Markus, Great stuff!!! The new logo and the site refresh should really help with evangelization and increase adoption.
And speaking of evangelization, has the team considered setting up a cafepress store for branded swag (shirts, mugs, hoodies, hats/caps, stickers, etc.) so SMW users can show their SMW pride! Better yet, setting up a cafepress store is free (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/index.aspx?area=learn&page=learn) and proceeds from the store can also help fund some expenses and SMW initiatives. FYI, a lot of open source projects have their logowear in Cafepress. (to name a few - OpenSource.org, OpenOffice, OpenSolaris, JBOSS, and of course, Wikipedia - http://www.cafepress.com/wikipedia) Now, what we need is a tagline.... Is it still "Semantics to the People!"? What about a contest for a tagline? And the winner gets to pick some SMW swag from the SMW cafepress store ;) Best, Joel ======================================================= j...@natividads.com * wirel...@natividads.com Think Different! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different#Text) Imagine Different! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tOgRD4EqY) On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote: > Hi, > > we are happy to announce that SMW now has a new homepage *and* a new > logo! To see the change, regular visitors to our site might have to use > "Shift-Reload" (e.g. shift+ctrl+r on Firefox) to reload the new styles > of the page. > > > Here are the main improvements: > > * The new homepage has a more functional structure and more direct links > to relevant sections. We have made an effort to not let the amount of > information become too overwhelming. > > * The new logo provides a expressive, recognisable, and friendly face to > the project. Further versions and sources will be published soon. The > frame, colour scheme, and font will also be useful to create a more > unified appearance for logos of SMW extensions. > > * The new "Wiki of the Month" section introduces one exciting and > inspiring SMW site each month. The new series will be useful for users > to learn about SMW, but also for wiki communities and tool developers to > showcase their projects. Don't miss your opportunity of getting > featured! Contact wikiofthemonth(at)semantic-mediawiki.org for proposing > a site as Wiki of the Month. > > > > These changes largely complete a number of action items that have been > discussed at recent SMWCons (the logo actually has been discussed since > more than a year now). Various further changes will still happen, e.g. > to improve the look of sub-pages and to change language versions. Some > details could also still change but the basic new style and "corporate > identity" should be stable now. > > This is a big step forward for the project, and we would like to thank > everybody who contributed to these efforts. Not all wishes could > eventually be taken into account for the new main page or logo, but we > think that the new style honours many of the comments we got. > > Cheers, > > Markus > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > semediawiki-u...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
