I've been keeping an eye on what FubuMVC is up to, and I have to say that I really like what they are doing with their websites. They using clean and simple designs. Have a look at: http://guides.fubumvc.com/ http://fubumvc.com/
Cheers John On Feb 15, 9:24 pm, John Simons <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually like a lot the colour scheme that Henrik is proposing, and > I disagree that we should stick with something similar to what we > currently have. > I don't like the overuse of accordions on the front page, but I agree > with the use of javascript(jQuery) to put a bit of aliveness on the > homepage. And if the user doesn't have javascript enabled, then enable > it! (I think you find surfing the web without javascript enable quite > a painful experience nowadays). > > Cheers > John > > On Feb 15, 8:53 pm, "Henrik Feldt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Jonathon, > > > Yes, I do. Looking at a site like:http://mootools.net/docs/core > > > You can see they have a left and a right column. I figured that when the > > users has navigates to one of the documentations, the vertical line is moved > > and we get a left- and right column. I'm going to create an example of this > > as well. > > > Cheers, > > > Henrik > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathon Rossi > > Sent: den 15 februari 2010 09:03 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Proposal for new layout > > > It looks very nice, however I'm not sure that it is appropriate for the rest > > of the site; have you got other ideas for the pages with text content. > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:42 AM, John Simons <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > The design is looking very nice :) > > But I'm not convinced on the use of expand/collapse everywhere. > > Maybe, when you hover over the project heading, the right had side > > changes with the description + links, and by default it displays the > > download links. > > > On Feb 15, 11:17 am, "Henrik Feldt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, John, > > > > I codified it.http://logibit.se/castle/ > > > > Cheers > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Simons > > > Sent: den 14 februari 2010 21:29 > > > To: Castle Project Development List > > > Subject: Re: Proposal for new layout > > > > Hi Henrik, > > > > Any chance of doing a working mockup in html? > > > So we get a feeling for it :) > > > > Cheers > > > John > > > > On Feb 15, 4:29 am, "Henrik Feldt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > I made a quick mock layout (or is it a stub layout? ;)). Make sure to > > view > > > > it at 100% magnification. While it is wide, the boxes will auto-shrink > > > > through min-width/max-width depending on the width of the viewport (of > > the > > > > browser). > > > > > This layout works a lot with accordions > > > > <http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Accordion> . For each of the projects at the > > > top > > > > (and I know there are more of them than in the mock layout), if you > > click > > > it > > > > you get an introduction, probably with further links to sub-pages but > > > there > > > > can also be diagrams and other descriptive text. > > > > > Similarly for the dive into the rabbit hole-box, each topic (except > > > > "feedback") works with accordions, even if just to provide further > > links. > > > > The box expands as the accordion increases the size of the actual > > contents > > > > correlating with the heading clicked. > > > > > We can make a few of the dark boxes pop up if you are logged in as a > > > > contributor (authenticated user). > > > > > Aim: If you like the design I would like to start applying it by > > creating > > > a > > > > jira > > > > <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Modifying+Look+and+Feel+%. > > > <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Modifying+Look+and+Feel+%25.> > > .. > > > > > themes%29> theme. Something like this would require some FTP or > > otherwise > > > > access to the html/css/javascript. There is also the question of moving > > > all > > > > the content to the new site. > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Henrik > > > > > draft-1-layout.png > > > > 135KViewDownload > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Castle Project Development List" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected].> To unsubscribe from this group, > > send email to > > > [email protected] > > > <mailto:castle-project-devel%[email protected]> . > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Castle Project Development List" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:castle-project-devel%[email protected]> . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en. > > > -- > > Jono > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Castle Project Development List" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Castle Project Development List" group. 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