Re: US website theme RFC request for screenshots
On 05/08/2011 03:43 PM, Jorge G. Mare wrote: Howdy, Although this is still very much work in progress, I thought I would put the new website in it's current state on a staging URL so that you guys can play with it: http://www.myhaiku.org Jorge - This looks great! On a first walkthrough I found that I wanted to navigate the homepage's info carousel by clicking on the images below the text held in the unordered list with id=flowtabs. To a certain extent this section of the page feels like an accordion interaction, so when I couldn't click on the images I had to find out *how* to interact with it - ie. click the text. In the grand scheme of things, not to big, just something that *feels* like it should be interactive. Text looks awesome! I like the line spacing, and the subtle grey border below the h2 tags. There is only one thing I might play with in regards to text, and that is the post's meta content. The way it is currently looks beautiful, but the content isn't as *scan-able* By that I mean that when I scroll down the page the individual post titles (h2) stand out, but the content of the post doesn't stand out from the meta - ie. author, post date, etc... In terms of a solution - Hmmm... the quick thing would be to make the meta smaller. Another possible solution would be to not have it on the home page, or to have a limited amount showing, when the viewer clicks through to the single post they would get more details. I'm not as thrilled with that solution, but it could work. Anyway, keep up the good work! - Benjamin -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC request for screenshots
On 04/16/2011 02:16 PM, Jorge G. Mare wrote: I got a bit created and come up with another iteration for the front page: https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5596292342587151458 https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5596292345587801058 Jorge these look so cool! I can't wait for it to be (somewhat) live so I can see the hover effects and links! One other thing - I didn't see until I zoomed in to full size - Nice job on the background, the grey 'dimples' give a nice subtle texture, keeping it interesting but not distracting! Great! - Benjamin -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: US website theme RFC request for screenshots
News post https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5595278554459506242 User profile https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5595278554875022562 Blog post https://picasaweb.google.com/jorge.g.mare/UbuntuStudioArtwork#5595284881897234786 Jorge Jorge - I think that this theme is coming along wonderfully. There are a few things that you may still be working on, but I thought I would give my 2 cents. The main elements of page adhere to a pretty good grid system (the green lines in the link below). There are some things that don't really follow the grid that you are beginning to establish (red lines). It seems that perhaps these elements are part of the 'main content' or something like that, and that they are structured more like a directory tree - great for viewing files - but somewhat breaking from your design grid. Overall, I think that your font choices are doing their jobs - I can tell that 'UbuntuStudio Live Recording' is the title of the article, and that the 'view edit unpublish' are navigational. However the 'Home' from the main menu and the 'home' in the content area feels a little redundant, or perhaps unclear as to what each instance does. Perhaps if you are trying to establish where the user is, you could hi-light the 'home' in the menu area? I've uploaded a screenshot with a few annotations to hopefully clarify what I mean: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9k0EVSEZ-UoHpjegBBjN-iHR1PMKhI6HfAFTAPr0k3A?feat=directlink Thanks for all the great work you're doing! - Benjamin -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Putting the cart before the horse. (was: Final Notes on the Ubuntu Studio Website)
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Brian David beej...@gmail.com wrote: Alright, here's my next go at it: http://www.sunmachine.coop/ubuntu/mock-up_simple_2.png I tried to add a little of all the designs we've seen so far. Think of this as the landing page, with the main site looking more along the lines of Scott's mock-up, except with a matching palette. Also, I decided to move away from the darker colors, just to see what it was like. All the links and examples are basically placeholders, and can be replaced by whatever. Let me know what you think. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel Brian I'm liking the structural elements, specifically how the logo is front and center, anchoring the whole page. One thing that feels just a bit off to me is that the colors are all so close to each other on the color wheel - blues to purple, with a bunch of white. I wonder what would happen if you incorporated just a touch of yellow, maybe orange, to add some contrast. - Benjamin -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Re: Putting the cart before the horse. (was: Final Notes on the Ubuntu Studio Website)
In response to Scott's original mockup: http://www.fossmusicproject.org/public/images/website-mockup-3.png Good work Scott! So, starting with what works: 1) I like that things have been moved up the page. The old site was pretty, but simple, with specific information at least a scroll's length down the page. 2) Navigation wise, I would say that someone that lands here has the potential of getting their bearings quickly. The global nav is easily accessible in the upper right, along with lower level categories on the left being easily skimmed by the eye without having to 'move' the page. 3) On the old site the blog entries were pretty small, closer to tweets -- Look a new release! With this mockup, the space is tuned more to those types of posts. Someone can easily take in the most recent information, again without 'moving the page.' As for what it can do better: 1) I don't really like the social media icons. They seem to clutter up that valuable 'upper right' real estate. I would question how much use they will get. However, if we do decide that they belong, then I think the icons themselves need to be desaturated. These current colors are good for THEIR respective brands, but totally destroy our color scheme, and our brand. Perhaps gray/black social media icons, that regain their color with a mouse hover? 2) I would tend to agree with others that the mock-up feels busy. I think that the majority of this has to do with the font settings, and to a lesser extent, certain page elements not lining up. (I'll post something later showing what I mean) I would submit that much 'breathing room' could be created by using a tighter editorial writing style coupled with a larger line height, and greater margins/padding. A quick example - within the 'what is ubuntu' section: Watch the YouTube video for a quick explanation of what Ubuntu Studio offers or look at the feature walkthrough for a more in depth exploration of the features available in Ubuntu Studio. This feels wordy, and could possibly be removed or rewritten to something more succinct: Explore what Ubuntu Studio can do for you ** A link to the walk-though would be included. As for the youtube video, having that video right there with the 'play' button ready to go, is more than enough prompting for most people. Summary : All in all I think this shows some merit, with more work needed on the actual wording, along with spacing the text correctly, and better alignment of the various page elements. I'll throw in a little design time this weekend, once I get a hold on Scott's svg. Good work guys! -- Benjamin -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
Introducing Myself
Hello everyone! My name is Benjamin Turner and I am an artist living and working in Portland Oregon. Much of my focus has been with painting and sculpture, but over the last few years I have been getting more involved with digital art and web design. I recently read the interview on The Fridge with Scott and began snooping around the website revamp page. I'd love to help out where I can. This means that I know a 'bit' of the web development side of things - specifically front-end stuff - HTML/CSS, but have more experience with general design, layout, color, illustration etc... artsy fartsy stuff. Here are some samples of things I have created. This first link focuses more on my 3d ceramic work, while the second is of my webcomic (All Inkscape!!) http://passinsplay.com http://oo-oo.passionsplay.com Looking forward to helping out! -- Benjamin -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
