Good comment Mr. Samer Mansour. Let us wait comment from others With Warm Regards
V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 On 21 December 2012 09:56, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> wrote: > I would think this will distract us from our simpler mission, which is to > promote open office. It can also be a bit of a double edge sword in the > sense that if we are promoting another project and that project isn't > received well, it could tarnish our brand or imply something about us which > is not true. > > On Thursday, December 20, 2012, Kadal Amutham wrote: > > > 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.orgstyle. > > > > > > > > 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> >
