[Marketing] Proposal: osgeo website emergency quickfix

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

+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 _______________________________________________
>> Marketing mailing list
>> Marketing at lists.osgeo.org
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing [6]
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> Links:
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> [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
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