In my mind, I think this should be something decided by what direction
we go with the artwork. I had proposed (and am trying to run) a
community process for OpenIndiana branding, and I voluntarily included
the website design as part of its scope.

But for temporary stuff, TwentyTen is a nice theme.

~Shawn

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Albert Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Alasdair Lumsden <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Nora (who made the backgrounds+login screen for OI) is looking to work on
>> the OpenIndiana website, which is badly in need of some love and attention
>> from someone with graphical talents.
>>
>> Right now the easiest/quickest thing to do would be to continue using
>> Wordpress, and replace the current theme with a new one, and customise that
>> to fit. She has done some digging on the Internet and found a bunch of paid
>> for themes that could be used, and put them on a poll:
>>
>> http://polldaddy.com/poll/4909414/
>>
>> (The options are hyperlinks showing the theme)
>>
>> If you could all click through and have a look at the themes, and vote on
>> your favourite, that would be appreciated. She can then put together a dev
>> website which people can provide feedback on, which could then be swapped in
>> to replace the current site.
>>
>> Longer term the project may want to consider a re-brand, but in the short
>> term improving the current website is critical, as the current one looks
>> pretty hobbyist.
>>
>
> I'd opt for a "keep the current layout" option in the poll. I happen
> to think the minimalism of the current layout is preferable to a
> generic corporate-looking site (all of the above themes are centered
> around a page-wide banner image or slideshow).
>
> -Albert
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