On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Noah Slater<[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > I am extremely grateful to Christopher Lenz for designing the first version of > our official Apache site. However, I think it might be the time for a new > design. There have been a number of other document databases pop up in the > last > year, and we would do well to keep our image modern and fresh. > > Some of my initial thoughts: > > * The header graphic could make the project name much bigger. > > * The header graphic could include the phrase "Time to relax" as a slogan. > > * I'm not happy with the content hugging the left side and an empty right > gutter. I would prefer a central column with a width between 40 and 50 em > and a margin set to auto. Something generally like http://miscoranda.com/ > would be nice, but a bit thinner. > > * The font would probably look better in Georgia and being about 1em.
A man after my own heart! > > * Something a bit more like http://books.couchdb.org/relax/ would be ideal. Heh. I've been thinking a move in the opposite direction (more pictographic, not less) could tell the story well. The obvious role-model in this dept is http://rubyonrails.org/ But that said, I'm open minded and would be happy to see any potential designs. > > Of course, I could just come up with my own design and see what people > thought, > but I'm a little too busy, and thought it might be fun throwing this wide open > to suggestions from the community. We might have some skilled designers! > > Best, > > -- > Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater > -- Chris Anderson http://jchrisa.net http://couch.io
