Re: Website Testing Files
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Brian David wrote: > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:28 PM, ailo wrote: > > So those who wish to see test content pages can now. > > > -- > -Brian David > The buttons on the banner, however, will not work at the moment, as those are hard-coded into the html. I'll fix that the next time a send out an update. -- -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
Re: Website Testing Files
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:28 PM, ailo wrote: > I don't know why the other pages don't work. I tried the theme using > postgres at first, but it was too much work converting the .sql file, so > I installed mysql. I did see a change on how the front page looks, after > adding the sql file as the database file for drupal. Maybe I need to > adjust something somewhere, I'll have a look. > The links weren't working because the database was set for clean URLs, but your server is probably not configured for that at the moment. I went ahead and turned off the clean URLs through the Drupal admin interface using the administration name and password that came with the database I sent, and it works now. I hope you don't mind that I logged into your test install, I realize I probably should have asked before doing so. So those who wish to see test content pages can now. -- -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
Re: Website Testing Files
I don't know why the other pages don't work. I tried the theme using postgres at first, but it was too much work converting the .sql file, so I installed mysql. I did see a change on how the front page looks, after adding the sql file as the database file for drupal. Maybe I need to adjust something somewhere, I'll have a look. I also like the logo against a black background. It looks like it's shining in the dark a bit. As for the rest, I wasn't really suggesting we put the screenshots so far up the page, though I don't feel we need to have that much info on the front page. One thing that came to mind is that it would be nice to have the "Free and Open Source Community Developed Operating Systen" Very visible at first glance, cause not everyone will know what Ubuntu Studio is. The detailed description seems less important, though it's nice for filling out the page. Could even be expanded a bit. Could be separated from the rest too. Happy designing, Brian! On 03/08/2011 08:49 PM, Brian David wrote: > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:03 AM, ailo wrote: >> On 03/08/2011 10:00 AM, ailo wrote: >>> >>> On 03/08/2011 08:27 AM, ailo wrote: I set up this on my own server. Feel free to check it out at (bad bandwidth, just so you know): http://mousike.dyndns.org/ubuntustudio/ > > Thank for doing this, Ailo, it makes testing a lot easier. > > Also, I appreciate the feedback. > >> On one of my monitors i get maximum 1024x768 resolution. Using firefox, not >> all of the banner fits in my window, while there's quite a lot of room left >> on the width. >> I think the width should be expanded while the main stuff should be shrunk >> vertically. > > It is also the case on my monitor that you need to scroll down to see > the Screenshots. I thought this might be worrisome, but at the time I > was just trying to set it up so it looks like the picture on the > revamp page (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/TaskWebRevamp). I > can try some re-arranging, of course. I personally like the Ubuntu > Studio logo being separate from the banner on the splash page. I'll > try to come up with something in between the way it is now and the > layout you suggested. Something that will hopefully get the > screenshots on the page without any need to scroll. > > As for the width, since it is a fixed width style, then I felt the 750 > px was a good compromise for those people who still use small monitors > (lots of people are still running 800 x 600, and some are even still > at 640 x 480!) > > I'll try some new colors on the buttons, and maybe get some script in > there to light them up when people mouse over. > > By the way, would it be possible to set up some of the other test > pages, so that we can see what the content pages look like? Right > now, none of the links work. > > Thanks! > -- ailo -- 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: Website Testing Files
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:03 AM, ailo wrote: > On 03/08/2011 10:00 AM, ailo wrote: >> >> On 03/08/2011 08:27 AM, ailo wrote: >>> >>> I set up this on my own server. Feel free to check it out at (bad >>> bandwidth, just so you know): >>> >>> http://mousike.dyndns.org/ubuntustudio/ >>> Thank for doing this, Ailo, it makes testing a lot easier. Also, I appreciate the feedback. >On one of my monitors i get maximum 1024x768 resolution. Using firefox, not >all of the banner fits in my window, while there's quite a lot of room left on >the width. >I think the width should be expanded while the main stuff should be shrunk >vertically. It is also the case on my monitor that you need to scroll down to see the Screenshots. I thought this might be worrisome, but at the time I was just trying to set it up so it looks like the picture on the revamp page (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/TaskWebRevamp). I can try some re-arranging, of course. I personally like the Ubuntu Studio logo being separate from the banner on the splash page. I'll try to come up with something in between the way it is now and the layout you suggested. Something that will hopefully get the screenshots on the page without any need to scroll. As for the width, since it is a fixed width style, then I felt the 750 px was a good compromise for those people who still use small monitors (lots of people are still running 800 x 600, and some are even still at 640 x 480!) I'll try some new colors on the buttons, and maybe get some script in there to light them up when people mouse over. By the way, would it be possible to set up some of the other test pages, so that we can see what the content pages look like? Right now, none of the links work. Thanks! -- -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
