Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:23:33 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Emily Boyd <soc-emily@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD design proposal Message-ID: <20050722152333.GG594@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <42E10467.3050109@freebsd.org> References: <42E10467.3050109@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 12:36:23AM +1000, Emily Boyd wrote: > Hi All, > > By way of introduction, I'm a participant in Google's Summer of Code > program, in which students contribute to open source projects over the > summer. > > I know there has been much discussion on this list in the past few > months regarding a redesign of freebsd.org. I'd like to propose the > following design as the basis for a redesigned website: > > http://www.emilyboyd.com/design/freebsd/homepage_proposal.png > http://www.emilyboyd.com/design/freebsd/secondpage_proposal.png > > I've learnt a lot from reviewing the earlier redesigns proposed by folks > like Devon O'Dell, Chris Zumbrunn, and others. The input on this list > from people such as Ceri Davies and Simon Nielsen has also been invaluable. > > If my design proposal is accepted, I would be able to code up the design > as SGML/XSLT templates so that the existing website can be rapidly > converted to the new style and launched in time for 6.0-RELEASE. > That may collide with the new logo. I don't know what will be the new logo, but its shape, color, etc. may ask a different layout or at least a different color scheme. I assume you thought about this; the CSS system used should be flexible enough. > Various members of core@ and marketing@ have reviewed my design, and > have offered a lot of encouragement. I would love to hear additional > feedback from those on this list. > It looks very clean. Does is render well under 800x600 or with a text browser? Marc
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