Thanks Carol, I¹ll send this correction to the illustrator...
Christian On 2/27/09 11:57 AM, "Carol Farlow Lerche" <[email protected]> wrote: > Slight grammatical problem with one panel on > > http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php?temp > late=page&page=learners > > "Kamala reads a webpage about sharks and LEARN that shark populations are > declining." -- should be LEARNS. > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:54 AM, David Farning <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Christian Schmidt >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Thanks Sean. We are in the final stages of proofing content on the >>> betasite, >>> > and think we will go live this weekend. Stay tuned! >> >> Christian, I officially withdraw any reservations I had about the new site:) >> >> I showed it around my nephew's elementary school yesterday; The >> teachers, teachers aids, and parents thought it was great! >> >> The most interesting aspect was the change from the dark to light >> background. They thought the dark, over welming, background >> represented what one 'expects' from computers and the light background >> was what you would 'want' from computers. >> >> david >> >>> > >>> > Christian >>> > >>> > ________________________________ >>> > From: Sean DALY [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > To: ,Josh williams [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > Cc: David Farning [mailto:[email protected]], >>> [email protected], >>> > [email protected], Christian Marc Schmidt >>> > [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > Sent: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:05:48 -0500 >>> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity >>> > >>> > Greetings Josh! >>> > >>> > In fact lots of work has been done on this by Christian, see for example: >>> > http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Logo >>> > http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Website >>> > >>> > and, in beta: >>> > http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php >>> > >>> > >>> > May I suggest you join the Marketing list? >>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing >>> > >>> > We have IRC meetings on Tuesdays at 1600 UTC: >>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-February/000341.html >>> > >>> > >>> > We are gearing up for the imminent Sugar 0.84 release. >>> > >>> > >>> > Thanks >>> > >>> > Sean >>> > Marketing Coordinator >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:08 AM, ,Josh williams <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>>> >> Hey David, >>>> >> >>>> >> I have had a quick look at the markup and the CSS, but I haven't >>>> >> actually had a look at the PHP. I laughed when I saw the Mozilla guys >>>> >> had an IE style sheet, but then I figured they were probably just >>>> >> reusing code. I was actually wondering if I could have a local copy of >>>> >> the remora code or access to a development or testing environment at >>>> >> some point? >>>> >> >>>> >> I also agree that we need a common branding for all of the sites, Gnome >>>> >> is a great example I think Mozilla and Ubuntu are good examples to. I >>>> >> think a splash page for www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >>>> built on WordPress or Drupal >>>> >> would be a really good idea also. It could explain the what the project >>>> >> is, have a download link to the latest version, link to the wiki, press >>>> >> release, news etc. >>>> >> >>>> >> Cheers, >>>> >> >>>> >> Josh >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> David Farning wrote: >>>>> >>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Wade Brainerd <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>>> Hey Josh, thanks for the offer of help! >>>>>> >>>> I definitely like your simple and kid-friendly theme for addons. I >>>>>> >>>> wonder >>>>>> >>>> off the top of my head though, if it makes sense to make addons.sl.o >>>>>> >>>> look >>>>>> >>>> *more* like the other sl.o sites? >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Have you gotten a chance to look at the aslo code? >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> Things are kind of confusing right now >>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>>> with the different styles of wiki, trac, addons, schools, gitorious, >>>>>> >>>> api, >>>>>> >>>> buildbot, etc. planet is the lone exception, it seems to follow >>>>>> >>>> wiki.sugarlabs.org <http://wiki.sugarlabs.org> nicely :) >>>>>> >>>> It would be great if the Design Team could comment on this decision. >>>>>> >>>> Here are a couple other web infrastructure ideas: >>>>>> >>>> + Improve theming consistency among various SL.o sites. >>>>>> >>>> + Single sign on cookie among all SL.o sites - perhaps OpenID based. >>>>>> >>>> + Standard nav header atop all SL.o sites rather than the various nav >>>>>> >>>> headers in different places, with different links. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> The various gnome sites such as build.gnome.org >>>>> <http://build.gnome.org> and www.gnome.org <http://www.gnome.org> are >>>>> >>> very nice examples of common theming tying sites together. Some thing >>>>> >>> similar for SL would be great. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> david >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>>> + Better splash page for Gitorious, looking more like GitWeb - a page >>>>>> >>>> with a >>>>>> >>>> small search box at the top and the rest being a list of projects, >>>>>> >>>> sorted by >>>>>> >>>> recent activity, showing owner and last commit details >>>>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>>>> >>>> Wade >>>>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM, ,Josh williams >>>>>> >>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> Hi, I'm working on the design of sugar labs add-ons with Mick >>>>>>> Weiss. >>>>>>> >>>>> I've created a mock up at >>>>>>> http://sugarlabs.org/go/AddonsPortal/Design >>>>>>> >>>>> but I've haven't been able to contact anyone on the design team as of >>>>>>> >>>>> yet. I would also like to volunteer some of my time for other >>>>>>> projects. >>>>>>> >>>>> I'm primarily a front-end designer with XHTML/CSS JavaScript >>>>>>> skills, >>>>>>> >>>>> but >>>>>>> >>>>> I also know some PHP/MySQL and have a background in Linux. I also enjoy >>>>>>> >>>>> creating icons, so if there are any activities developers that need >>>>>>> >>>>> icons please contact me. My portfolio is over at >>>>>>> http://tucsonlabs.com >>>>>>> >>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> If you're a member of the design team or have some use for my >>>>>>> skills, >>>>>>> >>>>> please let me know. >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> Josh >>>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>>>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>>>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>>>> >>> [email protected] >>>>> >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>>> >> [email protected] >>>> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >>>> >> >>> > >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > -- Christian Marc Schmidt [email protected] Pentagram Design, Inc. 204 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010 212/ 802 0248
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