Re: Website Testing Files
On 03/08/2011 10:00 AM, ailo wrote: On 03/08/2011 08:27 AM, ailo wrote: I set up this on my own server. Feel free to check it out at (bad bandwidth, just so you know): http://mousike.dyndns.org/ubuntustudio/ My opinions so far: I took a screenshot of the page and played around with it in Gimp. This is my take on the banner: http://mousike.dyndns.org/ubuntustudio-variant/ (not centered, since it's not a real page, only a png image) -- ailo -- 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: Website Testing Files
On 03/08/2011 08:27 AM, ailo wrote: I set up this on my own server. Feel free to check it out at (bad bandwidth, just so you know): http://mousike.dyndns.org/ubuntustudio/ My opinions so far: I took a screenshot of the page and played around with it in Gimp. This is my take on the banner: http://mousike.dyndns.org/ubuntustudio-variant/ -- ailo -- 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: Website Testing Files
I set up this on my own server. Feel free to check it out at (bad bandwidth, just so you know): http://mousike.dyndns.org/ubuntustudio/ My opinions so far: I think the text "Ubuntu Studio for creative humans" is taking too much vertical space. (It feels strange that this text is not integrated with the banner-thing, but that may change if the proportions are changed, perhaps.) The buttons on the banner, though cool, are not instantly caught by the eye. Perhaps giving them a little color would fix that. Adding a new color somewhere might make the whole page a bit more vivid. On one of my monitors i get maximum 1024x768 resolution. Using firefox, not all of the banner fits in my window, while there's quite a lot of room left on the width. I think the width should be expanded while the main stuff should be shrunk vertically. Otherwise, nice work! On 03/06/2011 05:32 PM, Brian David wrote: As mentioned at the meeting today, here are the files for the Impact theme, for those who wish to test it out. You will need be running some kind of server with a Drupal 6 (not 7!) install (I use XAMPP). http://www.sunmachine.coop/ubuntu/impact_2011-02-26.tar.gz Please read the README.txt Enjoy, and let me know what you think. -- ailo -- 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: Website
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Brian David wrote: > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Brian David wrote: > > > Yes, I am experienced with creating themes with Drupal. I would say > > that the Impact theme needs a bit of touching up, but it's pretty > > close to complete. > > > > What I really would like to know is exactly how this gets done. > > Well, I'll go ahead and start building the Drupal theme to get things > started. It'll take a little while to get that done. In the > meantime, Eric, let me know what things you would like to discuss in > detail about the theme. > > -- > -Brian David > > At this point I've taken this discussion off-list for primarily security purposes. If anyone wants to follow the discussion or be updated on progress, let Brian, Scott, or I know and we will update accordingly. -Eric -- 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: Website
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Brian David wrote: > Yes, I am experienced with creating themes with Drupal. I would say > that the Impact theme needs a bit of touching up, but it's pretty > close to complete. > > What I really would like to know is exactly how this gets done. Well, I'll go ahead and start building the Drupal theme to get things started. It'll take a little while to get that done. In the meantime, Eric, let me know what things you would like to discuss in detail about the theme. -- -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
Re: Website
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:33 AM, Eric Hedekar wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Brian David wrote: >> >> > > Hey Brian, > > You and I need to have a brief chat (maybe we should CC Scott L in the > process) about the current state of the Impact theme. Is it ready to be > implemented into a full Drupal theme? Do you have any experience creating a > Drupal theme? As the artistic designer of the Impact theme are there any > final touches that you think need to be made to it? etc... > > I have put myself forward as the guy who will work on a major portion of the > back end for this overhaul, but I have extremely limited time and have been > letting this slide too far. I don't want to let it slide much further. > Though natty has no bearing on our site's progress (it'll be ready when it's > ready). > > Soon source files of images, fonts, colours, etc... all need to be hammered > down to exact specs. > > -Eric > Yes, I am experienced with creating themes with Drupal. I would say that the Impact theme needs a bit of touching up, but it's pretty close to complete. What I really would like to know is exactly how this gets done. Who has access to the Ubuntu Studio website? How do we upload files? Should I just create the Drupal theme and then pass the files along to Scott? That would be easy enough, but after that, who is it that would maintain the site and add content? Would content be created on the Ubuntu Studio site itself, or would documentation be done using the regular Ubuntu Wiki? All of this is a mystery. What is the actual process? -- -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
Re: Website
