[FOSS4G-UK] [External] Re: Logo

Nick Bearman nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
Tue Jun 20 08:56:08 PDT 2023


Wonderful - thanks very much Barry. All now uploaded.

You're welcome to edit it yourself directly if you like - setup a PR, or 
I can give you rights to edit the repo directly.

Happy to demo if you are interested.

Best wishes,
Nick.

On 20/06/2023 16:35, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> Also you might want to add a bit of breathing space at the top and 
> remove the spacing underneath then add this bit of
> CSS to the CSS file mentioned previously:
>
> .foss4guk2023 p.logo {
>     margin: 1em 0 0 0 ;
> }
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 3:56 PM Rowlingson, Barry 
> <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>     Here's a solution:
>
>     1. edit _layouts/foss4kuk2023.html to have:
>
>     <html class="foss4guk2023">
>
>      - this lets us apply css styles to this minisite only and not
>     mess any other...
>
>     2. Use this for the logo in that file:
>
>     <p class="logo"><a href="index.html"><object type="image/svg+xml"
>     data="images/foss4guk2023-logo.svg">
>          </object></a></p>
>
>     3. Add this CSS to end of stylesheets/osgeouk_newlogo.css
>
>     .foss4guk2023 .logo object {width: 100%}
>
>     @media print, screen and (max-width: 960px) {
>         .foss4guk2023 .logo object {
>           width: 50%;
>         }
>     }
>     @media print, screen and (max-width: 480px) {
>         .foss4guk2023 .logo object {
>           width: 66%;
>         }
>     }
>
>      that scales the logo nicely for three screen widths.
>
>     Barry
>
>
>
>     On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 3:21 PM Nick Bearman
>     <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>
>         Ok - thanks. I don't know how to do that.
>
>         Is someone willing to have a look at this? Ant perhaps, or
>         someone else?
>
>         The site is at https://github.com/osgeouk/website, with some
>         details in the README there. Mini-site for FOSS4G:UK 2023 is
>         in
>         https://github.com/osgeouk/website/tree/gh-pages/foss4guklocal2023.
>         Layout for nav bar is in
>         https://github.com/osgeouk/website/blob/gh-pages/_layouts/foss4guk2023.html.
>
>
>         Will add a temp placeholder for the moment.
>
>         Best wishes,
>         Nick.
>
>         On 20/06/2023 15:10, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>>         No, don't change the SVG - you should scale it with CSS - and
>>         if you use percentages it should scale with the page layout
>>         for mobile etc, although maybe there's a separate stylesheet
>>         for mobile...
>>
>>         If I set width: 100% on the <object> then it fills the
>>         column, for example.
>>
>>         Barry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 3:00 PM Nick Bearman
>>         <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>             Hi Barry / all,
>>
>>             I'm trying to incorporate the logo in to the website,
>>             with a plan to launch the website after our meeting
>>             tomorrow.
>>
>>             https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guklocal2023/
>>
>>             Currently I am having trouble shrinking the logo. I can
>>             change the width and height parameters in the SVG file
>>             (line 2) and I need it to be 270 px to fit, but it won't
>>             seem to shrink beyond 360 px (which is what it is showing
>>             at for me currently).
>>
>>             Any ideas?
>>
>>             I'm also planning on having the logo 'full size' on the
>>             home page, and then a small version in the navigation
>>             bar. Alternative arrangements are welcome :-)
>>
>>             Best wishes,
>>             Nick.
>>
>>             On 16/06/2023 10:27, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>>>             I did a bit more tweaking, so now hovering over the text
>>>             or sites invokes the spirit of 2013...
>>>
>>>             You should be able to drop an SVG into any web page
>>>             where you'd have an image and get the hover
>>>             functionality, but its easy enough for me to produce PNG
>>>             files from the SVG at any resolution you might need for
>>>             static display.
>>>
>>>             Updated here:
>>>             https://b-rowlingson.gitlab.io/foss4guk2023/ (but not
>>>             updated the GIF version yet).
>>>
>>>             B
>>>
>>>             On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:56 AM Nick Bearman
>>>             <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>                 Thanks very much Barry - looking really good.
>>>
>>>                 Hopefully we can incorporate the animated one into
>>>                 the website.
>>>
>>>                 One quick question - is the green hover blob the
>>>                 same colour as Ireland green? It looks a little
>>>                 different, but might be me. I will have a proper
>>>                 look when I am back next week.
>>>
>>>                 Any other comments from people?
>>>
>>>                 Best wishes,
>>>                 Nick.
>>>
>>>                 On 6/14/23 11:24, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>>>>                 I've added an animated gif version as well (during
