Just a loud thinking. Why promote only openoffice? Why not other open source software like Ubuntu? I try this technique to switch completely from licence world to licence free word. ( Still,it is hard to find acceptance. As already mentioned, there is no option of telling "Buy One Get Two"
With Warm Regards V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 On 19 December 2012 22:50, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote: > I also think typography goes a long way, having some great font on the > page could really do a facelift without disrupting the CSS that much. > > On 12/19/12, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also been working with Jan to acomodate the mWiki theme, since the new > > mediawiki come with a diferent CSS than the old Monobook theme. > > > > However this should be intune with the current www.openoffice.org style. > > > > Lets work together to make AOO site look in tune. > > > > On 12/19/12, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> cc'ing the marketing list, since we have some recent volunteers who > >> said they had web design skills. > >> > >> We have two websites for the project: > >> > >> 1) A public-facing website at http://www.openoffice.org > >> > >> 2) A project-facing website at http://openoffice.apache.org > >> > >> In practice the distinction is not always clear. There are many links > >> that cross from one website to another. For example, a user starting > >> at http://www.openoffice.org/ and clicking the "I want to Participate > >> in OpenOffice" ends on on this project page here: > >> http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html. > >> > >> The websites have a similar look, but they differ in many small ways, > >> and the cumulative effect of these differences is discordant (IMHO). > >> > >> To draw out the difference, I made two identical test pages that > >> illustrate how the different style sheets treat common HTML > >> constructs, and differences in page headers/footers: > >> > >> See: > >> > >> http://openoffice.apache.org/style-test.html > >> > >> and > >> > >> http://www.openoffice.org/style-test.html > >> > >> Note, for example, how our tagline differs between the pages. Also, > >> the default font size on the openoffice.org is smaller than on > >> openoffice.apache.org. IMHO this is too small for default text. > >> > >> There are other things that are common between the two sites, but > >> perhaps are non-optimal, like: > >> > >> 1) We're really not distinguishing blockquotes well. We're just > >> indenting. Maybe we can add a left-aligned vertical bar? > >> > >> 2) The yellow background of the <pre> block is a bit extreme. Maybe > >> something more subtle? > >> > >> 3) The hierarchy of headers only deals with H1 and H2. > >> > >> > >> I'm willing to help here, on integration of new stylesheets, getting > >> stuff checked in, etc. But I have neither the taste nor the talent to > >> design a good looking set of styles. Trust me, you do not want be to > >> do design work. So I'm hoping that someone reading this can volunteer > >> to take the lead in proposing a good, modern, professional set of > >> styles that we can use across both websites. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> -Rob > >> > > > > > > -- > > Alexandro Colorado > > PPMC Apache OpenOffice > > http://es.openoffice.org > > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > PPMC Apache OpenOffice > http://es.openoffice.org >
