[IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity

[Christian Marc Schmidt]

Thanks Carol, I¹ll send this correction to the illustrator...


Christian


On 2/27/09 11:57 AM, "Carol Farlow Lerche" <cafl at msbit.com> wrote:

> Slight grammatical problem with one panel on
> 
> http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php?temp
> late=page&page=learners
> 
> "Kamala reads a webpage about sharks and LEARN that shark populations are
> declining."  -- should be LEARNS.
> 
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:54 AM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Christian Schmidt
>> <schmidt at pentagram.com> wrote:
>>> > Thanks Sean. We are in the final stages of proofing content on the
>>> betasite,
>>> > and think we will go live this weekend. Stay tuned!
>> 
>> Christian, I officially withdraw any reservations I had about the new site:)
>> 
>> I showed it around my nephew's elementary school yesterday;  The
>> teachers, teachers aids, and parents thought it was great!
>> 
>> The most interesting aspect was the change from the dark to light
>> background.  They thought the dark, over welming, background
>> represented what one 'expects' from computers and the light background
>> was what you would 'want' from computers.
>> 
>> david
>> 
>>> >
>>> > Christian
>>> >
>>> > ________________________________
>>> > From: Sean DALY [mailto:sdaly.be at gmail.com]
>>> > To: ,Josh williams [mailto:joshcwilliams at gmail.com]
>>> > Cc: David Farning [mailto:dfarning at sugarlabs.org],
>>> iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org,
>>> > sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org, Christian Marc Schmidt
>>> > [mailto:schmidt at pentagram.com]
>>> > Sent: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:05:48 -0500
>>> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity
>>> >
>>> > Greetings Josh!
>>> >
>>> > In fact lots of work has been done on this by Christian, see for example:
>>> > http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Logo
>>> > http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Website
>>> >
>>> > and, in beta:
>>> > http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > May I suggest you join the Marketing list?
>>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
>>> >
>>> > We have IRC meetings on Tuesdays at 1600 UTC:
>>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-February/000341.html
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > We are gearing up for the imminent Sugar 0.84 release.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> >
>>> > Sean
>>> > Marketing Coordinator
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:08 AM, ,Josh williams <joshcwilliams at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>>> >> Hey David,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I have had a quick look at the markup and the CSS, but I haven't
>>>> >> actually had a look at the PHP. I laughed when I saw the Mozilla guys
>>>> >> had an IE style sheet, but then I figured they were probably just
>>>> >> reusing code. I was actually wondering if I could have a local copy of
>>>> >> the remora code or access to a development or testing environment at
>>>> >> some point?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I also agree that we need a common branding for all of the sites, Gnome
>>>> >> is a great example I think Mozilla and Ubuntu are good examples to. I
>>>> >> think a splash page for www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
>>>> built on WordPress or Drupal
>>>> >> would be a really good idea also. It could explain the what the project
>>>> >> is, have a download link to the latest version, link to the wiki, press
>>>> >> release, news etc.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Cheers,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Josh
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> David Farning wrote:
>>>>> >>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>> Hey Josh, thanks for the offer of help!
>>>>>> >>>> I definitely like your simple and kid-friendly theme for addons. I
>>>>>> >>>> wonder
>>>>>> >>>> off the top of my head though, if it makes sense to make addons.sl.o
>>>>>> >>>> look
>>>>>> >>>> *more* like the other sl.o sites?
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Have you gotten a chance to look at the aslo code?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>     Things are kind of confusing right now
>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>> with the different styles of wiki, trac, addons, schools, gitorious,
>>>>>> >>>> api,
>>>>>> >>>> buildbot, etc.  planet is the lone exception, it seems to follow
>>>>>> >>>> wiki.sugarlabs.org <http://wiki.sugarlabs.org>  nicely :)
>>>>>> >>>> It would be great if the Design Team could comment on this decision.
>>>>>> >>>> Here are a couple other web infrastructure ideas:
>>>>>> >>>> + Improve theming consistency among various SL.o sites.
>>>>>> >>>> + Single sign on cookie among all SL.o sites - perhaps OpenID based.
>>>>>> >>>> + Standard nav header atop all SL.o sites rather than the various
nav
>>>>>> >>>> headers in different places, with different links.
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> The various gnome sites such as build.gnome.org
>>>>> <http://build.gnome.org>  and www.gnome.org <http://www.gnome.org>  are
>>>>> >>> very nice examples of common theming tying sites together.  Some thing
>>>>> >>> similar for SL would be great.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> david
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>> + Better splash page for Gitorious, looking more like GitWeb - a
page
>>>>>> >>>> with a
>>>>>> >>>> small search box at the top and the rest being a list of projects,
>>>>>> >>>> sorted by
>>>>>> >>>> recent activity, showing owner and last commit details
>>>>>> >>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> >>>> Wade
>>>>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM, ,Josh williams
>>>>>> >>>> <joshcwilliams at gmail.com>
>>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Hi, I'm working on the design of sugar labs add-ons with Mick
>>>>>>> Weiss.
>>>>>>> >>>>> I've created a mock up at
>>>>>>> http://sugarlabs.org/go/AddonsPortal/Design
>>>>>>> >>>>> but I've haven't been able to contact anyone on the design team as
of
>>>>>>> >>>>> yet. I would also like to volunteer some of my time for other
>>>>>>> projects.
>>>>>>> >>>>> I'm primarily a front-end designer with XHTML/CSS JavaScript
>>>>>>> skills,
>>>>>>> >>>>> but
>>>>>>> >>>>> I also know some PHP/MySQL and have a background in Linux. I also
enjoy
>>>>>>> >>>>> creating icons, so if there are any activities developers that
need
>>>>>>> >>>>> icons please contact me. My portfolio is over at
>>>>>>> http://tucsonlabs.com
>>>>>>> >>>>> .
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> If you're a member of the design team or have some use for my
>>>>>>> skills,
>>>>>>> >>>>> please let me know.
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Josh
>>>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> >>>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
>>>>>>> >>>>> IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org
>>>>>>> >>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>>>>>>> >>>>>
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