>>>>                 parts of a department meeting this morning...).
>>>>
>>>>                 Of course static PNG versions can be generated from
>>>>                 the SVG - maybe the local groups will want to use
>>>>                 images that highlight their location?
>>>>
>>>>                 To make the animation all I did was use Firefox'
>>>>                 dev tools to trigger the "hover" style for each
>>>>                 location and then use a screen-grab browser add-on,
>>>>                 then use ImageMagick to make a gif.
>>>>
>>>>                 Barry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 1:10 PM Barry Rowlingson
>>>>                 <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                     A day or so faffing with R and text on curves
>>>>                     and SVG and CSS and...
>>>>
>>>>                     Here's a logo:
>>>>
>>>>                     https://b-rowlingson.gitlab.io/foss4guk2023/
>>>>
>>>>                      thoughts etc?
>>>>
>>>>                     Barry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                     On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 8:17 AM Rowlingson,
>>>>                     Barry <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                         On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 4:35 PM Nick Bearman
>>>>                         <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                             I'm not 100% sure about Ireland having
>>>>                             a different colour and with the dots
>>>>                             being on the diagonal rather than on
>>>>                             the straight (up and down) - one or the
>>>>                             other would be fine, I think both is a
>>>>                             bit over kill. What do you think?
>>>>
>>>>                         Yeah, I think as an exercise I tried both
>>>>                         and left them both in! Just colour is
>>>>                         probably better.
>>>>
>>>>                             Also, something weird is happening
>>>>                             between NI and Scotland - not sure what
>>>>                             the three dots are doing there.
>>>>
>>>>                         The dots are produced by QGIS'
>>>>                         point-pattern fill style, so I'll ask it! I
>>>>                         suspect there's some islands or
>>>>                         something... I did a lot of adjustment of
>>>>                         pattern fill offsets to try and get
>>>>                         something that resembled last year's logo
>>>>                         in terms of resolution etc, so I'll play
>>>>                         more and get something that might be a bit
>>>>                         less jittery. I could always adjust
>>>>                         manually, because...
>>>>
>>>>                             Are you willing to give it a bit more
>>>>                             of a tweak, or share the source files,
>>>>                             so I can?
>>>>
>>>>                         ...the rest of it is done in Inkscape...
>>>>
>>>>                             I like the names - possibly Bristol
>>>>                             need a bit of location tweak.
>>>>
>>>>                         ...and the names on a circle were a pain to
>>>>                         do - which is why the bottom of the circle
>>>>                         isn't quite right compared to the top of
>>>>                         the circle! But yes, also a bit more
>>>>                         spacing around the Bristol text is needed.
>>>>                         I whipped this out pretty quick and didn't
>>>>                         have time to fine-tune everything, but if
>>>>                         we want to go with it I'll hone it!  Or
>>>>                         pass it on to my "does a bit of graphic
>>>>                         design" girlfriend, but that would mean her
>>>>                         staying late at work for their Adobe license...
>>>>
>>>>                             We should also incorporate the event
>>>>                             name in there somewhere - FOSS4G:UK
>>>>                             Local 2023.
>>>>
>>>>                         I think I was unsure about the name and I'm
>>>>                         still worried about calling it "UK" with
>>>>                         Ireland in there! Let's not start a war...
>>>>
>>>>                             The swoop I like, will have to see how
>>>>                             it all fits together.
>>>>
>>>>                         Yeah, integrating the swoop into the map
>>>>                         logo is a bit awkward, will consider...
>>>>
>>>>                             Thanks,
>>>>                             Nick.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                             On 25/05/2023 11:47, Barry Rowlingson
>>>>                             wrote:
>>>>>                             Thanks for the feedback and
>>>>>                             suggestions, here's the site map with
>>>>>                             upright text and locations marked as
>>>>>                             open circled.
>>>>>
>>>>>                             image.png
>>>>>                             I had a quick go at incorporating the
>>>>>                             national flags into the OSGeo swoosh.
