<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Thanks Carol, I’ll send this correction to the illustrator... Christian On 2/27/09 11:57 AM, "Carol Farlow Lerche" <<a href="cafl@msbit.com">cafl@msbit.com</a>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Slight grammatical problem with one panel on <a href="http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php?template=page&page=learners">http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php?template=page&page=learners</a> "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 <<a href="dfarning@sugarlabs.org">dfarning@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Christian Schmidt <<a href="schmidt@pentagram.com">schmidt@pentagram.com</a>> 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 [<a href="mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com">mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com</a>] > To: ,Josh williams [<a href="mailto:joshcwilliams@gmail.com">mailto:joshcwilliams@gmail.com</a>] > Cc: David Farning [<a href="mailto:dfarning@sugarlabs.org">mailto:dfarning@sugarlabs.org</a>], <a href="iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>, > <a href="sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>, Christian Marc Schmidt > [<a href="mailto:schmidt@pentagram.com">mailto:schmidt@pentagram.com</a>] > 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: > <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Logo">http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Logo</a> > <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Website">http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Website</a> > > and, in beta: > <a href="http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php">http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php</a> > > > May I suggest you join the Marketing list? > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a> > > We have IRC meetings on Tuesdays at 1600 UTC: > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-February/000341.html">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-February/000341.html</a> > > > 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 <<a href="joshcwilliams@gmail.com">joshcwilliams@gmail.com</a>> > 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 <<a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a>>  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 <<a href="wadetb@gmail.com">wadetb@gmail.com</a>> 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 <<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org</a>>  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 <<a href="http://build.gnome.org">http://build.gnome.org</a>>  and www.gnome.org <<a href="http://www.gnome.org">http://www.gnome.org</a>>  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 >>>> <<a href="joshcwilliams@gmail.com">joshcwilliams@gmail.com</a>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, I'm working on the design of sugar labs add-ons with Mick Weiss. >>>>> I've created a mock up at <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/AddonsPortal/Design">http://sugarlabs.org/go/AddonsPortal/Design</a> >>>>> 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 <a href="http://tucsonlabs.com">http://tucsonlabs.com</a> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> 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!) >>>>> <a href="IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >>>>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>>> <a href="IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >>>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>> <a href="IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> <a href="IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> >> > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) <a href="IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> -- Christian Marc Schmidt <a href="schmidt@pentagram.com">schmidt@pentagram.com</a> Pentagram Design, Inc. 204 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010 212/ 802 0248 </BODY> </HTML>