also seems an odd icon for a category. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
2010/11/15 Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com The question mark was the best I could find. Maybe an aquarium (like at http://start.ubuntu.com/10.10/Google/, community link) would be better? -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
Mike wrote on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:32:05 -0700 Message-ID: 0921a587-d136-4c00-9e6e-b4efdc04a...@ubuntu.com I have trying to fix that but have not been able to fine the rights settings yet. It is possible it is a bug in the forums software. Mike Hi Mike, can it be because the first three have this class: li class=selected style=padding:0px and the other three have this one: li class=popupmenu Woutervddn -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
Mike, Just checking in. I am hopeful the Artwork Team has provided value in the re-design of the Ubuntu Forums site. Are you in need of additional assistance or may I close this task? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
The 'front' page is working, but i can't see the contents of the folders. Ronnie Op 10-11-10 00:57, Mike Basinger schreef: The http://www.mikesplanet.net/forumimages should work now. Mike On Nov 9, 2010, at 3:58 PM, John Baer wrote: On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com mailto:mike.basin...@ubuntu.com wrote: Those icons look fantastic, the only problem is that the forums is a pure community project and we need to avoid the aubergine shades and probably stick with the orange. These icons are called on the forum page are called statusicons and the ones I working on replacing can be found at http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages. Many thanks, Mike * * Mike, I thought I would assemble a mock up with orange icons for your consideration. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5162101965_7f70d6b9c7_b.jpg John btw: http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages does not resolve to a valid page. -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@gmail.com mailto:mike.basin...@gmail.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
2010/11/7 Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com I made a lot of changes on the forums this weekend. Please let me know what you think? Sweet, new menu's! A few tidbits: - The navlinks class has a border-top of 1px, I don't really see a need for it. - The front page still has a title and subtitle (Ubuntu Forums and Welcome to...), these seem redundant. Is this fixable? - Another icon we can replace is the lastpost-arrow [1]. I used an image [2] form the Ubuntu website to create something similar [3]. It's a quick job though, it doesn't look good yet at such a small size [4]. Jef [1] http://www.mikesplanet.net/forums/images/buttons/lastpost-right.png [2] http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/default/themes/ubuntu10/images/H3_arrow.png [3] http://i.imgur.com/dcFsM.png [4] http://imgur.com/SsL0o.png -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 20:54 -0500, John Baer wrote: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/5159498235_00fb7974c8_b.jpg Thoughts? Graphically, these are much better. Though, on ubuntu.com, the pictograms are kept in orange. But what you have here are illustrations, not statusicons that indicate the presence or lack of unread posts, plus whether there is a single forum page or set of forums (called a category). (At least I guess the read/unread thing applies to Category icons, too.) In any case, I see a problem of weighting: the icons look like they would be the most important thing in the body area, by far. That's why I used rather small stars on http://www.foopics.com/showfull/24cab922804efd5587f7d8d6109d168a These rather simple and symmetric don't call for attention so much. The Category titles/links are marked by the lack of stars! BTW, I noticed the light gray for the forum is #f7f6f5. It should be #f7f7f7, like used on ubuntu.com. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.comwrote: Those icons look fantastic, the only problem is that the forums is a pure community project and we need to avoid the aubergine shades and probably stick with the orange. These icons are called on the forum page are called statusicons and the ones I working on replacing can be found at http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages. Many thanks, Mike * * Mike, I thought I would assemble a mock up with orange icons for your consideration. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5162101965_7f70d6b9c7_b.jpg John btw: http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages does not resolve to a valid page. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
The http://www.mikesplanet.net/forumimages should work now. Mike On Nov 9, 2010, at 3:58 PM, John Baer wrote: On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com wrote: Those icons look fantastic, the only problem is that the forums is a pure community project and we need to avoid the aubergine shades and probably stick with the orange. These icons are called on the forum page are called statusicons and the ones I working on replacing can be found at http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages. Many thanks, Mike Mike, I thought I would assemble a mock up with orange icons for your consideration. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5162101965_7f70d6b9c7_b.jpg John btw: http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages does not resolve to a valid page. -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@gmail.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 15:23 -0700, Mike Basinger wrote: I made a lot of changes on the forums this weekend. Please let me know what you think? http://www.mikesplanet.net/forums/forum.php Flat gray content boxes are a big improvement. Besides what I noted elsewhere: Grey bar, containing Today's Posts ... : orange shines through on the bottom corners. Initially I thought Community, Forum Actions and Quick Links would be naked until hover. Only now I see there are white arrowheads. Needs more contrast, meaning they have to be darker than the background. I think you should get rid of the gap between that bar and the page (the 2 lines of dots shining through). -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 15:23:50 -0700 Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com wrote: I made a lot of changes on the forums this weekend. Please let me know what you think? