Slight grammatical problem with one panel on http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php?template=page&page=learners
"Kamala reads a webpage about sharks and LEARN that shark populations are declining." -- should be LEARNS. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:54 AM, David Farning <dfarn...@sugarlabs.org>wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Christian Schmidt > <schm...@pentagram.com> wrote: > > Thanks Sean. We are in the final stages of proofing content on the > betasite, > > and think we will go live this weekend. Stay tuned! > > Christian, I officially withdraw any reservations I had about the new > site:) > > I showed it around my nephew's elementary school yesterday; The > teachers, teachers aids, and parents thought it was great! > > The most interesting aspect was the change from the dark to light > background. They thought the dark, over welming, background > represented what one 'expects' from computers and the light background > was what you would 'want' from computers. > > david > > > > > Christian > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Sean DALY [mailto:sdaly...@gmail.com] > > To: ,Josh williams [mailto:joshcwilli...@gmail.com] > > Cc: David Farning [mailto:dfarn...@sugarlabs.org], > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org, > > sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org, Christian Marc Schmidt > > [mailto:schm...@pentagram.com] > > Sent: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:05:48 -0500 > > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity > > > > Greetings Josh! > > > > In fact lots of work has been done on this by Christian, see for example: > > http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Logo > > http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Website > > > > and, in beta: > > > http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php > > > > > > May I suggest you join the Marketing list? > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > > > > We have IRC meetings on Tuesdays at 1600 UTC: > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-February/000341.html > > > > > > We are gearing up for the imminent Sugar 0.84 release. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Sean > > Marketing Coordinator > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:08 AM, ,Josh williams <joshcwilli...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > >> Hey David, > >> > >> I have had a quick look at the markup and the CSS, but I haven't > >> actually had a look at the PHP. I laughed when I saw the Mozilla guys > >> had an IE style sheet, but then I figured they were probably just > >> reusing code. I was actually wondering if I could have a local copy of > >> the remora code or access to a development or testing environment at > >> some point? > >> > >> I also agree that we need a common branding for all of the sites, Gnome > >> is a great example I think Mozilla and Ubuntu are good examples to. I > >> think a splash page for www.sugarlabs.org built on WordPress or Drupal > >> would be a really good idea also. It could explain the what the project > >> is, have a download link to the latest version, link to the wiki, press > >> release, news etc. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Josh > >> > >> > >> > >> David Farning wrote: > >>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Wade Brainerd <wad...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hey Josh, thanks for the offer of help! > >>>> I definitely like your simple and kid-friendly theme for addons. I > >>>> wonder > >>>> off the top of my head though, if it makes sense to make addons.sl.o > >>>> look > >>>> *more* like the other sl.o sites? > >>>> > >>> > >>> Have you gotten a chance to look at the aslo code? > >>> > >>> Things are kind of confusing right now > >>> > >>>> with the different styles of wiki, trac, addons, schools, gitorious, > >>>> api, > >>>> buildbot, etc. planet is the lone exception, it seems to follow > >>>> wiki.sugarlabs.org nicely :) > >>>> It would be great if the Design Team could comment on this decision. > >>>> Here are a couple other web infrastructure ideas: > >>>> + Improve theming consistency among various SL.o sites. > >>>> + Single sign on cookie among all SL.o sites - perhaps OpenID based. > >>>> + Standard nav header atop all SL.o sites rather than the various nav > >>>> headers in different places, with different links. > >>>> > >>> > >>> The various gnome sites such as build.gnome.org and www.gnome.org are > >>> very nice examples of common theming tying sites together. Some thing > >>> similar for SL would be great. > >>> > >>> david > >>> > >>> > >>>> + Better splash page for Gitorious, looking more like GitWeb - a page > >>>> with a > >>>> small search box at the top and the rest being a list of projects, > >>>> sorted by > >>>> recent activity, showing owner and last commit details > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Wade > >>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM, ,Josh williams > >>>> <joshcwilli...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi, I'm working on the design of sugar labs add-ons with Mick Weiss. > >>>>> I've created a mock up at > http://sugarlabs.org/go/AddonsPortal/Design > >>>>> but I've haven't been able to contact anyone on the design team as of > >>>>> yet. I would also like to volunteer some of my time for other > projects. > >>>>> I'm primarily a front-end designer with XHTML/CSS JavaScript skills, > >>>>> but > >>>>> I also know some PHP/MySQL and have a background in Linux. I also > enjoy > >>>>> creating icons, so if there are any activities developers that need > >>>>> icons please contact me. My portfolio is over at > http://tucsonlabs.com > >>>>> . > >>>>> > >>>>> If you're a member of the design team or have some use for my skills, > >>>>> please let me know. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> > >>>>> Josh > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >>>>> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > >>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >>>> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >>> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair
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