Hullo all,
A few members have mentioned the same concern (Christian LOHMAIER below, and I
think Leonard MADA recently) that the whole site needs the consistent update
and that a "front page" might not be enough. I think the existing idea of a
unifying banner does this quite well. In my proposal, I've kept the banner and
just updated it a bit with repeating background graphics (small in size).
I've taken some screen captures of existing pages the way they are now, merged
with my header and I think the result is consistent (I could be wrong). Would
it be hard to implement a new banner across the OOo Website?
Existing Participate-page capture
Existing Downloads-page capture
-Nik
PS. One way or the other, I really think a search field is MANDATORY on the
homepage. It's very user-UNfriendly to leave it out. I'd ask that any existing
or future proposal either includes, or leaves space for the inclusion of, a
search field and button on the Home page.
> Hi Louis, *,
>
> On Nov 22, 2007 7:21 PM, Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 2007-11-22, at 06:03 , Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> > > On Nov 20, 2007 8:24 PM, Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > Personally I think the one from RJ Gilson better fits in the short-
> > > term, since
> > > it will not cause such an abrupt difference between new frontpage
and
> > > the rest of the site.
> >
> > But what is wrong with disjunction? ;-)
>
> One of the major issue criticized is that the site looks old. Having a
> super-fancy
> frontpage will make look the rest of the site even older, more dated.
>
> A less heavy landing page doesn't make that so drastic and allows
> to use that more fancy stuff for the more marketing related parts of
the site
> (like about/why and Download)
>
> > I think we can finesse that by
> > emphasizing the OOo logo identity instead of the images that Filip
has
> > chosen.
>
> Well, the images are the key to Filips design. Replacing it with
default
> OOo logo-style images will greatly diminish the effect.
>
> > > So I'd favor a design like that for the frontpage, and would go for
> > > a more
> > > designish one for the download or about pages, not the opposite
way...
> >
> > I would certainly want something simple and with the points you
> > cite... but do think more work is required.
>
> Sure more work is required, but since you cannot change all of the site
> from one day to another, I prefer smaller steps.
>
> Filips design breaks with the branding, it removes banner, tabs,
footer.
> I doubt that it will still look convincing with these elements
preserved.
> Whereas the other proposal fits very well in the overall framework.
>
> While I personally have no problem when the marketing or download pages
> break with the overall look, I'd prefer if the majority of the site can
be seen
> as a unit, as one thing. But of course I will support either design
when a
> decision was made..
>
> ciao
> Christian
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