Hi, this is your last weekend to work on a submission for the countdown banner. Even if your draft is rough, get your ideas up on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Website/LucidCountdownBanners so that we can review them and choose one. There will be time for polish for a little while after the deadline (which is Tuesday).
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Matthew Nuzum <[email protected] > wrote: > Hello team, its time to start telling the world about 10.04 LTS! > > As in past releases we'd like to create a new count down banner for > syndication across the web. If you want to make a highly visible > contribution to Ubuntu, this is your chance. > > Around the end of this month it is our intention to release a banner > that says something like "28 more days until Ubuntu 10.04 LTS" Each > day the banner will decrease by one until release day (which is on the > 29th of April when it will it will say "It's almost here" (or similar) > and then when the release is ready it will announce "it's here!" > > To make matters even more exciting we've got the material from the > newly announced Ubuntu Branding to use as inspiration (see > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brand ) > > Unlike previous times we will not be launching this at beta. There are > two betas this period and we're aiming to release the countdown in > between the two. Also, unlike the past times we will not *initially* > be showing the countdown on the Ubuntu homepage. We're working > full-bore to get the branding stuff implemented in the numerous places > that will be affected by the changes. We'll need the help of the > community to get the banners publicized across the web. > > How can you help? > > Create a graphic representing what you'd like to do. It is not > necessary to create an entire set of images. Instead, do a couple to > demonstrate your idea. The community and Canonical staff will choose > the official banners and maybe give some guidance in case a change is > needed to polish it up. Lets aim to get submissions in by Tuesday, > March 23rd. But don't wait until the end, release early, release > often, so they say. > > Guidelines > > Detailed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Website/LucidCountdownBanners > but in essence: > > 180px wide by 150px high. No PHP or flash. We'd like to make a static, > plain image available but if the community would like to make an > animated or interactive, iframe based image using js and static > content we will gladly consider it. The community seems to have > enjoyed the animated banner from the 9.04 release cycle. (I know I > did) > > Starting at the point of Beta Ubuntu changes from the code name of > "Lucid Lynx" to "Ubuntu 10.04" it would probably be inappropriate to > over-emphasize Lynx graphics. A key message this time around is the > Long Term Support (LTS) and the new branding. > > Please attach your suggestions to the wiki page listed above. If you > have questions or would like to discuss this, please email the Web > Presence Team mailing list or hop onto the IRC chat room, > #ubuntu-website on freenode. > > I can't wait to see your ideas! > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter > -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter
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