Hi John, As you might have noticed, we are in the midst of a redesign of the homepage. Your requirement is a bit late, but we can indeed think about including something like this. However, I'm not sure about the banner format as you proposed. Initially I was, with the current design, thinking about using the gull image for highlighting events... but due to lack of time...
Furthermore, I am not sure whether it does not conflict with our aim to create a minimalist design. But if we can ensure that the ads are minimalistic themselves -fit in with the minimalistic design-, then I there is certainly some value in what you propose. I hope the other designers will consider this idea though. Not sure what Graham Lauder would think of it ;) and there is much truth in his argument to keep things minimal. Alternatively we could also think about a separate home for OOo enthousiasts. Normally, subgroups like the students should be able to find the information you want to promote with the banner quickly using the website, and adding more links to the main page makes this harder. Also one could think about including such highlights of features and extensions at the why pages that aims at each separate user group. g., Maarten > The MarCons have been discussing a minor change to enhance the current > site. Adding a "banner ad" to the top of the page would add some variety > to the site, and would enable us to draw visitors' attention to some > current marketing 'hot topic'. See: > > http://website.openoffice.org/tryouts/jpmcc/home > > The "School? College?" banner ad should of course be an animated gif and > should be more "artistic" (but we have people who can do that). The key > thing is we could set it up quickly and change it easily. We would use it > to direct regular visitors to our "campaign of the month": > > * Looking for help? click here for our new support forum > * Want to help us test version 3? click here > * Developer? click here to find out about developing for OOo > * OOoCon 2008 - click here to register now > * Bangla speaker? click here to help us finish our translation > > Anything that is the 'hot topic' of the month. > > This sample just required a few 'tweaks' to the site css. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks - John > -- > John McCreesh > Marketing Project Lead > OpenOffice.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
