On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:42 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:23 PM Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:06 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> > All, >> > >> > As a follow up to the current discussions happening, I wanted to get >> > opinions from the IPMC on whether or not the Incubator logo should be >> > included in podling websites. >> > >> > Take https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/BrandingAuditJune2016 as a >> summary >> > of podling status. >> > >> > 29 podlings presently show the Incubator Logo. 1 podling uses a custom >> > version of the logo. This means we're just above 50% matching. The >> > branding guide indicates that this is a should, which essentially means >> > that unless there's some strong reason to not include, it is to be >> included >> > on the website. >> > >> > I believe the usage of the Incubator logo comes from including parent >> > project logos on sub-project websites, where podlings are essentially >> > sub-projects, but I can't find anything confirming this. >> > >> > If we are to require the logo to be present, we must spell out the URL to >> > the logo to use. This may be a variety of logos, include transparency >> > effects, with and without borders, but we should guide projects on where >> to >> > find them. >> >> In general, this is a good idea, but before we all just +1 the heck >> out of it, lets >> make sure that the intent doesn't penalize the podlings by creating an ugly >> visual layout for their websites. >> > > Agreed, the discussion will be worthless if its just a series of +1's. We > can vote when something's been figured out as working. I suspect that will > be a rewrite of http://incubator.apache.org/guides/branding.html#logos
Correct. >> In my view, the best way to think about overall visual layout is along the >> lines >> suggested by Niall in a very much related discussion on Geode: >> http://markmail.org/message/e4p5owz5swmcyb7d >> >> To quote: >> ============================================================== >> Going back to the incubator branding issue, I think Geode should >> incorporate the >> Incubator logo in its banner at the top of the page, with the aim of >> replacing it with >> one of the Apache feather logos when it graduates to a TLP. >> ============================================================== >> >> I think this is a brilliant way to solve it, but it will require us to >> do a bit of graphic design >> to dovetail the Incubator artwork into the ASF style. The current logo >> clearly doesn't >> cut it, but something along the lines of: >> http://incubator.apache.org/images/apache-incubator.png >> actually might. >> > > Well, i'm not sure that we're the ones to do the graphic design. We may > want to say that one of the incubator logos needs to be incorporated into > your design. You may want to consider that this logo will be replaced by > the ASF feather logo once you graduate to a TLP. > > I also recall pinging Sally a long while ago about a new incubator logo > based on the new feather design. At this point, I honestly think that we may want to go back and make it a priority. Given the number of podlings in the incubator it is clear to me that the incubator visual identity should be treated on-par with ASF's visual identity. Yes, we're that important. We didn't scribble the new ASF's visual identity on a napkin -- we actually hired professionals. I think we have a pretty strong case for the IPMC of the same. Thanks, Roman. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
