[OSGeo-Discuss] Gender neutral default image on webpage

[Vicky Vergara]

I am sure its possible,
I just need some time to figure out how.

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 1:56 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if it is worth removing the gravatar integration. If is not
> sufficient for our needs?
>
> Note all this is a discussion, trying to balance between what is important
> and what is technically possible.
>
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 1:38 PM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>
> wrote:
>
>> What about names?
>> "aam", "Alessandro","ander2712"
>> If those are names, there is no last name.
>>
>> faceless, nameless, one paragraph Bio less, wiki-link less
>>
>> Unfortunately, I am still trying to figure out on the memeber list how to
>> use the libavatar.
>> In some cases, the member page has a picture because the member has an
>> avatar linked to the mail
>> But the member list php code is used to list many other items like
>> projects, news, etc.
>> and those don't have an avatar. That code use the uploaded picture,
>> therefore things work like this
>> On the list (list member, list projects, etc) it uses uploaded picture,
>> no picture then for members its using the default member picture.
>> On the member page, if user has avatar uses avatar, if no avatar use
>> uploaded picture if no picture use default member picture.
>>
>> For the moment, I am
>> -0 not listing of members without "individual image" on the list of
>> members,
>> +0 on not listing members with no full name
>> +0 on members not having a one paragraph bio AND not having a wiki-link
>> There is a button where the member can opt-out of being listed.
>> But the non listing of members without "X" has to be done automatically.
>> (I need to investigate for when time comes)
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Vicky
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 12:50 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Your feedback makes me think we should hide entries that don’t have a
>>> photo.
>>>
>>> My thinking is part of the point of the website is to show that open
>>> source is made by people. Pages and pages of placeholder photos make us
>>> look like the faceless mob that protential adopters are told to fear to
>>> trust.
>>>
>>> Would rather fewer people with real faces from an outreach standpoint.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 2:50 AM Tom Chadwin <tom.chadwin at nnpa.org.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Disagree with Barry - I do like it. However, I do think the
>>>> high-contrast design means the placeholders can overpower the actual
>>>> photos. I would definitely knock back the darkness of the background
>>>> colour, and probably knock back the whole thing a fair bit. I'm thinking
>>>> that the palette should reflect a disabled icon or menu item in a GUI, so
>>>> be faded. Other than that, I really like it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>> > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Barry
>>>> > Rowlingson
>>>> > Sent: 22 January 2019 08:36
>>>> > To: Vicky Vergara
>>>> > Cc: OSGeo Discuss list
>>>> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gender neutral default image on webpage
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:53 AM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Hello all
>>>> > > I made a gender neutral default image representing an OSGeo member.
>>>> > > Hope you like it.
>>>> >
>>>> > Not sure I do like it! The head is so large compared to the body, and
>>>> > the body so devoid of feature I don't immediately read it as an
>>>> > abstract human representation. I'm almost reading it as a lower-case
>>>> > 'i'. Plus the logo is ever so slightly off-center from the circle
>>>> > which is triggering my OCD tendencies a bit.
>>>> >
>>>> > Maybe if the body was a bit larger and connected to the head. It is a
>>>> > very bold and high-contrast design, and appears very large on the page
>>>> > so the overall impact is quite massive. Maybe if the icons were
>>>> > smaller it wouldn't matter so much, but as the page is currently my
>>>> > browser shows only four people on a screen at once, and most of that
>>>> > is avatars and fairly empty squares with names in. Sorry if I've
>>>> > drifted off topic into the web page design now....
>>>> >
>>>> >  Happy to tweak it a bit if you've got an Inkscape SVG to share.
>>>> >
>>>> > Barry
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > > On this page
>>>> > > https://www.osgeo.org/community/members/
>>>> > > The image is shown when the member does not have an libavatar .
>>>> (work
>>>> > in progress, on displaying the uploaded image on this page)
>>>> > >
>>>> > > On the profile page, the
>>>> > > libavatar  takes precedence
>>>> > > if not found then uploaded image
>>>> > > if not found then the default image is used
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Regards
>>>> > > Vicky
>>>> > >
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>> Vicky Vergara
>> Operations Research
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