Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-22 Thread Bastien
Yes, there is a problem here: only users with push access can 
clone for now (and pull and push.)

I think Jason is not online this week-end, so we will have to
live with it.

I've created clones of org-mode.git and orgweb.git on github:

  https://github.com/bzg/org-mode
  https://github.com/bzg/orgweb

HTH,

-- 
 Bastien



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-22 Thread Nick Dokos
Bastien b...@altern.org wrote:

 Yes, there is a problem here: only users with push access can 
 clone for now (and pull and push.)
 
 I think Jason is not online this week-end, so we will have to
 live with it.
 
 I've created clones of org-mode.git and orgweb.git on github:
 
   https://github.com/bzg/org-mode
   https://github.com/bzg/orgweb
 

Just tell people to use http: instead of git: for now.

Nick



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-22 Thread Bastien
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes:

 Just tell people to use http: instead of git: for now.

All right, you just did so.  Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-22 Thread John Hendy
For firewalls (im behind one too) see if theres an https alternative. I
guess you solved this, but some might not be able to futz with proxies (or
shouldn't) at work :)
On Sep 21, 2012 5:50 PM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote:

 Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com wrote:

  Bastien,
 
  I can't clone the orgweb repo:
 
  git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
  Cloning into 'orgweb'...
  fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
 
  Is the server is down?
 

 I can't get to it either, but I am behind a firewall and have had
 problems with the socks proxy I usually use. After I switched proxies,
 I *was* able to do a git pull on the emacs repository though, so I
 suspect the fault is at orgmode.org's end.

 Nick

  - Marcelo.
 
  On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Bastien b...@altern.org wrote:
 
  Hi Marcelo,
 
  glad you like the new website!  It's important to keep Org open
  to non-developers, it is good if the website somehow advertizes
  this attitude.
 
  Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com writes:
 
   I can help with the Spanish and Portuguese versions, by the way.
 
  Great!
 
  ~$ git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
  ~$ cd orgweb/
  ~$ git branch orgweb-es
  ~$ mkdir es/
  ~$ cp *org es/
 
  [translate the es/*org files]
 
  ~$ git commit -m Yeah! es translation done!
  ~$ git format-patch master
 
  ... then send me the patch(es).
 
  Should be one-hour max of work.
 
  Thanks in advance :)
 
  --
   Bastien
 
 
  
  Alternatives:
 
  




Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-22 Thread Achim Gratz
Bastien writes:
 I think Jason is not online this week-end, so we will have to
 live with it.

He has just fixed it and it works again with my old configuration.


Regards,
Achim.
-- 
+[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]+

Samples for the Waldorf Blofeld:
http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldSamplesExtra




Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-21 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Bastien,

I can't clone the orgweb repo:

git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
Cloning into 'orgweb'...
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Is the server is down?

- Marcelo.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Bastien b...@altern.org wrote:

 Hi Marcelo,

 glad you like the new website!  It's important to keep Org open
 to non-developers, it is good if the website somehow advertizes
 this attitude.

 Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com writes:

  I can help with the Spanish and Portuguese versions, by the way.

 Great!

 ~$ git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
 ~$ cd orgweb/
 ~$ git branch orgweb-es
 ~$ mkdir es/
 ~$ cp *org es/

 [translate the es/*org files]

 ~$ git commit -m Yeah! es translation done!
 ~$ git format-patch master

 ... then send me the patch(es).

 Should be one-hour max of work.

 Thanks in advance :)

 --
  Bastien



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-21 Thread Nick Dokos
Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com wrote:

 Bastien,
 
 I can't clone the orgweb repo:
 
 git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
 Cloning into 'orgweb'...
 fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
 
 Is the server is down?
 

I can't get to it either, but I am behind a firewall and have had
problems with the socks proxy I usually use. After I switched proxies,
I *was* able to do a git pull on the emacs repository though, so I
suspect the fault is at orgmode.org's end.

Nick

 - Marcelo.
 
