Good to know Jeremy! So after cruising the web looking at different themes for TiddlyWiki (as it's all I do now...) I stumbled across a really well designed TW version that had something really interesting applied, Mineral<http://mineral-tiddlywiki.appspot.com/>! (also found here <http://themes.tiddlywiki.com/mineraltheme.html>). @BauweBijl designed it, so all props to him.
While the theme is great, when you open the MineralTheme tiddler in his example you get a new solution to the logo issue. Using the Table wiki elements he has created his own logo in the space. Using his example and then modifying the displayable CSS, I made the attached examples. The idea is to use TiddlyWiki design and implementation to render the logo. Yes, they are pixelated, but thats part of the charm :) The concepts are, in order: - Bookmark - which I particularly like due to the "journal" historical view of TW - Iconic - created in response to those that want a logo to be suitable next to the little Facebook Icons etc. - Capsule - means the most to me because of how we create the navigation links within a TiddlyWiki, with the "[" and the "]" and I like the "light" feel of it. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gTHGsYQMINQ/UaKbtBKsLNI/AAAAAAAAABw/2nM7rRiUlxw/s1600/twLogo.png> To replicate, copy the below example into a tiddler of your own and save. If we package it with some CSS then the solution gets even clearer. COPY THIS:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ||!|!||||||||||!|!|| |!||||||||||||||!| |!|||!|||||||||||!| |!|||!|||||||||||!| |!|||!|!|!||!||||!|||!| |!|||!||||!||!||!|||!| |!|||!||||!||!||!|||!| |!||||!|!|||!||!||||!| |!||||||||||||||!| ||!|!||||||||||!|!|| :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::TO HERE Let me know what you think :) On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:23:00 PM UTC+10, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Hi Mat > > The history of TiddlyWiki logos goes something like this... > > To begin with, back in 2004/5, TiddlyWiki didn't have the means of > displaying a logo. It was entirely text based, and including an image-based > logo would have broken the single fileness. The one place where I could > display a bitmapped logo without restriction was the favicon; rather than > inventing a logo which would only appear there, and not be echoed in the > design of the page, I went the other way, and made the favicon be a reduced > version of the page. The idea was for the TW page layout to be iconic in > its own right. > > A few years later we established tiddlywiki.org as a community wiki site > for TiddlyWiki users. I came up with this initial logo for it: > > http://trac.tiddlywiki.org/chrome/site/tworg_logo_med.jpg > > There was still regular interest in establishing a TiddlyWiki logo, and so > we decided to focus on coming up with a better logo for tiddlywiki.org, > hence the page that Eric linked to. For a long time, tiddlywiki.org used > the wavy lines logo by Simon. > > Fast forward to the present day: Personally, I feel that the boat has > sailed a long time ago on establishing a logo for classic TW (I'm still > open to discussion). But I am interested in finding a logo for TiddlyWiki5; > in TW5 we can incorporate a graphical logo nicely, thanks to the support > for embedded SVGs and bitmaps. > > I do have some personal observations about logos in general that probably > bias me horribly: > > * A good logo should come from more than just experimenting with the > letter shapes; it needs to deeply reflect the nature of the thing being > branded > * Logos should be fresh and original, and not reference/copy other logos > * Professional logos seem to use a lot fewer gradients, highlights and > shadows than we amateurs > * For the web, logos need to work as small square favicons, as well as > big, lush page headings > > You can see how I applied those principles in coming up with the > TiddlySpace logo: the simplest thing I could find that represented the > private/public structure of TiddlySpace. > > Mat - the two logo experiments you've submitted do pretty well by my > criteria: > > * I like the interlocking T&W. Although it's certainly a riff on the > shapes of the letters, as you point out it also incorporates an image of > TiddlyWiki's nature. I'm not so keen on using the TiddlySpace colours: > there the pink and blue are deliberately used to symbolise private and > public respectively; concepts that don't exist in TiddlyWiki itself. > Possibly hyperlink blue is the colour I most closely associate with TW > > * The tiddler logo goes down a path that I also think promising. What > about a shoal of tiddlers that together make up a larger shape? > > I think by default it would be for me to anoint a logo as the "official" > one. Matters of taste are tricky: I don't want to adopt a logo that I don't > find appealing, but equally I need to listen to the feedback of others. > > Best wishes, > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Mat <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Ah, no I was not aware of those! Some nice ones! ...makes me wonder, and >> sorry if I'm gauche but; @Jeremy - is it you that decide? Or who/how? >> @Unamesa? Any criteria set? >> >> BTW, I've updated that tidbits >> post<http://tidbits.tiddlyspace.com/#[[TW%20logo]]>with a new logo concept. >> >> <:-) >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:03:04 AM UTC+2, Eric Shulman wrote: >>> >>> On May 20, 3:08 pm, Mat <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Some sketches for a logo on tidbits space<http://tidbits.** >>> tiddlyspace.com/#[[TW%20logo]]<http://tidbits.tiddlyspace.com/#[[TW%20logo]]> >>> **> >>> > . >>> > So far, it's the best we've got as far as I know (nudge, nudge - >>> challenge, >>> > challenge) >>> > <:-) >>> >>> Have you seen these? >>> >>> http://trac.tiddlywiki.org/**wiki/TiddlyWikiDotOrgLogos<http://trac.tiddlywiki.org/wiki/TiddlyWikiDotOrgLogos> >>> >>> >>> enjoy, >>> -e >>> Eric Shulman >>> TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios >>> >>> HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... >>> >>> http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#**Donations<http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Donations> >>> >>> >>> Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... >>> Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: >>> >>> http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#**Contact<http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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