Fantastic--if he can do that I'd love to have an original design, but let's try and get a commitment ASAP. I just want to know if we're going to go that route or use a pre-built design, and maybe we should move forward on both fronts since we need it to be skinnable anyway.
I'd really like to get this resolved in the next couple of days, so how about this. By noon tomorrow, please forward to the list your two favorite pre-built designs. They can be from anywhere (not limited to oswd.org in other words), but they need to be available for free use and designed to be used by others. In other words, "this site is really cool" doesn't cut it if they don't make their design available for download. After I get all the submissions in I'll compile a list of the ones on which we can vote, and everyone has to pick their *one* favorite by Monday at noon. Just send your vote to the list; I don't think this needs to be a secret ballot or anything. Bear in mind when choosing a design we want the best combination of visual appeal and structural suitability for our site that we can get as a starting point. So by Monday at noon we'll have one skin chosen, and then Andrew if your friend can come up with an original design for us as well, that would be great and would give us two skins to work with. Sound like a plan? Thanks, Matt On 2/1/06, Andrew Leaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a friend of mine who is part of the dev team who is watching the > list and is an awesome designer. He might be able to take a jab at this > for us. > > Andrew > > Matt Woodward wrote: > > The only real issues I have with that one are that it's pretty narrow > > (in it's current state anyway) and it may rely on graphics too heavily > > to make it very easily customizable. Given our seeming lack of design > > skills among us if we're having to modify or create new graphics to > > get the layout to work that seems like something we should avoid. > > I'll check it out (or someone else can take a look) and see what that > > one looks like under the hood. > > > > On 2/1/06, Cook, Kathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> This one really looks good and claims to have easily customizable > >> features. Add this to the list of possilities. > >> > >> Kathy > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Knipp, Eric > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:19 AM > >> To: devteam@list.dfwcfug.net > >> Subject: RE: [DFWCFUG Dev Team] Design Ideas > >> > >> I kind of like this one .. > >> > >> http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/2425 > >> > >> Eric > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Cook, Kathy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:45 AM > >> To: devteam@list.dfwcfug.net > >> Subject: RE: [DFWCFUG Dev Team] Design Ideas > >> > >> From what I could see, Channel Nine doesn't have any builtin navigation > >> or "bread crumbs". I saw the external links in the right sidebar but no > >> navigation menu. Basically sidebar and top link menus where the top one > >> is consistent across pages and lets you get to all the major areas of > >> the site. The side menu could vary somewhat depending on the page/app > >> you are on. > >> > >> These seem to have the navigation hooks (probably others do as well) > >> Purple Blinds Blue Haze Small Portal Symphony > >> > >> Since we will be able to change the theme with skins, we should decide > >> which basic elements the site must have first and then choose some > >> designs that meet those criteria. Then narrow the list down. I don't > >> remember seeing a list of criteria for the elements. I saw the list of > >> overall site features, but that is not the same thing. > >> > >> Just my 2 cents, > >> > >> Kathy > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Matt Woodward > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:27 PM > >> To: devteam@list.dfwcfug.net > >> Subject: Re: [DFWCFUG Dev Team] Design Ideas > >> > >> OK folks, I think based on the feedback I got as compared with my own > >> personal analysis of what structurally will work best for the site, > >> Channel Nine seems to be a good choice. I like Ditto Ditto as well but > >> I'm not sure it's a big enough design structurally to handle what we > >> want. > >> > >> So last chance for comments before we start moving on and cranking out > >> some UI prototoypes--everyone cool with Channel Nine? > >> http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/2334 > >> > >> Matt > >> > >> On 1/30/06, Matt Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Good point, within reason. In other words, if it's a huge amount of > >>> work or a massive hack to get it looking "right" (i.e. within > >>> acceptable parameters given the fact that it will never look > >>> identical) in Opera, I don't think that needs to be a huge concern. > >>> If we get it looking good in IE and FF, in my mind additional browser > >>> like Opera and Safari are icing on the cake. Between IE and FF I bet > >>> you hit at least 99% of all users. Safari's popular on the Mac but a > >>> lot of Mac users use FF as their primary browser because Safari still > >>> has some issues (at least when last I used it). > >>> > >>> Matt > >>> > >>> On 1/30/06, John Ivanoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Let's except that it isn't going to look the same in every browser. > >>>> > >>>> Let's find a "look" we like and we'll teak the code so it works in > >>>> all "browsers", I'm not talking just about IE or FF. There are many > >>>> browsers, platforms and devices out there and who knows what's > >>>> comming. > >>>> > >>>> "bullet proof" design. > >>>> > >>>> On 1/30/06, Matt Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> But those numbers are dropping fast--IE is down to 80% in Europe > >>>>> (it's still at about 90% in the US), and of course among techies > >>>>> like us Firefox use is extremely high. > >>>>> > >>>>> Obviously the app we build will have to work in both browsers and > >>>>> most of the designs on oswd are compatible with both IE and > >>>>> > >> Firefox. > >> > >>>>> Matt > >>>>> > >>>>> On 1/30/06, Ron Mast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Now now, there's nothing wrong with IE...lol. I'd say over 90% > >>>>>> of the public uses it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Woodward > >>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:52 AM > >>>>>> To: devteam@list.dfwcfug.net > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [DFWCFUG Dev Team] Design Ideas > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 1/30/06, Cook, Kathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Yes I see the same behaviour in IE. Need to reload each > >>>>>>> individual > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> page > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> in TRAC. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> Yet another reason not to use IE. :-) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Are any of these designs more likely to support sub-menus if > >>>>>>> necessary and dynamically populating content? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> WYSIWYG with these designs--some of them already have sub-menus > >>>>>> in the basic design, which means we wouldn't even have to worry > >>>>>> about that level of design from a CSS and layout perspective. > >>>>>> I'd say to get rolling the closer the design is to what we'll > >>>>>> > >> want/need, the better. > >> > >>>>>> Matt > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Matt Woodward > >>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> http://www.mattwoodward.com > >>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>>>>> Reply To: devteam@list.dfwcfug.net List Archive: > >>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/devteam%40list.dfwcfug.net/ > >>>>>> To Subscribe: Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >>>>>> "subscribe devteam" in the body - no quotes. > >>>>>> To Unsubscribe: Reply to the list with unsubscribe in the > >>>>>> > >> subject line. > >> > >>>>>> Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com & www.cvsdude.org > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________ > >>>>>> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential > >>>>>> > >> and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are > >> addressed. 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