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com - From a user with visual impairments, can't links be made a different color than the heading and text? Trying to determine what is actually a link means at least hovering over every item in White text. This makes it much harder to use the page. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM2AEeAAoJEFNEIRz9dxbALN4H/1oJBOeHcIJG0/5J5TY86Jpp 2EQFIen4sHmqn7TkpEmT/KHN67EoaQQ4y2PNwbTGm5mnalao8L9LENYxLCOs50Z0 5+AM3HxVGUok41FK/FIVgGJgLGYdxSc9aHEJHRPQqsSmouX471HrOdnf9ISeta6j WiCCUO7xhN1ZP3uUgTxnblv+4O46RU0DiSSMxLvebQf/4gbnZXBI6viNR2BkgC7j rveUyj2HLCuDhxTDqg4LiRrKRfXw8TTP33wVCqLByrKLcKTY702pEDCrA1ZDpac9 jHJSvSs2x8ZP7Vkn30yQ2gPcrxslmEq5aVN8EPmR/IBfx7KpvCz9usk2IzUzHtA= =T6zv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 02:35 +, ubuntu-art-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Message: 7 Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 15:23:50 -0700 From: Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Ubuntu Forums Council ubuntu-forums-coun...@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: b44310e1-ad3d-4915-8027-2f629d55a...@ubuntu.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I made a lot of changes on the forums this weekend. Please let me know what you think? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com Mike, The new site is coming together with a very professional look. Thorsten your comments are spot on - thanks. The thing which caught my eye were the icons. They are drawn as buttons even though they are not. Borrowing the handy work of the Design Team pictograms, I put together a mock up with revised icons which are consistent with the branding standard. I drew the icons with borders when they may very well present better without. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/5159498235_00fb7974c8_b.jpg Thoughts? John signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
Those icons look fantastic, the only problem is that the forums is a pure community project and we need to avoid the aubergine shades and probably stick with the orange. These icons are called on the forum page are called statusicons and the ones I working on replacing can be found at http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages. Many thanks, Mike On Nov 8, 2010, at 6:54 PM, John Baer wrote: On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 02:35 +, ubuntu-art-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Message: 7 Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 15:23:50 -0700 From: Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Ubuntu Forums Council ubuntu-forums-coun...@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: b44310e1-ad3d-4915-8027-2f629d55a...@ubuntu.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I made a lot of changes on the forums this weekend. Please let me know what you think? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com Mike, The new site is coming together with a very professional look. Thorsten your comments are spot on - thanks. The thing which caught my eye were the icons. They are drawn as buttons even though they are not. Borrowing the handy work of the Design Team pictograms, I put together a mock up with revised icons which are consistent with the branding standard. I drew the icons with borders when they may very well present better without. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/5159498235_00fb7974c8_b.jpg Thoughts? John -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
I made a lot of changes on the forums this weekend. Please let me know what you think? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
Hi Mike, Just resending this to the list because Yaili - who is on my team - didn't seem to get it! Does anyone know if there is any reason why we can't use the emoticons we use on the design blog? Also - adding Richard Lee who is our technical wiz! Ivanka On 03/11/10 17:25, Mike Basinger wrote: To see the icons I need to replace in the vBulletin software goto http://www.mikesplanet/forumimages. The one I'm most concern with are: - statusicons: shows if something is a category, forum, or link on the front page of the forums. - button: the buttons on the bottom of posts. Currently on an #E9E9E9 background. WIll probably change, but just to a shade of grey to max the branding guidelines. -misc: miscellaneous icons - pagenation: same as button background wise -search results -siteicons -smilies: created some, have fun if you have ideas. ranks: created some, have fun if you have ideas. Some I'm working on replacing with famfamfam silk icon set. Thanks everyone for any help you can offer, Mike -- Mike Basinger mike.basin...@gmail.com -- Ivanka Majic' Creative Strategy Lead Canonical Design Team m: 07968704460 e: ivanka.ma...@canonical.com This email was sent using Thunderbird http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/ on Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
2010/11/2 Ivanka Majic ivanka.ma...@canonical.com Mike Bassinger has been working on improving the design of Ubuntu Forums and bringing them in line with the new visual identity. Would someone like to get involved? I will be here for backup and help if required and I would love to work with someone to help Mike. Who is up for it? Hi all, I'm new here but I'd be glad to help with the Forums redesign. What kind of help do you need, Mike? Jef -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
Jef van Schendel wrote: 2010/11/2 Ivanka Majic ivanka.ma...@canonical.com Mike Bassinger has been working on improving the design of Ubuntu Forums and bringing them in line with the new visual identity. Would someone like to get involved? I will be here for backup and help if required and I would love to work with someone to help Mike. Who is up for it? Hi all, I'm new here but I'd be glad to help with the Forums redesign. What kind of help do you need, Mike? Jef -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art jef, Thank you for offering to assist. Our process would have Mike prepare a specification. Give me a couple of days to follow up. John -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Ubuntu-Forums-need-design-assistance-tp30115719p30118425.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Forums need design assistance
2010/11/2 j_baer bae...@gmail.com jef, Thank you for offering to assist. Our process would have Mike prepare a specification. Give me a couple of days to follow up. John Hi John, Yes, I talked with Mike today and he said he'd draw up a list of things that still need to be done. I'll hang around. :) Jef -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