 On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Bastien b...@altern.org wrote:
 
 Hi Marcelo,

 glad you like the new website!  It's important to keep Org open
 to non-developers, it is good if the website somehow advertizes
 this attitude.

 Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com writes:

  I can help with the Spanish and Portuguese versions, by the way.

 Great!

 ~$ git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
 ~$ cd orgweb/
 ~$ git branch orgweb-es
 ~$ mkdir es/
 ~$ cp *org es/

 [translate the es/*org files]

 ~$ git commit -m Yeah! es translation done!
 ~$ git format-patch master

 ... then send me the patch(es).

 Should be one-hour max of work.

 Thanks in advance :)

 --
  Bastien
 
 
 
 Alternatives:
 
 



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-21 Thread Eric Schulte
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes:

 Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com wrote:

 Bastien,
 
 I can't clone the orgweb repo:
 
 git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
 Cloning into 'orgweb'...
 fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
 
 Is the server is down?
 

 I can't get to it either, but I am behind a firewall and have had
 problems with the socks proxy I usually use. After I switched proxies,
 I *was* able to do a git pull on the emacs repository though, so I
 suspect the fault is at orgmode.org's end.



orgmode.org was recently moved to a new machine, so you will have to
update any tools which check MAC addresses for things like man in the
middle attacks.  I did have to update my ~/.ssh/known_hosts this morning
to remove the old key.

I've since been using the git repo on the orgmode server without
problem.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-21 Thread Nick Dokos
Eric Schulte eric.schu...@gmx.com wrote:

 Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes:
 
  Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Bastien,
  
  I can't clone the orgweb repo:
  
  git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
  Cloning into 'orgweb'...
  fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
  
  Is the server is down?
  
 
  I can't get to it either, but I am behind a firewall and have had
  problems with the socks proxy I usually use. After I switched proxies,
  I *was* able to do a git pull on the emacs repository though, so I
  suspect the fault is at orgmode.org's end.
 
 
 
 orgmode.org was recently moved to a new machine, so you will have to
 update any tools which check MAC addresses for things like man in the
 middle attacks.  I did have to update my ~/.ssh/known_hosts this morning
 to remove the old key.
 

I don't think that I have anything like that. The IP address resolves to

,
| $ host orgmode.org
| orgmode.org has address 198.101.246.4
| orgmode.org mail is handled by 0 deathroller.dunsmor.com.
`

and I can get to http://orgmode.org, I just can't get to it through git:

,
| $ tsocks git clone git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git
| Cloning into org-mode...
| fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
`


 I've since been using the git repo on the orgmode server without
 problem.
 

Presumably through ssh? If so, port 22 is open. I wonder if there is some
restriction on the git port (9418 by default) though.

Nick



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-21 Thread Nick Dokos
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote:

 Eric Schulte eric.schu...@gmx.com wrote:
 
  Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes:
  
   Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com wrote:
  
   Bastien,
   
   I can't clone the orgweb repo:
   
   git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
   Cloning into 'orgweb'...
   fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
   
   Is the server is down?
   
  
   I can't get to it either, but I am behind a firewall and have had
   problems with the socks proxy I usually use. After I switched proxies,
   I *was* able to do a git pull on the emacs repository though, so I
   suspect the fault is at orgmode.org's end.
  
  
  
  orgmode.org was recently moved to a new machine, so you will have to
  update any tools which check MAC addresses for things like man in the
  middle attacks.  I did have to update my ~/.ssh/known_hosts this morning
  to remove the old key.
  
 
 I don't think that I have anything like that. The IP address resolves to
 
 ,
 | $ host orgmode.org
 | orgmode.org has address 198.101.246.4
 | orgmode.org mail is handled by 0 deathroller.dunsmor.com.
 `
 
 and I can get to http://orgmode.org, I just can't get to it through git:
 
 ,
 | $ tsocks git clone git://orgmode.org/org-mode.git
 | Cloning into org-mode...
 | fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
 `
 
 
  I've since been using the git repo on the orgmode server without
  problem.
  
 
 Presumably through ssh? If so, port 22 is open. I wonder if there is some
 restriction on the git port (9418 by default) though.
 
