No comments from my side - except that I *love* it! :) Thanks to everybody who put work in here.
~s Sean DALY wrote: > after some exchanges with Christian who conferred with Eben, Christian > sent me the attached. I love it, and think we're ready to go! > > only question left: link to homepage, or Download page, or Sugar on a > Stick page? or even Blueberry page directly? > > Upon reflection I wish to recommend to link to the homepage. With the > What's New sidebar in the works, there will be three links on the > homepage to the download page. Although we impose an extra two clicks, > we take the opportunity to best introduce Sugar to teachers and > parents who don't know it yet - in other words, the vast majority of > teachers and parents. The extra orientation and branding will I think > close the download "sale". > > If no comments in the next hour, I'll forward to Ad Bard, we can gain a day. > > thanks > > Sean > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Christian Marc Schmidt > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Sean >> >> Eben and I worked on a simple ad, see attached. I don't like having to >> modify the SoaS logo, but in this case there really wasn't any >> alternative given the small size of the ad... For this purpose, I >> think it works well. >> >> >> Christian >> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Sean DALY<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ad Bard (http://adbard.net/) is a new project, a FLOSS-focused online >>> advertising network partnered with the FSF >>> (http://www.fsf.org/news/ad-bard) in an advisory role. >>> >>> They only accept FLOSS projects and have a simplified flat fee >>> structure for advertisers. Member sites earn through clicks. They >>> claim nearly 5 million monthly impressions >>> (http://adbard.net/adbard/websites) on sites of interest to free >>> software developers. It will likely be a very efficient way to raise >>> our profile with developers. >>> >>> I had heard yesterday that they were offering a limited number of free >>> December insertions in their network. This morning they have very >>> graciously offered to run a Sugar Labs banner free of cost from >>> December 8th (Sugar on a Stick launch date) through the end of the >>> month! >>> >>> To meet the deadline though, we have to provide the banner as soon as >>> possible in the next 48 hours. They have a review system with a >>> 72-hour all-members vote (weighted by impressions) before running any >>> ad on their network. A sample ad can be viewed on their FAQ page >>> (http://adbard.net/faq). >>> >>> Technical info is: 120x90 pixels, graphics, up to 80 characters of >>> text, no animation, PNG or JPEG or static GIF (no Flash), link to >>> direct to. >>> >>> >>> Proposed brief: >>> >>> horizontal USB key beauty shot over Sugar on a Stick logo in Blueberry >>> color, text underneath: "Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry downloadable >>> now. Try it with a child today!" >>> >>> That's 75 chars using this CLI one-liner: >>> $ echo 'Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry downloadable now. Try it with a >>> child today!' | wc -m >>> >>> I have prepared a 120x36 px PNG from Philippe Cantinau's beauty shots >>> session (attached). This is from an actual photo of one of the sticks >>> from the first run (same stick as in the 4-stick beauty shot). Color >>> combo is variant 8 but note that the printers hadn't done a great >>> color/alignment job given the rush at the time, so it may be >>> preferable to place a clean logo over the stick body. I feel a >>> different color than the blue combo will work best, because our visual >>> identity is to vary the combos, Blueberry is not the main branding >>> message ("sugar" is), and a blueberry colored stick might get people >>> to think we distribute sticks which is not the case. But, a blueberry >>> logo'd stick might indeed be preferable? >>> >>> Because of the Academy 4:3 layout, we may need to break up the Sugar >>> on a Stick logo like the stacked SL logo version, with "sugar" larger >>> on its own line and "on a stick" smaller underneath. Alternatively, >>> "on a" on a line and "stick" on a line, in that case we could probably >>> keep the same point size as "sugar". >>> >>> For the link, we have a choice between the homepage (where we will >>> have a What's New callout by Tuesday with Christian's help), or the >>> Sugar on a Stick page (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick). >>> I'm on the fence, but leaning towards the homepage link - many >>> first-time visitors should probably learn more about Sugar and Sugar >>> Labs first? What do you think? >>> >>> Who can step up to get this together quickly? >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> Sean >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> 917/ 575 0013 >> >> http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmarcschmidt >> http://twitter.com/cms_ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SoaS mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
