Hello FLAC developers,
I'm one of the Xiph webmasters and I wanted to get some input from you guys for how you feel about some ideas that were being kicked around. There is some need to redesign the Xiph.org website into something that is more useful, organized, and accessible. There is also a push to redo parts of the Xiph branding with new logos, mottos, etc to clear up consumer confusion over what Xiph is.
While this redesign is being done, it offers the opportunity to unify the Xiph project websites into a complementary design. This is not a requirement by any means, but it would make administration of the project's websites much easier. It would also make navigation between projects easier for users as there wouldn't be a need to reorient themselves each time.
Initial ideas offer two simultaneous solutions. The first would be to move all of the current website information for each project into a standard, but highly customizable template. The underlying HTML layout would be identical but the look and feel for each website would be customized through the use of CSS.
The second would be for projects that want to maintain their old design. This involves the simple addition of a "banner" across the top that contains some type of Xiph branding. This would be a lot like what is at the top of http://www.speex.org/
While the first solution is most desirable in the grand scheme of things, it is not something that we want to pressure onto anyone. As always, projects are free to move at their own pace and the direction that they feel is best.
So my question to you would be how do you feel about all of these ideas?
A few screenshots of concept designs are available here: http://commo.de/xiph/Concepts/
Comments and suggestions are much appreciated.
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