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very late at night (or very early
morning)...
I only took a quick spin and two things come to
mind:
1) The black text on dark blue background would be
difficult for someone who is visually impaired, or colour blind to read.
Perhapse lighten the blue a lot, or change the black text to white for better
contrast.
2)Would it be possible to put an extra line break
between articles in the right-most column.
I find that it is difficult for me to pick out
induvidual items from eachother. Also maybe widen the right panel ever so
slightly as well. :-)
Cheers.
Doug
P.S. If y ou really want laout submissions, I'll do
one up.
however, I will warn you that I
am somewhat a minimalist when it comes to visual design.
<grin>
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:07
AM
Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI website
upgrade - help wanted
Hello All,
The DynAPI website has been somewhat
neglected for several years now, and some parts of it no longer work. So I've
begun work on updating the site.
The old website was built using a CMS
called phpWebSite-0.7.6, which is way out of date. I've installed the latest
release of phpWebSite (0.10.1) on an adjacent directory on the sourceforge
site, and I've begun transferring data from the old site to the new
(phpWebSite stores all its content in a mysql database).
There is no
simple upgrade between the two releases, as too many revisions have been
skipped and the schema has changed significantly. So I have started with the
default (blank) website and am transferring data one table at a time.
I
really need help to create a default theme for the site - this consists of
graphics and template files that define the L&F. My own graphic design
skills are fairly abysmal, so if someone out there is able to help with this
then we'll be able to get the new site up and running very soon.
As
I see it, the upgrade consists of these tasks:
- get the new CMS installed and working (done),
- copy as much content as possible from the old CMS (started, in
progress),
- create a default theme for the site,
- deploy the website as the default homepage at
dynapi.sourceforge.net,
- define a site structure (categories etc.),
- add new content.
Steps 1, 2 & 4 are all quite mechanical and
I'm happy to do them. Step 3 needs someone with a sense of style. Steps 5
& 6 are the important ones that really need input from the entire DynAPI
community for the best result.
The temporary URL for the new site
is
http://dynapi.sourceforge.net/phpwebsite/
If
you would like to help with any aspect of this upgrade (theme design, admin,
structure, content...) just let me know and I'll set you up. Also, any
other suggestions, feedback, etc. will be most welcome.
Andrew
Gillett
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