[Marketing] Proposal: osgeo website emergency quickfix

[Mugeha Laura]

+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/ 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 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/
>    (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/ page
>    is similar to what we started with, with visibility based on sponsorship
>    tier.
>    - Logo scaling for fair visual impact: The https://foss4gna.org/ 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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