 Nick
 

One other data point: if I change the protocol to http in .git/config,
things are working - changing it back to git breaks it again:

,
| $ git pull
| From http://orgmode.org/org-mode
|ac9ed2a..5083790  maint  - origin/maint
|23b30cd..34db1c2  master - origin/master
| Updating 23b30cd..34db1c2
| Fast-forward
|  contrib/lisp/org-wikinodes.el |6 +++---
|  doc/org.texi  |   23 ---
|  lisp/Makefile |   13 +++--
|  lisp/org-agenda.el|2 +-
|  lisp/org-clock.el |3 ++-
|  lisp/org.el   |1 +
|  mk/targets.mk |9 +
|  7 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
| 
| # change it back to git:
| git pull
| fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
`

So it seems to me that either the git daemon is not running or the port
is unreachable.

Nick



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-13 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Bastien et al,

Congrats on the new site! I really liked the minimalist concept, the colors
and the typography! It's much cleaner and much more attractive :)

- Marcelo.

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Bastien b...@gnu.org wrote:

 brian powell briangpowel...@gmail.com writes:

  --I just hope that whoever wins the contest creates web pages that
  are 501 compliant and everyone can read on any computer using any
  operating system and browser and those webpages are as printable as a
  Texinfo document.

 Even better: as the website is based on .org files, and as a new TeXinfo
 exporter will soon be in contrib/lisp/, you will be able to export each
 page of the website into a TeXinfo document.

 --
  Bastien



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-13 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I think the new design is more appealing to not-very-technical-people like
graphic designers and other knowledge-workers that might not be
coding-savvy, by the way.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa 
celose...@gmail.com wrote:

 Bastien et al,

 Congrats on the new site! I really liked the minimalist concept, the
 colors and the typography! It's much cleaner and much more attractive :)

 - Marcelo.

 On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Bastien b...@gnu.org wrote:

 brian powell briangpowel...@gmail.com writes:

  --I just hope that whoever wins the contest creates web pages that
  are 501 compliant and everyone can read on any computer using any
  operating system and browser and those webpages are as printable as a
  Texinfo document.

 Even better: as the website is based on .org files, and as a new TeXinfo
 exporter will soon be in contrib/lisp/, you will be able to export each
 page of the website into a TeXinfo document.

 --
  Bastien





Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-13 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I can help with the Spanish and Portuguese versions, by the way.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa 
celose...@gmail.com wrote:

 I think the new design is more appealing to not-very-technical-people like
 graphic designers and other knowledge-workers that might not be
 coding-savvy, by the way.

 On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa 
 celose...@gmail.com wrote:

 Bastien et al,

 Congrats on the new site! I really liked the minimalist concept, the
 colors and the typography! It's much cleaner and much more attractive :)

 - Marcelo.

 On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Bastien b...@gnu.org wrote:

 brian powell briangpowel...@gmail.com writes:

  --I just hope that whoever wins the contest creates web pages that
  are 501 compliant and everyone can read on any computer using any
  operating system and browser and those webpages are as printable as a
  Texinfo document.

 Even better: as the website is based on .org files, and as a new TeXinfo
 exporter will soon be in contrib/lisp/, you will be able to export each
 page of the website into a TeXinfo document.

 --
  Bastien






Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-09-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Marcelo,

glad you like the new website!  It's important to keep Org open
to non-developers, it is good if the website somehow advertizes
this attitude.

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com writes:

 I can help with the Spanish and Portuguese versions, by the way.

Great!  

~$ git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git
~$ cd orgweb/
~$ git branch orgweb-es
~$ mkdir es/
~$ cp *org es/

[translate the es/*org files]

~$ git commit -m Yeah! es translation done!
~$ git format-patch master

... then send me the patch(es).

Should be one-hour max of work.

Thanks in advance :)

-- 
 Bastien



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-11 Thread Bastien
Hi Marcelo,

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com writes:

 @Nick: I'm not a designer, more of a hybrid coder with some design
 foundations, but I'm definitely willing to help. I don't like the
 current layout because of it's overuse of shadows and its
 web1-style layout. Also, typography could use some improvement, and
 we could also use a better screenshot, to give a better first
 impression. 

