On Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:57:26 PM UTC+2, Andre Terra wrote: > > Hi Ashraful, > > First of all, thank you for contributing with your ideas for this project. > Your mockup is one of the most aesthetically pleasing so far IMHO but there > are some issues that need addressing before it could be replace the current > design. > > Since the mockup to feedback ratio in this thread seems distant from 1 at > the moment, I wanted to contribute to the discussion, so please bear with > me. > > I really like your overall use of whitespace, especially right at the top. > My first thought after seeing the design is that it doesn't feel cluttered, > and this is my biggest issue with the current layout. But the more I looked > into it, the more I noticed key areas are missing. > > Russel has mentioned several times that djangoproject.com is not only for > developers. We need to "sell" the project to sponsors who provide publicity > and financial support, and managers who can foment adoption of our most > loved framework in design shops around the globe and corporate environments > seeking modern solutions to everyday challenges. > > It could be argued that developers themselves don't need a "download" > button. Django is hosted on at least half a dozen platforms and the ways to > access these are also greatly diverse. I'm one of those who believe that > familiarity with python packages and VCS tools are paramount to the success > of Django developers, so pip and git are probably more relevant in today's > world than tarballs. > > We also need to do address how Django relies on the community to prosper, > and anyone can contribute. Users can submit tickets, developers can patch > code, newbies can write docs and many more. This also needs to stand out in > the layout. > > I like your use of silver and to be honest, it goes with green much better > than our current beige, whilst looking more professional, clean and modern. > I see no reason for keeping *everything* silver, however. Surely we could > include a dash of green in the middle and bottom section, don't you agree? > > I also don't think the blog posts are layed out in a particularly elegant > way. There's no telling what the most recent post is, and laying them out > on a grid seems like a waste of valuable space. Perhaps you could split > that into a main area on the left and additional, less prominent info on > the right? > > A lot of the previous mockups made great suggestions on addition content > that you could incorporate, like videocasts for example. > > Last but not least, I don't get the logo. It's not that it doesn't look > good, but it simply doesn't fit Django. The framework is not in any way > related to chatting, so the speech bubble feels out of place. As for the > icons, they're somewhat random and fail to illustrate what the project is > about. > > "The web framework for perfeccionists with deadlines" is a very abstract > concept. If we can't come up with a concrete drawing of that vision, we > should at least be inspired to design a conceptual and abstract piece that > resonates with the notions of "framework", "perfeccionism", and > "deadlines". Django's most admired strength is how it manages to solve the > trade off between robustness and complexity in a seemingly natural way, and > we should convey that. > There is a clear consensus about the Pony not fitting here. Almost every project use something from the nature as a logo (a whale, an apple, a leaf, an elephant etc). This is way too boring ! I suggest a good and rock-solid anvil.
> Before getting back to work, take a look at the previous mockups and the > criticism that followed. There's a lot to be learned from what others did > well, and it might also help you avoid the same pitfalls. > > > Cheers, > André Terra > > -- Sent from my phone, please excuse any typos. -- > > > On May 23, 2012 9:38 PM, "Ashraful Sheikh" <inl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I saw this on HackerNews(news.ycombinator.com) and wanted to contribute. >> Here is my mockup: http://i.imgur.com/dSMSJ.jpg >> >> With the design, I focused on keeping the look extremely clean, >> professional and minimalistic. The content is based on that of the current >> site. The mockup may seem a bit lacking in color, but adding eye-catching >> icons for the features, and the screens for the "built with Django" section >> will add sufficient color to liven up the design. On wider screens, the >> blog posts will appear in a siderbar to the left of the features list. >> >> If you guys like it, email me at inl...@gmail.com, or reply here. You >> can check out my previous work at madebyargon.com. Some of you may have >> seen the redesign I did for VideoLAN (videolan.org) which receive a >> positive reaction from the open-source community surrounding VLC. >> >> Thanks. >> >> On Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:05:27 PM UTC+6, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: >>> >>> Hi Dana, >>> >>> I completely agree. I've been trying to get a redesign of >>> djangoproject.com going for quite some time under the auspices of the >>> Django Foundation. As you can see from the lack of changes, you can see >>> that I haven't been particularly successful :-( >>> >>> The fundamental problem is that we have plenty of coding talent at our >>> disposal, but not as much design talent. That's not to say that there >>> aren't many talented designers in our community -- there are -- it's just >>> that they're all very busy. We've approached several people in the Django >>> design community asking them to help out, and some have even made done some >>> initial work. However, redesign of a high-profile site like >>> djangoproject.com is a big job, and nobody has been able to spare the >>> time to bring the job to completion. >>> >>> So - at this point I'm open to any offers. I want to avoid design by >>> committee -- ideally, I would like to pass this off to a single person (or >>> a small group) and give them complete control over design process. I'm not >>> completely sure how to organise who gets this role -- suggestions are >>> welcome. >>> >>> If you (or anyone else) is interested, drop me a line and I can give you >>> the design brief we've been working with. >>> >>> Yours, >>> Russ Magee %-) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, 28 April 2012 at 3:22 PM, Dana Woodman wrote: >>> >>> > So now that Django is being moved to Git/Github (which is awesome!), >>> maybe it would be a good time to think about a revamped home page for the >>> project ala djangoproject.com (http://djangoproject.com)? >>> > >>> > Obviously this is no small undertaking and would be potentially >>> contentions as to what would be the proper path, but I feel (and I don't >>> think I'm alone) that djangoproject.com (http://djangoproject.com) >>> could use a bit of a facelift. >>> > >>> > I have some idea of my own as to how this could be accomplished and >>> I'm sure there are a ton of others out there with great ideas as well. >>> Maybe we could open up some discussion on this idea? >>> > >>> > Forgive me if this has been proposed before as I'm new to the group! >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > Dana >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django developers" group. >>> > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/* >>> *msg/django-developers/-/**g8ngEnVG_EsJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/-/g8ngEnVG_EsJ>. >>> >>> >>> > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@** >>> googlegroups.com <django-developers@googlegroups.com> (mailto: >>> django-developers@**googlegroups.com<django-developers@googlegroups.com>). >>> >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> django-developers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<django-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>(mailto: >>> django-developers+**unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>). >>> >>> >>> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/django-developers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en>. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django developers" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/-/redpIwTY8KMJ. >> To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. 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