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I implemented the search today. The search box is back on the right hand |
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side, it uses google.com to search all *.gentoo.org domains. This |
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includes the forums, planet, documentation and dev space among others. |
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The donate button was moved back to the ads column because of this. |
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There are a few other minor changes as well. Link colors have been made |
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more consistant: purple on white for content areas and white on purple |
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in the menu bar. All links turn green on :hover. These color |
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combinations pass the color-blind test, look really good and are |
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consistant. All links except the grey menu bar are now underlined to be |
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in-line with accessibility standards (the grey bar is an exception made |
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for aesthetic reasons). |
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The content area and ads column still need to be fixed. Currently they |
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are in a table (I was testing it out in attempt to not use an absolute |
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position css tag and it didn't do very well) and I need to put it back |
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into divs. |
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I'm trying to maximize the space in the purple boxes on the front page |
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(this only appears on the front page). Those boxes are supposed to be |
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used as advertisements promoting Gentoo. I just redid "Interact" and I |
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still need some ideas for "Manage" and "Optimize". I want at least two |
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links in all four of those boxes. They should convey a feeling of |
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empowerment and community. Suggestions? |
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The top level menu (main, planet, forums, etc...) had an issue. The |
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green arrow designates which site you are on. If you are on |
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planet.gentoo.org then PLANET would be first in line with the green |
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arrow. I spaced the first word out more to make it more obvious. The |
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link colors were changed to white with green hover to be consistant with |
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the site-wide color scheme and also to pass the color blind test. |
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print icon was moved to the right and an email to the docs-team icon added. |
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There were a bunch of small details that were ironed out so the entire |
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site is really looking very polished and professional and it's really |
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coming together now. I've gotten lots of great feedback from the |
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community that really helped, thanks everybody. |
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One bit of feedback is still lingering. The new logo is being questioned |
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and many people have voiced a desire to put it to a vote. Aaron Shi has |
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agreed to make an alternate version and the project leads have consented |
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to the Gentoo Developers voting in the normal fashion on which one will |
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become the new Official Gentoo Logo. |
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Aaron is presently in school taking his exams so don't expect to see the |
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alternate version until after the $HOLIDAY. Once Aaron submits it I'll |
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post it to the list and give everyone a chance to review it before we vote. |
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I feel that this is 99% done. There are a few issues that neysx brought |
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up that I need to address, I'll do that tomorrow. Once that's done I'm |
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going to push for a release of this current layout ASAP. The logo can |
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easily be changed if the current "infinity" logo is outvoted. |
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ramereth, swift and klieber: what do you think? I would like to have |
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this site up and running before christmas, is that feasible? |
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neysx, do you see any technical bugs that need to be fixed (other than |
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the stuff you linked to in your previous mail)? |
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