[foss4g2014] website design

[Darrell Fuhriman]

We'd love to have your help!

No, there really hasn't been anything in depth yet. We have something we put together quickly after we were awarded the conference (2014.foss4g.org), but that's all. It's all done in github pages and jekyll. 

We've started working with a logo designer, so we'll probably want to have a unified color palette.

I think right now we're looking primarily for UI/UX, since we have not decided on a platform, so it may not make a lot of sense to starting doing too much implementation. I basically see two options on that front:

1) an all in one platform such as Symposion (Django-based) or other platform TBD, which handles paper submissions, sponorship, etc. 
2) something more like a Jekyll-based page, with some other product for doing the non-static stuff. 

But maybe I'm totally wrong on that front. 

I guess what I'm saying is that right now, the door is wide open.

d.


> On Nov 14, 2013, at 13:58, Sam Matthews <matthews.sam at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Greg, for speaking up! 
> 
> Darrell, I'm definitely interested in helping out with the preparations of the website. It seems like a fun project to work with some outside folks all in the name of geo! 
> 
> Greg shared some notes with me yesterday and I gave them a read, but if there are any previous conversations about the website I would love to hear where you are all at so I don't become a redundant voice. Let me know what I can do from here.
> 
> Thanks a lot for putting your time in for the conference! It's going to be quite fun, I think.
> 
> Best,
> Sam
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Greg Corradini <gregcorradini at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Darrell,
>> I talked with Sam Matthews, a great designer, who is known in many a geo circle. I think he's up for helping out with this, but I'll let him speak for himself. He's awesome!
>> 
>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org> wrote:
>>> Thanks, Greg, I couldn't remember your name. :)
>>> 
>>> We would, of course,  love the additional help.  You hear that everyone, please shake your trees and help find us a good designer with time and willingness to donate.
>>> 
>>> We're definitely looking for someone to take on the task of doing the UI/UX design. I would even be happy if we could get someone to do mock-ups, which then a developer could implement. I think we have a lot more of the latter than the former in our various circles.
>>> 
>>> That's probably especially critical at this juncture, since we  haven't selected a platform for handling registrations and paper submissions. It's possible that some or all of those will be integrated into one platform, which would naturally effect how we do the implementation.
>>> 
>>> If we don't have an integrated platform, then I'd lean towards the static Jekyll setup that we're using now, but I'm by no means wedded to that.
>>> 
>>> If we fail to get a good designer in our community to volunteer, then we'll start looking at hiring one.
>>> 
>>> d.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 19:22, Greg Corradini <gregcorradini at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Hey Darrell,
>>> > I'm the mysterious CUGOS caller. Aaron Racicot and I will talk with the larger group about how we can help with this event. We'll let you know.
>>> >
>>> > I can help with website development if the time commitment isn't too crazy. Since i'm more programmer than designer, it would be nice to work with a good designer who can handle all the CSS. I have one in mind who might jump at the opportunity, if there isn't a designer already.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Greg
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