[FOSS4G2016] Webpage and Logo

Wed Jul 1 02:23:35 PDT 2015

Hi Gert-Jan, Marc,

you are now admins of the website as well!
Just feel free to add your changes and we can keep talking about it via the
list.
I will send you emails with your login details.

Regards,
Carmen

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 8:46 AM, <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:

> hI Gert-Jan,
>
> just some quick answers but many thanks for your points, because most of
> them are good ones ,-)
>
> @Matthias, I will sum up all the inputs into one mail, so no need to plot
> all the mails from the list ;-)
>
> For now, Matthias is supposed to be the responsible for the first shot. I
> do not want to take too much of his companies time, so if we need essential
> changes later, I'd like to pay him for that.
>
> For the content it is complete LOC's stuff - so e.g. the menu "About".
> Carmen has a master access and if you ask friendly, she will create one for
> you as well ;-)
>
> For he background image: Yes, they just took any photograph of Bonn - I
> want to go to make a better one, where you also see WCCB this week (not me,
> a friend of mine). I like thei dea of additional text and also to link to
> the 2015.er conference.
>
> So far, Till
>
>
>
>
> Am 2015-06-30 20:51, schrieb Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl:
>
>> Till, Matthias, Dennis,
>>
>> Apparently I missed a junction ("Ausfahrt") along the Autobahn ... the
>> FOSSGIS hacking weekend in Essen.
>> I didn't realize FOSS4G-2016 was such an main theme at the FOSSGIS hacking
>> event, otherwise I'd shown up in the Linux Hotel. (hey, the grill-buffet
>> looked great!)
>> Tomorrow's "Stammtisch" in Bonn will take place without me as well. We'll
>> meet in Como
>>
>>
>> Anyway....:
>>
>>
>> About the logo:
>> I knew about the first logo (designed by Dennis Hellmich).
>> Is the new logo (by Matthias, as can be seen on http://2016.foss4g.org/)
>> the
>> definitive successor of Dennis' logo?
>>
>>
>> About the website:
>> Hereby my dozen thoughts on the current design (http://2016.foss4g.org/
>> as
>> of 30th June, 18.00). Some minor, some major.
>> As always intended as positive criticism!
>>
>> 1. I really like the professional style of the design. Not just a
>> "extended
>> wiki-page", but a real design!
>> 2. I'd rather have some clue added what FOSS4G is about. Part of our
>> potential audience doesn't know what FOSS4G is.
>>    At first sight that part of the audience might think: "must be
>> something
>> about freight shipping. A container company perhaps? ;-)
>> 3. Somehow add a reference to 10 years of FOSS4G
>> 4. A subtitle like "Celebrating 10 years of free and open source
>> geospatial
>> software" might help on both 2) and 3)
>> 5. The front page focuses on the location (Rhine, Bonn). To me, FOSS4G is
>> about bringing the people together.
>> 6. At least until the end of FOSS4G-2015 a temporal reference to the
>> 2015-site
>> 7. Something in order to make clear this in work-in-progress. E.g. cover
>> the
>> frontpage partly behind a scaffold, or a Pink Floyd - The Wall-like design
>> 8. The "welcome to Germany addition" seems a bit out of place. Is it for
>> those who don't know Bonn is in Germany?
>>    If this addition is needed, why not include the text "Germany" in the
>> logo itself: the text would then read something like: Bonn - Germany -
>> August 2016
>> 9. Is it useful to make 2 versions of the logo: an short one (with just
>> the
>> graphics) and a long one (including the text Bonn - Germany - august, 22.
>> -
>> 27.  2016
>> 10. "August 22th - 27th" should read "August 22nd - 27th". Or even better:
>> 22nd - 27th August (which is more European-English style, as opposed to
>> the
>> American style with month in advance)
>> 11. Regarding the dates: I tend to use the core-conference dates as the
>> main
>> dates to show, and to use  extra lines for the pre-conf workshops and
>> post-conference sprints
>> 12. Add an "about"-entry in the menu: "about FOSS4G", "about FOSSGIS",
>> "about OSGeo.org", "about Bonn", "about you"
>>
>> As stated, I wasn't at the FOSSGIS hacking weekend, so perhaps several
>> points mentioned here are already thoroughly discussed there. Let it be.
>> However, I will be at the Dutch OSGeo.nl hacking day (4th July, in
>> Enschede)
>> where I would like to show the current design to a non-German audience.
>>
>>
>> Final thought:
>> @Matthias: are you in charge for all design issues for FOSS4G-2016. Or
>> just
>> for the website (and logo) for now?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Gert-Jan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Namens till.adams at fossgis.de
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 30 juni 2015 10:29
>> Aan: foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org
>> Onderwerp: [FOSS4G2016] Webpage and Logo
>>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I talked to Matthias, the one who is responsible for what we till now have
>> as logo and webpage. He told me, that they would like to finalize logo and
>> design of the homepage (content is our business!!) on thursday, 2. of
>> July.
>>
>> The webpage is already open but not announced http://2016.foss4g.org
>>
>> If there are any ideas or strong needs for a change beside what we now
>> have
>> (see below) just report it to the list or me directly:
>>
>> - insert OSGEO and FOSSGIS logo on startp age
>> - minor change on the logo by letting the ribbon-rhine end up with a peak
>>
>> I wonder, that our dutch marketing team didn't comment on our webpage/logo
>> for now ...?
>>
>>
>> So far, Till
>>
>>
>>
>>
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