>>>>>                             Note that there's no Northern Ireland
>>>>>                             flag in this but a) we don't have a
>>>>>                             location in NI and b) there is no
>>>>>                             official flag for Northern Ireland -
>>>>>                             the Ulster Banner and the St Patrick's
>>>>>                             Saltire are sometimes used but there's
>>>>>                             only four spaces in the swoosh...
>>>>>
>>>>>                             image.png
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                             On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 5:05 PM Dan
>>>>>                             Ormsby <dormsby at sparkgeo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 *This email originated outside the
>>>>>                                 University. Check before clicking
>>>>>                                 links or attachments.*
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 Looks great Barry! Vertically
>>>>>                                 flipping the bottom 4 place names
>>>>>                                 might make it a bit easier to read
>>>>>                                 and yes agree on the highlighted
>>>>>                                 points for venues.  It's only now
>>>>>                                 that you mention it that I realise
>>>>>                                 that is what was done on last
>>>>>                                 years logo!
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 Dan
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 16:46,
>>>>>                                 Barry Rowlingson
>>>>>                                 <b.rowlingson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                                     Hi all, nice chat this
>>>>>                                     morning, sets me thinking
>>>>>                                     about various things...
>>>>>
>>>>>                                     I like the logo with the
>>>>>                                     dotmap of the UK and the
>>>>>                                     locations coloured in, I
>>>>>                                     assume the plan was to do this
>>>>>                                     again but including Ireland
>>>>>                                     and putting 7 dots in the
>>>>>                                     right place for the seven
>>>>>                                     locations? I'd suggest making
>>>>>                                     the location dots clearer than
>>>>>                                     the background dots, and
>>>>>                                     giving the location names more
>>>>>                                     prominence? Not sure if
>>>>>                                     embedded images an non-plain
>>>>>                                     text is allowed on this
>>>>>                                     mailing list but (and I've not
>>>>>                                     coloured the dots in...)
>>>>>
>>>>>                                     image.png
>>>>>
>>>>>                                     makes me think of one of those
>>>>>                                     panorama viewpoint indicator
>>>>>                                     things you get on the tops of
>>>>>                                     hills showing you the places
>>>>>                                     in the distance... which gives
>>>>>                                     me another idea that's
>>>>>                                     probably totally impractical...
>>>>>
>>>>>                                     and in for a penny, here's a
>>>>>                                     preliminary "ten years after"
>>>>>                                     logo...
>>>>>
>>>>>                                     image.png
>>>>>                                     ok back to proper work now..
>>>>>
>>>>>                                     Barry
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 -- 
>>>>>
>>>>>                                 I’m Dan Ormsby, UK Lead at *Sparkgeo*.
>>>>>
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>>>>>                                 tech companies.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>                             -- 
>>>>                             Nick Bearman
>>>>                             +44 (0) 7717745715
>>>>                             nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>>>>
>>>>                             Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern.
>>>>
>>>                 -- 
>>>                 Nick Bearman
>>>                 +44 (0) 7717745715
>>>                 nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>>>
>>>                 Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern.
>>>
>>             -- 
>>             Nick Bearman
>>             +44 (0) 7717745715
>>             nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>>
>>             Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern.
>>
>         -- 
>         Nick Bearman
>         +44 (0) 7717745715
>         nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>
>         Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern.
>
-- 
Nick Bearman
+44 (0) 7717745715
nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk

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