[FOSS4G2016] Webpage and Logo

Tue Jun 30 23:46:06 PDT 2015

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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