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Brian David wrote: > Natty is not too far off, and it's been a while since there was any > updates on what is going on with the website. I believe there was a > meeting over a month ago about this subject, but no minutes were sent > out. > > So, I was wondering if we could get an update on the current state of > the website re-design? > > -- > -Brian David > > Hey Brian, You and I need to have a brief chat (maybe we should CC Scott L in the process) about the current state of the Impact theme. Is it ready to be implemented into a full Drupal theme? Do you have any experience creating a Drupal theme? As the artistic designer of the Impact theme are there any final touches that you think need to be made to it? etc... I have put myself forward as the guy who will work on a major portion of the back end for this overhaul, but I have extremely limited time and have been letting this slide too far. I don't want to let it slide much further. Though natty has no bearing on our site's progress (it'll be ready when it's ready). Soon source files of images, fonts, colours, etc... all need to be hammered down to exact specs. -Eric -- 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: Website
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Brian David wrote: > Natty is not too far off, and it's been a while since there was any > updates on what is going on with the website. I believe there was a > meeting over a month ago about this subject, but no minutes were sent > out. > > So, I was wondering if we could get an update on the current state of > the website re-design? > there was a meeting, and both of the attendees decided to wait til the next one to actually have a meeting... feel free and call a meeting about the site... all i ask is that you join #ubuntustudio-devel and make sure ScottL can attend... i am working out availability for some key members when i have time, and hope to have a meeting time nailed down in the next couple weeks, but, feel free to 'take the reins"... thanks > > -- > -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 > -- MH http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/ http://wnclug.ourproject.org/ -- 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: website help
So since we're bugging people about REVU, I'll jump in and bug you about this ;-) If you want my help let me know. I need something to contribute to the community. Edward Amsden On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 16:44 -0400, Edward Amsden wrote: > See my website in my sig: www.edwardamsden.com > I haven't worked specifically with Drupal but I can get up to speed with > almost any PHP/MySQL based CMS very quickly. > > Also, I can keep up to date with the Ubuntu Studio artwork and keep the > site themed closely with current releases, if that's what you want. > > Thanks, > Edward Amsden > www.edwardamsden.com > On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 15:44 -0400, Cory K. wrote: > > Edward Amsden wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am a CS freshman at the Rochester Institute of Technology. I am a web > > > designer/coder, and I noticed on your website that you website person > > > had left. I would like to volunteer my services. I use Ubuntu Studio a > > > great deal and would love to help out with this project. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Edward Amsden > > > www.edwardamsden.com > > > > > > > Great! Can you show examples of your work? The current site uses Drupal > > so others on the team can easily update things. > > > > We're eager to get something new up that can work for a couple of > > releases like what we have now has done. (though it's currently broken. > > logo at top is at far right of the screen instead of laying over > > abstract image over nav bar. > > > > -Cory K. > > signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- 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: website help
See my website in my sig: www.edwardamsden.com I haven't worked specifically with Drupal but I can get up to speed with almost any PHP/MySQL based CMS very quickly. Also, I can keep up to date with the Ubuntu Studio artwork and keep the site themed closely with current releases, if that's what you want. Thanks, Edward Amsden www.edwardamsden.com On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 15:44 -0400, Cory K. wrote: > Edward Amsden wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a CS freshman at the Rochester Institute of Technology. I am a web > > designer/coder, and I noticed on your website that you website person > > had left. I would like to volunteer my services. I use Ubuntu Studio a > > great deal and would love to help out with this project. > > > > Thanks, > > Edward Amsden > > www.edwardamsden.com > > > > Great! Can you show examples of your work? The current site uses Drupal > so others on the team can easily update things. > > We're eager to get something new up that can work for a couple of > releases like what we have now has done. (though it's currently broken. > logo at top is at far right of the screen instead of laying over > abstract image over nav bar. > > -Cory K. > signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- 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: website help
Edward Amsden wrote: > Hello, > I am a CS freshman at the Rochester Institute of Technology. I am a web > designer/coder, and I noticed on your website that you website person > had left. I would like to volunteer my services. I use Ubuntu Studio a > great deal and would love to help out with this project. > > Thanks, > Edward Amsden > www.edwardamsden.com > Great! Can you show examples of your work? The current site uses Drupal so others on the team can easily update things. We're eager to get something new up that can work for a couple of releases like what we have now has done. (though it's currently broken. logo at top is at far right of the screen instead of laying over abstract image over nav bar. -Cory K. -- 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
