Re: Main site makeover

Chris Zumbrunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 29, 2005, at 4:25 PM, Fabian Keil wrote: > > > Chris Zumbrunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Yes, that was exactly the idea. There is a version committed in > >> Perforce that took that approach and looks like this: > >> > >> http://czv.com/

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On 270505, 14:46, Bruno Gallant wrote: > Thank you! Now that _is_ a constructive counter-argument. > > It's true that mambo server is a basic utility, but you need to > transfer only a single directory, and dump a single database and > transfer this. A simple script can do that. How many mirrors

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Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > That thread is in the freebsd-www archive... > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-www/2005-January/001934.html > > I would personally prefer to drop the underlines. Please: Those who want to influence http://www.freebsd.org subscribe www@ & Do It There !

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On 2005-05-29 16:25, Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Chris Zumbrunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://czv.com/zones/beastie/freebsd/freebsdweb1h.html >> http://czv.com/zones/beastie/freebsd/freebsdweb2h.html > > Looks good. Was there already a discussion if the links should stay > underl

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On May 29, 2005, at 4:25 PM, Fabian Keil wrote: Chris Zumbrunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, that was exactly the idea. There is a version committed in Perforce that took that approach and looks like this: http://czv.com/zones/beastie/freebsd/freebsdweb1h.html http://czv.com/zones/beastie/f

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Chris Zumbrunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 29, 2005, at 12:55 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > On 2005-05-28 11:51, Fafa Hafiz Krantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What happened to this? > http://www.monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-advocacy/200412/ > msg00080.html > >>

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That design is very good. Like I said before, my design is still in it's early stages, and I've taken time to make it completely in CSS...so it is easy to implement with current/dynamic content. I think it's a waste of time to try to keep propogating a small redesign (you would have to propogat

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On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 08:51:51AM +0200, Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > It evolved into this: > > http://czv.com/zones/beastie/freebsd/freebsdweb1j.gif Ah. Thanks Chris, that's what I was looking for. I think that's a pretty nice looking frontpage design! -matt -- Matt Olander (408)943-4100 Phone (

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On May 29, 2005, at 12:55 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-05-28 11:51, Fafa Hafiz Krantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What happened to this? http://www.monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-advocacy/200412/ msg00080.html I don't know if these were generated from real HTML/CSS or just created

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On May 27, 2005, at 7:45 PM, Matt Olander wrote: On May 27, 2005, at 9:46 AM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: What happened to this? http://www.monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-advocacy/200412/ msg00080.html I don't know if these were generated from real HTML/CSS or just created in a graphics ed

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On 2005-05-28 11:51, Fafa Hafiz Krantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> What happened to this? >>> http://www.monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-advocacy/200412/ msg00080.html >>> >>> I don't know if these were generated from real HTML/CSS or just >>> created in a graphics editor. >> >> Actually, I'v

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On May 28, 2005, at 6:51 PM, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: What happened to this? http://www.monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-advocacy/200412/ msg00080.html I don't know if these were generated from real HTML/CSS or just created in a graphics editor. Actually, I've seen a front page

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> > What happened to this? > > http://www.monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-advocacy/200412/ msg00080.html > > > > I don't know if these were generated from real HTML/CSS or just created in > > a graphics editor. > > Actually, I've seen a front page that Chris did (I think) that's > got the

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On Fri, 27 May 2005, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2005, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: Take it from someone who has tried before; you will get no response whatsoever until you can show a complete and functional version of what you are trying to accomplish. But trust me, there are a lo

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On May 27, 2005, at 9:46 AM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2005, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: Take it from someone who has tried before; you will get no response whatsoever until you can show a complete and functional version of what you are trying to accomplish. But trust me, there

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Thank you! Now that _is_ a constructive counter-argument. It's true that mambo server is a basic utility, but you need to transfer only a single directory, and dump a single database and transfer this. A simple script can do that. How many mirrors does the project have? I don't see a real probl

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Thanks for the feedback. Like I said earlier, I am a first time poster so I do appreciate the advice given to me. Jeremy, I think that layout using Lucida Sans Unicode as a font style, which I also, coincidentally, wanted to use. However, I switched my layout back to Verdana for the main text a

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On 260505, 16:07, Bruno Gallant wrote: > Hello guys, why not just use one of the many open source cms programs, > like Mambo Server for instance? It would be easy maintenance. The problem is not about the main website, but about mirrors. You cannot make it mandatory to have all the facilities ne

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On Fri, 27 May 2005, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > Take it from someone who has tried before; you will get no response > whatsoever until you can show a complete and functional version of > what you are trying to accomplish. > But trust me, there are a lot of voices out there that wants the >

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John Jawed wrote: Right now, I have the design stored away into a PSD (I still use Windows for design work), I suppose I could just auto slice it right away...but that would not be the code I want to hand over and hence may not be what I wanted to protray (mainly because Photoshop slices in tab

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> Hello guys, why not just use one of the many open source cms programs, > like Mambo Server for instance? It would be easy maintenance. What are we, kids? However, plone.org might be a sustainable solution. It certainly wouldn't conflict with the XHTML/CSS design. -- Fafa Hafiz Krantz Rese

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> Right now, I have the design stored away into a PSD (I still use Windows for > design work), I suppose I could just auto slice it right away...but that > would not be the code I want to hand over and hence may not be what I wanted > to protray (mainly because Photoshop slices in tables, I'd like

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Right now, I have the design stored away into a PSD (I still use Windows for design work), I suppose I could just auto slice it right away...but that would not be the code I want to hand over and hence may not be what I wanted to protray (mainly because Photoshop slices in tables, I'd like this

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John Jawed writes: > I'm willing to give the webmasters the CSS and HTML files of my design, no > strings attached. The new design IMO, would be essentially the same as far > as where things are situated, and well organized as it is currently. Your offer has MAJOR advantage over the majority of

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Do you have a mock up of what you are thinking of? On Thu, 26 May 2005, John Jawed wrote: Hello, Long time user, first time poster :-P I've been advocating FreeBSD to my Linux counter parts ever since I started using FreeBSD. It sometimes disappoints me when I visit the main site, freebsd.or

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On 26 May 2005 at 11:51, John Jawed wrote: > Hello, > > Long time user, first time poster :-P > > I've been advocating FreeBSD to my Linux counter parts ever since I started > using FreeBSD. It sometimes disappoints me when I visit the main site, > freebsd.org , that it has