From owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 22 15:24:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 146E516A463; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:24:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C16C543D78; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:23:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6MFNX2W049313; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:23:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost.blackend.org [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6MFNXgv005866; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:23:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j6MFNXAm005865; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:23:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:23:33 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Emily Boyd Message-ID: <20050722152333.GG594@gothic.blackend.org> References: <42E10467.3050109@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42E10467.3050109@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE Cc: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD design proposal X-BeenThere: freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Project Webmasters List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:24:14 -0000 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