If you have good ideas but no HTML/css skills, maybe you can find a
HTML/css who has no good ideas and work with him for the contest.

Best,

-- 
 Bastien



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-11 Thread Bastien
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com writes:

 Another goal should be ease of maintenance of the website: I'm sure
 neither Bastien nor Jason have infinite time to tweak things.

I confirm I don't have infinite time, but I do have ~infinite patience
for this kind of stuff.

-- 
 Bastien



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-11 Thread Bastien
brian powell briangpowel...@gmail.com writes:

 --I just hope that whoever wins the contest creates web pages that
 are 501 compliant and everyone can read on any computer using any
 operating system and browser and those webpages are as printable as a
 Texinfo document.

Even better: as the website is based on .org files, and as a new TeXinfo
exporter will soon be in contrib/lisp/, you will be able to export each
page of the website into a TeXinfo document.

-- 
 Bastien



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-10 Thread Nick Dokos
Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote:

 Sankalp sankalpkh...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  --f46d044401de1e3ad604c6de28a7
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
  
  I'm inclined to agree with Marcelo.
  --
  Sankalp
  
  ***
  If humans could mate with software, I'd have org-mode's
  babies.
--- Chris League on Twitter.
 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.html
  ***
  
  
  On 10 August 2012 04:44, Jude DaShiell jdash...@shellworld.net wrote:
  
   Good, that probably means it's one of the more accessible and usable web
   sites on the internet.
  
   On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
  
Hey list,
   
Don't want to be negative, but doesn't anyone else also think the 
current
design is kind of amateurish and not very attractive? I also did not 
like
the screenshot used, I preferred the previous one, it showed more org
capabilities, and the colors and indentation looked better.
   
My two cents and food for thought,
   
 
 Talk is cheap: how would you improve it? And I don't mean generalities: build
 a website as you think it should be and then invite us over to take a look.
 And  as Jude suggests, don't forget to keep accessibility/usability issues
 in mind as you design.
 
 Nick
 

It has been pointed out to me that my comments might be taken as
overbearing.  Not my intent, but I will take back the talk is
cheap part (or repeat it to myself as the target this time) and
apologize for it: I should have reread the mail before hitting send.

But the larger point is still there: I don't like it is a legitimate
response, but is not nearly as helpful as giving a list of reasons
of *why* you don't like it. And providing something you *like* is even
better. E.g. would the current design with the previous screen shot be
OK? Or are there deeper problems?

Nick




Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-10 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hey guys,

Didn't mean to start any kind of flame.

@Nick: I'm not a designer, more of a hybrid coder with some design
foundations, but I'm definitely willing to help. I don't like the current
layout because of it's overuse of shadows and its web1-style layout.
Also, typography could use some improvement, and we could also use a better
screenshot, to give a better first impression.

- Marcelo.

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote:

 Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote:

  Sankalp sankalpkh...@gmail.com wrote:
 
   --f46d044401de1e3ad604c6de28a7
   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
  
   I'm inclined to agree with Marcelo.
   --
   Sankalp
  
   ***
   If humans could mate with software, I'd have org-mode's
   babies.
 --- Chris League on Twitter.
  http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.html
   ***
  
  
   On 10 August 2012 04:44, Jude DaShiell jdash...@shellworld.net
 wrote:
  
Good, that probably means it's one of the more accessible and usable
 web
sites on the internet.
   
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
   
 Hey list,

 Don't want to be negative, but doesn't anyone else also think the
 current
 design is kind of amateurish and not very attractive? I also did
 not like
 the screenshot used, I preferred the previous one, it showed more
 org
 capabilities, and the colors and indentation looked better.

 My two cents and food for thought,

 
  Talk is cheap: how would you improve it? And I don't mean generalities:
 build
  a website as you think it should be and then invite us over to take a
 look.
  And  as Jude suggests, don't forget to keep accessibility/usability
 issues
  in mind as you design.
 
