Hey Kyle (and others), I was able to work on the website refresh yesterday and there's now a mockup of navigation. Currently, it looks like this: http://temp.knome.fi/xubuntu/saucy_website/newnavi.png
This is in no way final, so please send your ideas if you think you can improve. Cheers, Pasi On 27/05/13 05:37, Kyle Sabara wrote: > Thanks for the information, I guess I'll start thinking up some ideas > for a navbar. I really hope to gain some valuable experience. Again, > thank you! > > > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Pasi Lallinaho > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hey Kyle, > > I'm adding the Xubuntu-devel mailing list to the recipients, since > that's where we cooperate development discussion for Xubuntu. > > Comments inline. > > On 25/05/13 18:50, Kyle Sabara wrote: > > Hello, > My name is Kyle Sabara and I would like to work with > your Xubuntu > web team. > > > First of all, thanks for your interest! > > I'm 15 but I can assure you I know how to code CSS and HTML5. > I hold 2 certifications, one in Adobe Photoshop CS5, as well > as one in > Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. I'd like to also note that I am going > for my > Adobe Flash CS5 certification and hope to get it soon. I like > linux and > most important to me is the XFCE flavor that I do run on an > old PC. I do > have some works on the web, in fact I'm going to Nationals in > California > this year for FBLA in the Web Design event. I know, you think just > because I have a Dreamweaver certification means I don't > actually know > how to code what-so-ever, but I actually always code with > Notepad++ > because I don't like the drag and drop software environment that > Dreamweaver creates, along with the annoying bugs you > sometimes have to > comb your document for. > > > Don't worry; we don't judge people based on their age or > certificates they may or may not have. All contributions are > welcome as long as they make sense and the community can agree on > the results they bring with them. > > I already have a couple ways for integration of social networking > into your site. One way would be to add a Twitter app where > you have > Xubuntu Twitter Feed on your site, perhaps on the homepage? > Another > thing you can add to increase Xubuntu's networking would be to > add a > Facebook Like button, a Google+ button, and a Twitter button > if you will > which I'm not sure if you know this but a Twitter button is > included on > the Twitter Feed you can integrate. > > > This is something the web/marketing/Xubuntu team should discuss in > general. > > So far we haven't specifically worked to get much of the social > networking showing on the site. This is partly because we only > recently set up most of the social networking sites. On the other > hand, while the social networking outlets are "official", they are > community-run and we aren't controlling their content too much. > While we trust the administrators, it's not certain that all > communication and comments made on the social networks is > something we want to automatically integrate to our website. > > If we decide to add things like this, it should be easy enough > with existing WordPress plugins. > > Also, I'd like to point out that you guys don't really have a full > navigation bar on your site making a lack in usability. > > > We are constantly working on the site and even as I write this > mail, we're under process for improvements on the site. However, > all feedback is welcome: do you have any mockups or ideas for the > navigation bar? > > Another > suggestion I have is that you can add more pictures to your > site in the > tour and inside the changing image slider on the homepage; because > people really want to see you glorify the project and most of all, > potential users need to know the look and feel of the > software, and > pictures of the Xubuntu user interface are a good way to go. > > > I agree! > > As long as somebody takes more screenshots which are recent, we're > good to add them. In addition, we're working to make the frontpage > slider images slightly bigger with the next website update. > > I hope some > of these ideas show some of the creative skills I can > contribute to the > team. > I feel like getting involved in this project can help > me build a > portfolio and help me in my future.I am a technology > enthusiast and I > love coding HTML. I don't claim to know everything but I would > love to > expand my knowledge by contributing some work for an open source > organization where anyone can get involved and share ideas. > > > Open source can definitely help with your CV as long as it isn't > your only (or primary) goal. > > Thank you again for taking time out of your lives to read this > statement. > Sincerely, > Kyle Sabara > > > About joining teams and getting access to resources: we generally > have a "contributions before membership" policy. In other words, > start following development discussions, get familiar with the > community processes and people and when you've been around a > while, get your hands dirty [1]. > > Welcome to our community! > > Cheers, > Pasi > > [1] http://xubuntu.org/contribute/ > > -- > Pasi Lallinaho (knome) » http://open.knome.fi/ > Leader of Shimmer Project and Xubuntu » > http://shimmerproject.org/ > Graphic artist, webdesigner, Ubuntu member » http://xubuntu.org/ > > -- Pasi Lallinaho (knome) » http://open.knome.fi/ Leader of Shimmer Project and Xubuntu » http://shimmerproject.org/ Graphic artist, webdesigner, Ubuntu member » http://xubuntu.org/
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