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I like this version much better. It's all coming together, and I give my |
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thumbs up for a release of this as soon as the minor bugs are worked out. |
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(Not like it matters, but as an average gentoo user, I applaud you, and |
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everyone else!) |
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Yes, let's see this before X-Mas 2005! It would be a nice X-mas present to |
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the community! |
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On 12/9/05, Curtis Napier <curtis119@g.o> wrote: |
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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 |
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> 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 |
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> 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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Christopher S. Case |
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SUNY Fredonia |
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