[mapserver-dev] New website look and feel, call for vote...

Lime, Steve D (DNR) Steve.Lime at state.mn.us
Thu Jan 21 15:29:33 EST 2010


I've made note of both of these... 

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From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Woodbridge
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:09 PM
To: Lime, Steve D (DNR)
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Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] New website look and feel, call for vote...

Another CSS tweak is needed for printing so the page body moves left. 
Check out print preview in FF.

-Steve W


Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> +1, really nice job guys!
> 
> One CSS tweak, it would be nice to have more contrast (or color) on the 
> clickable links in the text so they are a little more obvious.
> 
> Great job,
>   -Steve W
> 
> Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
>> Hi All: I've been working with Howard and Jeff on applying a new look 
>> and feel to the MapServer website. The feedback received earlier
>>
>> on the logo was positive so this is all based on that.  A preview 
>> based on the 5.4 docs trunk is at 
>> http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/testing/ms_preview/.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Web design by committee is impossible so I'd like to call for a vote 
>> to roll this design out "as is" in the 5.6 branch docs. Tweaks to the 
>> CSS can
>>
>> always be made as necessary. We've also talked about other homepage 
>> content changes but that will happen later.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Notes:
>>
>>  
>>
>> -          The color scheme is based on the logo colors. The red at 
>> the bottom is from a triadic scheme using the blue and green in the 
>> logo (I like color).
>>
>> -          The font is Futura, I liked the lower-case "a" especially... 
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futura_%28typeface%29)
>>
>>  
>>
>> I'll start with a enthusiastic +1.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>  
>>
>>
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