[Marketing] Proposal: osgeo website emergency quickfix

Sat Feb 3 10:02:44 PST 2024

Hi Jody,
I am working on staging
https://dev.www.osgeo.org/

No, database is not in sync and Branches are different.
When changes are going to be done using the admin panel, I normally do my
tests there, take notes and then recreate them on production.

Regards

On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 10:46 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>> >
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>>>> > MUGEHA LAURA
>>>> >
>>>> > Geospatial Engineer | Technical Community Manager
>>>> >
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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
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