[Marketing] Proposal: osgeo website emergency quickfix

[Vicky Vergara]

Does this look better?
https://dev.www.osgeo.org/sponsors/


On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 5:42 PM Enock Seth Nyamador via Marketing <
marketing at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> +1
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 20:43, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Marketing <
> marketing at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> Am 31.01.2024 19:40 schrieb Mugeha Laura via Marketing:
>> > +1 Laura.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 7:48 PM Jody Garnett via Marketing
>> > <marketing at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hey folks, I am making a proposal below for a quick fix, please
>> >> respond with a +1 and we can unblock an issue that has become
>> >> urgent.
>> >>
>> >> Discussion welcome, but growing scope is not. I was present during
>> >> the website project so I know some of the graphical design tradeoffs
>> >> in order to answer questions.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Jody
>> >>
>> >> PROBLEM:
>> >>
>> >> So some pages of the website have run into problems (with updates
>> >> and changes) and need some emergency graphic design decisions.
>> >>
>> >> The https://www.osgeo.org/sponsors/ [1] page is a bit broken right
>> >> now, with logos displaying in a single column, and square logos
>> >> ending up with too much visual weight making for an inconsistent
>> >> visual.
>> >>
>> >> Notes:
>> >>
>> >> * https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3000 [2] discussing the
>> >> technical challenges e
>> >> (This is held up due to lack of graphic design input)
>> >> * Lior was going to look at sponsorship benefits and this page
>> >> https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/ [3]
>> >> (Presently it has very prescriptive benefits with exact icons sizes
>> >> while is ill-advised)
>> >>
>> >> SPONSOR PAGE QUICKFIX PROPOSAL
>> >>
>> >> * Goal is a good single page presentation, with logos given
>> >> representation based on sponsorship logo. Logos within a tier should
>> >> have similar visual impact.
>> >> * Restore columns: The
>> >> https://foss4g.asia/2023/our-sponsors-partners/ [4] page is similar
>> >> to what we started with, with visibility based on sponsorship tier.
>> >>
>> >> * Logo scaling for fair visual impact: The https://foss4gna.org/
>> >> [5] page is a good example of fair logo scaling with a perfect
>> >> rectangle provided for each logo, with a margin for white space so
>> >> each logo can breath, both square and rectangle logos end up with
>> >> similar space.
>> >> (This is an example of how to be fair, I am not recommending the
>> >> rectangles be visible as is done on the foss4g-na site)
>> >>
>> >> PLANNING
>> >> If we do get a budget for 2024 we should assemble a work package of
>> >> outstanding requests (review emergency fix, mastodon social logos,
>> >> committee page template etc...)
>> >>
>> >> I strongly wish to avoid doing isolated quick fixes, it is so easy
>> >> to do small changes that make sense for one objective, and damage
>> >> the effectiveness of an individual page. Example: some sponsors get
>> >> color logos, having logos moving in the footer, etc...
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jody Garnett _______________________________________________
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>> >> Marketing at lists.osgeo.org
>> >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing [6]
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > MUGEHA LAURA
>> >
>> > Geospatial Engineer | Technical Community Manager
>> >
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>> >
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>> >
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>> >
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>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Links:
>> > ------
>> > [1] https://www.osgeo.org/sponsors/
>> > [2] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3000
>> > [3] https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/
>> > [4] https://foss4g.asia/2023/our-sponsors-partners/
>> > [5] https://foss4gna.org/
>> > [6] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
>> > [7] tel:+2547143297171
>> > [8] https://www.lauramugeha.bio
>> > [9] https://twitter.com/laura_mugeha
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