Nice! :)

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of James Strachan
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:23 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Scalate Web site

Awesome stuff Chris!

On 26 January 2011 18:56, Chris Custine <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
> The project web site redesign looks like it hasn't gotten any
> attention recently and I have been doing some web development anyway,
> so I thought I would take a shot at something similar to what the
> community has already agreed on.  The link below is a screen shot of a
> scalate generated landing page (I used Eric's sandbox work as a
> starting point).
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccustine/5390898666/sizes/l/
>
> The landing page is a bit rich in content and graphics but I liked the
> idea of a featured content section (with the rotating content common
> in commercial sites) and the getting started boxes carried over from
> the previous concepts.  The actual content pages (docs, tutorials,
> etc) will be slimmed down a bit more than this one and will have a
> left side navigation menu specific to the section you are in
> (Documentation, Tutorials, Project Info, etc) but will carry the same
> theme.  I'll work on those and post some screenshots if everyone likes
> this direction.
>
> WDYT?
>
> Chris
>
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>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 06:10, Eric Johnson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> I've got some of Lukaz's stuff incorporated into the scalate SMX web
>> site in the sandbox at
>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/sandbox/website20. I still
>> need to pretty up the search box. I wasn't keen on the left side
>> image, so I left it off. However, I can add it back in if the
>> community likes it.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Eric Johnson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>>> I can get the header updated to match the example. I'd just need the
>>> images used to create the logo.
>>>
>>> The clip art from the boxes are nice as well. I'd like to add that as
well.
>>>
>>> Or Lukasz's intern could do the update. Either way works.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Lars Heinemann <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>
>>>> the dropshadows are looking quite nice.
>>>> Loving the boxes on the right side a lot.
>>>> For the header I would recommend using the latest approach of splatch
design proposal
>>>> ( see http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1718/servicemix46.jpg )
>>>>
>>>> Can we try to get a unified version of both approaches?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Lars
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Lars Heinemann
>>>> FuseSource
>>>> Email: [email protected]
>>>> Web: http://www.fusesource.com
>>>> Blog: http://lhein.blogspot.com
>>>> Twitter: lhein77
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 03.11.2010 um 23:46 schrieb Eric Johnson:
>>>>
>>>> > I've got a fairly complete version of the ServiceMix site working in
the
>>>> > sandbox at
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/sandbox/website20.
>>>> >
>>>> > Not all of the pages from the wiki are there, but enough to get a
general
>>>> > sense of things.
>>>> >
>>>> > What do you all think of the visual design, navigation, etc?
>>>> >
>>>> > I added some color to the drop down menus and a shadow to the boxes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Should I continue down this path?
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Eric Johnson
<[email protected]>wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> I smoothed out the logo placement by removing the space between the
image
>>>> >> and the name. I also added some space for the menu as Gert suggested
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 7:12 AM, Lars Heinemann <[email protected]>
wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> I did some tinkering on the new website. For the logo I put in this
is
>>>> >>> just for getting an idea so far.
>>>> >>> As soon as our new logo is finished the top bar should be reworked
from
>>>> >>> scratch.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Lars
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Am 28.10.2010 um 11:11 schrieb Gert Vanthienen:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>> Scott Christopher,
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Yeah, I have been able to receive the attachment just fine and
Lars
>>>> >>>> will include the patch into some other work he's currently doing
on
>>>> >>>> the website project.  Thanks for helping us out with these bits --
we
>>>> >>>> really want the new website to shine, so all the help we get is
>>>> >>>> welcome!
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Regards,
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Gert Vanthienen
>>>> >>>> ------------------------
>>>> >>>> Web: http://fusesource.com
>>>> >>>> Blog: http://gertvanthienen.blogspot.com/
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Scott Christopher
>>>> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >>>>> On 28/10/2010, at 11:17 AM, Scott Christopher wrote:
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> On 28/10/2010, at 9:11 AM, Gert Vanthienen wrote:
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>>> - only mention the latest 4.3.0 release on the home page in the
>>>> >>>>>>> download box -- I'd also try and see if we can come up with a
little
>>>> >>>>>>> javascript that offers the correct download link for the
current
>>>> >>>>>>> platform, so people can get their hands on the software as
easily as
>>>> >>>>>>> possible (similar to what e.g.
>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html does)
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> I've attached a simple patch for index.page that detects whether
to
>>>> >>> opt for the tar.gz or zip download based on the
navigator.appVersion value
>>>> >>> in the browser.
>>>> >>>>>>
>>>> >>>>>> Happy to lend a hand with any javascript required.
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Well I thought I attached a patch. Do attachments get stripped on
this
>>>> >>> mailing list?
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Regards,
>>>> >>>>>       Scott Christopher
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>
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