[Marketing] Proposal: osgeo website emergency quickfix

[Jody Garnett]

Vicky I believe if I recreate the sponsor logos following the example of
the original designers your change will solve the problem.

I will work on this over the weekend; I am not sure if staging synchronized
content with production.

--
Jody Garnett


On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 5:30 PM Vicky Vergara via Marketing <
marketing at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> 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...
>>> >>
>>> >> --
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>>> >> Marketing at lists.osgeo.org
>>> >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing [6]
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > MUGEHA LAURA
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> > Harnessing Open Data & FOSS for Sustainable Development
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >               hello at lauramugeha.bio
>>> >
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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
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