Hi, :-) I was working on the new theme for the libreoffice.org website today, and then the server went dead. It's probably a nudge from fate. ;-) And then I was reading Stefan Siegel in a thread on the docs list, and it sounds like he has rather different ideas about at least some of the content on the libreoffice.org website. And I've also been thinking about some of the stuff that's been said in off-list threads about the website, the work I've been doing on it, and the theme [1] [2] that I'm developing for it (using Nikash Singh's template).
Let's have this conversation *on* the list. I want to know a few things from all you guys. I asked for a period of time up to January 10 to finish what I started without consulting you very much. This is because, in my experience, the discussions turn into long rambling threads, with lots of conflicting opinions, and - in the end - no clear decision gets taken by anyone. I can tell you, as someone who's been at the sharp end of the actual work, it's really not easy to work like that. My intention has been to then hand the re-themed and content-filled website back to the SC and the community on January 10, 2011, and then get feedback from you all, and then implement changes that clearly seem to be wanted. Implementing Nikash' theme [1] [2] has been a lot of work for me. I've worked from the screenshot, produced all the graphics under Photoshop, sent them to Nikash for his approval and editing. I've started work on the SilverStripe templates and on the CSS stylesheets, and have been putting all of that on the SilverStripe sandbox that Christian provided me at http://188.40.32.145:7780/ (work is still much in progress). Christian gave me a go for the theme, setting certain size constraints [1] [2]. Florian said that he'd accept whatever Christian decided. Bernhard gave me a "kind-of" go. Charles gave me a go, if I understood correctly. Ultimately, I'm not really sure what Christoph's position was. So, let me ask you the first question: a) Do I have broad consensus of permission from you for this January 10 handover? Or should I accept that you all jump in as from now, and change things the way you want? b) Are you happy with the content I've developed (and am still continuing to develop)? Or am I going in a wrong direction? c) Do I really have a green light from the SC for this theme [1] [2]? It's a heck of a lot of work and, if I do it, I want to be *sure* that it is going to be used for the libreoffice.org site. So do I have a go or a no-go? Please do give me clear explicit answers from you all. TIA. ;-) [1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Nik [2] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/b/bc/SPECS_InterimSite_101224NS.jpg David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/website/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