  Nick
 

 It has been pointed out to me that my comments might be taken as
 overbearing.  Not my intent, but I will take back the talk is
 cheap part (or repeat it to myself as the target this time) and
 apologize for it: I should have reread the mail before hitting send.

 But the larger point is still there: I don't like it is a legitimate
 response, but is not nearly as helpful as giving a list of reasons
 of *why* you don't like it. And providing something you *like* is even
 better. E.g. would the current design with the previous screen shot be
 OK? Or are there deeper problems?

 Nick




Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-10 Thread Nick Dokos
Marcelo de Moraes Serpa celose...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey guys,
 
 Didn't mean to start any kind of flame.
 

You did not. I didn't mean to either but my comment could be taken as
inflammatory, hence my apology.

 @Nick: I'm not a designer, more of a hybrid coder with some design
 foundations, but I'm definitely willing to help. I don't like the
 current layout because of it's overuse of shadows and its web1-style
 layout. Also, typography could use some improvement, and we could also
 use a better screenshot, to give a better first impression. 

Neither am I: I generally am happy when I can get to the information I
need - I don't care how the page looks but I realize I'm very much in
the minority here. FWIW, I'm happy with the website as it is.

Perhaps a useful distinction is between content and appearance (the
latter to be taken care of by CSS mostly). The shadows and typography
are appearance only - the screenshot is more content-like (and btw,
there are multiple screenshots so you can reload the page and get
another view of org's capabilities - there is no visible indication of
that however). 

Another goal should be ease of maintenance of the website: I'm sure
neither Bastien nor Jason have infinite time to tweak things.

Nick



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-10 Thread brian powell
* The site looks great as it is.

** Its supposed to be simple and simple-looking:

*** Go to: http://orgmode.org =

Read the top line: Org: Your Life in Plain Text

*** Go to: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html =

Read the top line: Org Mode - Organize Your Life In Plain Text!

* Simplicity and portability is a huge part of the point of OrgMode right!?

* EMACS and TeX and Texinfo, etc. are great (partially) because they have
been ported to all platforms.

** So, if you make any changes, you should be able to convert the end
webpages to Texinfo
so they are readable and printable on all computers and printers.

--I just hope that whoever wins the contest creates web pages that are
501 compliant and everyone can read on any computer using any operating
system and browser and those webpages are as printable as a Texinfo
document.



On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa 
celose...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey guys,

 Didn't mean to start any kind of flame.

 @Nick: I'm not a designer, more of a hybrid coder with some design
 foundations, but I'm definitely willing to help. I don't like the current
 layout because of it's overuse of shadows and its web1-style layout.
 Also, typography could use some improvement, and we could also use a better
 screenshot, to give a better first impression.

 - Marcelo.

 On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote:

 Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote:

  Sankalp sankalpkh...@gmail.com wrote:
 
   --f46d044401de1e3ad604c6de28a7
   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
  
   I'm inclined to agree with Marcelo.
   --
   Sankalp
  
   ***
   If humans could mate with software, I'd have org-mode's
   babies.
 --- Chris League on Twitter.
  http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.html
   ***
  
  
   On 10 August 2012 04:44, Jude DaShiell jdash...@shellworld.net
 wrote:
  
Good, that probably means it's one of the more accessible and
 usable web
sites on the internet.
   
On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
   
 Hey list,

 Don't want to be negative, but doesn't anyone else also think the
 current
 design is kind of amateurish and not very attractive? I also did
 not like
 the screenshot used, I preferred the previous one, it showed more
 org
 capabilities, and the colors and indentation looked better.

 My two cents and food for thought,

 
  Talk is cheap: how would you improve it? And I don't mean generalities:
 build
  a website as you think it should be and then invite us over to take a
 look.
  And  as Jude suggests, don't forget to keep accessibility/usability
 issues
  in mind as you design.
 
