On 12/22/05, Robin Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://koorb.co.uk/static/images/tglogos/layouts/layout-1.png > > http://koorb.co.uk/static/images/tglogos/layouts/layout-2.png > > http://koorb.co.uk/static/images/tglogos/layouts/layout-3.png > > I love the color and placement of the "Download Now" button from > layout 1: I think it's by far the best of the three. Layout 2's > "Download Now" button is too far down and doesn't get noticed until > too late in the experience, and layout 3's button is in the right > place, but its gray color is too bland and lifeless. Ideally, the > "Download Now" button should be the second thing you notice (the first > being the banner/logo), and layout 1 achieves that perfectly. The only > thing I'd change about layout 1's "Download Now" button is that > perhaps the text should be black (or a dark color, maybe dark green?) > instead of white, since right now there's insufficient contrast with > the button's light green background color. > > I love the large, cutout logo from layout 2. The golden gear on a blue > background is perfect. I might tweak the title a little, perhaps move > it up to the top of the blue banner instead of the bottom, but > otherwise the banner from layout 2 is just about perfect. Add the > "Download Now" button from layout 1 and it would achieve perfection, > in my opinion. > > Blue and gold as primary colors, with green and silver secondary, > would be the color scheme that seems to appeal to me the most. All of > those colors are friendly (sky, grass, coins), and none have the > "danger" connotation of that bright red I disliked from layout 1. I'd > keep the green closer to a yellow-green than a blue-green to stay away > from Django's color scheme.
I agree with Robin's statements. As we talked about earlier in the previous thread, the G-gear needs to be a bit smaller (the size of the one in layout 3 seems good). Two columns in the content area (probably one a little bigger than the other) would be good. The main content space would be describing TurboGears. The other would have the "project happenings". (Or "Gearings On" as a horrible pun on "Goings On" that I'm really, seriously, not going to use.) I've liked a lot of the gears made along the way, and we'll probably find fun contexts to use them in (the mirrored-surface gear was neat). I think the gold gear goes with the front page color scheme well in layout 2. I also like the subtle notches visible in the gold gear. Let's head down this path. Thanks to Richard, Karl and everyone else for all of the work in bringing together a new look for the site! It'll make a huge difference! Kevin -- Kevin Dangoor Author of the Zesty News RSS newsreader email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company: http://www.BlazingThings.com blog: http://www.BlueSkyOnMars.com
