[Qgis-developer] Webpage

[Nathan Woodrow]

I had plans on running a logo contest before we roll out 2.0.  Maybe now is
a good time. I have had a few people who have said they will put in some
money to aid in that kind of project.

I don't think we need a whole new logo, but a revamp would be good IMO.

- Nathan


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Vincent Picavet <vincent.ml at oslandia.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > Speaking of website improvement, I've just dropped in a proposal for a
> > refined - and more importantly _vector-based_ - QGIS logo here:
> > http://hub.qgis.org/issues/6688
> >
> > I've tried to stick to the original logo as much as possible as clearly
> > many people are emotionally attached to the current logo. Hopefully, the
> > proposal also refines the logo with more subtle lightning.
> >
> > Having QGIS' website use _one_ standard logo throughout (i.e. header
> logo,
> > download button logo, etc.) would already be a nice improvement.
> >
> > Hope this can be of use to the project.
>
> Concerning the logo, could we have a definitive and community-based poll or
> contest on the 2.0 version logo ?
>
> I know the current one has supporters, and it has been there for a long
> time,
> charged with emotion and all. I like it for that reason too, but it is
> definitly not professional neither modern-looking.
> I get this remark quite often during training session, and it is quite sad
> for
> the QGIS «branding» as a professionnal and serious tool.
>
> Vincent
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Math
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Yes I have seen it. With no disrespect to the GRASS folks I think it
> has
> > > enough problems that I would not like to copy it on our site. My
> > > (hopefully) constructive criticisms:
> > >
> > > * its very busy
> > > * it doesnt have good whitespace balance e.g. module of the day box
> with
> > > screenshots box floating to the right
> > > * I love jquery but jquery css is looking old already
> > > * there are too many underlines [ ] >> > and other characters that
> > > distract attention and make it look not so friendly
> > > * the panels on the left (search, latest news, map) should have been
> put
> > > to the right
> > > * there is too much white space in the heading area
> > > * the logo really needs a refresh
> > > * the heavy green bars distract your eye away from the content
> > > * there are too many different font sizes and font styles
> > > * the drop down menus feel visually disconnected from the tabs the
> spring
> > > from and menus from tabs just feels kinda wierd
> > >
> > > In short it could really use a designer to introduce balance, correct
> > > emphasis and remove distractions
> > >
> > > As such I would not be supportive of using it for our site I suggest to
> > > wait for the sphinx theme based on bootstrap to come out and then start
> > > moving our web content into that. We will do some customisations for
> the
> > > QGIS front page and Richard has been making awesome progress in
> getting a
> > > well put together bootstrap based sphinx theme in place for us when we
> > > can then skin using any bootstrap theme (e.g. checkout some of the
> > > themes at http://bootswatch.com/).
> > >
> > > So -1 from me
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Werner Macho
> <werner.macho at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >> Hi there!
> > >>
> > >> Anyone seen the new GRASS Webpage?
> > >> I really like the clean and intuitive style with lots of information
> > >> presented clearly on the top page ..
> > >> Probably we can adapt it to "our" new webpage?
> > >> It even looks good on mobile phones ..
> > >>
> > >> Opinions on that?
> > >>
> > >> kind regards
> > >> Werner
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