  Nick
 

 It has been pointed out to me that my comments might be taken as
 overbearing.  Not my intent, but I will take back the talk is
 cheap part (or repeat it to myself as the target this time) and
 apologize for it: I should have reread the mail before hitting send.

 But the larger point is still there: I don't like it is a legitimate
 response, but is not nearly as helpful as giving a list of reasons
 of *why* you don't like it. And providing something you *like* is even
 better. E.g. would the current design with the previous screen shot be
 OK? Or are there deeper problems?

 Nick





[O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-09 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Hey list,

Don't want to be negative, but doesn't anyone else also think the current
design is kind of amateurish and not very attractive? I also did not like
the screenshot used, I preferred the previous one, it showed more org
capabilities, and the colors and indentation looked better.

My two cents and food for thought,

- Marcelo.


Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
Good, that probably means it's one of the more accessible and usable web 
sites on the internet.

On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:

 Hey list,
 
 Don't want to be negative, but doesn't anyone else also think the current
 design is kind of amateurish and not very attractive? I also did not like
 the screenshot used, I preferred the previous one, it showed more org
 capabilities, and the colors and indentation looked better.
 
 My two cents and food for thought,
 
 - Marcelo.
 

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Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-09 Thread Sankalp
I'm inclined to agree with Marcelo.
--
Sankalp

***
If humans could mate with software, I'd have org-mode's
babies.
  --- Chris League on Twitter.
   http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.html
***


On 10 August 2012 04:44, Jude DaShiell jdash...@shellworld.net wrote:

 Good, that probably means it's one of the more accessible and usable web
 sites on the internet.

 On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:

  Hey list,
 
  Don't want to be negative, but doesn't anyone else also think the current
  design is kind of amateurish and not very attractive? I also did not like
  the screenshot used, I preferred the previous one, it showed more org
  capabilities, and the colors and indentation looked better.
 
  My two cents and food for thought,
 
  - Marcelo.
 

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Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-09 Thread Ista Zahn
I love the orgmode website. If you want to see amateurish and not
attractive, take a look at http://www.r-project.org/ (I love R too,
but the website could use an update)

-Ista

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
celose...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hey list,

 Don't want to be negative, but doesn't anyone else also think the current
 design is kind of amateurish and not very attractive? I also did not like
 the screenshot used, I preferred the previous one, it showed more org
 capabilities, and the colors and indentation looked better.

 My two cents and food for thought,

 - Marcelo.




Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-09 Thread Nick Dokos
Sankalp sankalpkh...@gmail.com wrote:

 --f46d044401de1e3ad604c6de28a7
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
 
 I'm inclined to agree with Marcelo.
 --
 Sankalp
 
 ***
 If humans could mate with software, I'd have org-mode's
 babies.
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http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.html
 ***
 
 
 On 10 August 2012 04:44, Jude DaShiell jdash...@shellworld.net wrote:
 
  Good, that probably means it's one of the more accessible and usable web
  sites on the internet.
 
  On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
 
   Hey list,
  
   Don't want to be negative, but doesn't anyone else also think the current
   design is kind of amateurish and not very attractive? I also did not like
   the screenshot used, I preferred the previous one, it showed more org
   capabilities, and the colors and indentation looked better.
  
   My two cents and food for thought,
  

Talk is cheap: how would you improve it? And I don't mean generalities: build
a website as you think it should be and then invite us over to take a look.
And  as Jude suggests, don't forget to keep accessibility/usability issues
in mind as you design.

Nick



Re: [O] [OT] Current website not very attractive

2012-08-09 Thread Jambunathan K
 how would you improve it? 

I will probably make Worg Wikipedia-like 
  1. Quick navigation to one side.
  2. TOC on top and bounded.
  3. A header bar, maybe.
  4. A bigger font.

One can start with pedia.css provided by Emacswiki.  

I have followed this trail - Org as a Wiki and a personal information
portal - a bit for last few weeks.

If Wiki-like style is not agreeable one can go with a style like this:
http://mah.everybody.org/books/.  There is some simple understated
elegance to that page that is quite appealing.  It is the presence of
margins on either side that makes the page look solemn and respectable.
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