Re: [Gimp-web] [Gimp-developer] Status Update on Redesign

[Pat David <patdavid gmail com>]

Accidentally replied off-list, putting it back on-list here.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:29 AM Pat David <patdavid gmail com> wrote:

> Hi Americo! Thank you for the kind words, it's been quite fun to work on!
>
>
> + "Interviews" -- with people the is using GIMP as professional tool
> + "Made with GIMP"
> + "Trend GIMP discussion"
>
> + "Videos and Animation 2D and 3D"
>
> I love these ideas. I'm wondering if they wouldn't all fit better on a new
> page of some sort that can highlight results from the community. I have
> mostly been focusing on translating the old site first and foremost, and to
> enhance the site with pages as everyone agrees it might be fun to do. We
> may have to put a section on the front page ("Community" maybe?) that will
> link to a page of submitted, high quality content.
>
> + "Trend GIMP discussion"
> Is this something similar to the "News" items that we already have?
> Perhaps just expanded a bit with more regular "blog" type posts from the
> team or community in some way? Not sure what the thoughts around this are,
> as I get the feeling that blogging is not a common thing for most of the
> team (not to say that it couldn't happen).
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 3:25 PM Americo Gobbo <jag rabisco gmail com>
> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Pat David <patdavid gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > The Front Page
> > > I have been tinkering with the layout of the front page.  I still need
> > > input or verbiage describing some of the sections, and some opinions on a
> > > couple of things.
> > >
> > > 1. Should we include news items higher up on the page?  I am not quite
> > > sure
> > > how best to incorporate news items on the main page.  Possibly as a small
> > > list of headlines to latest posts?  Only the most recent post + a link to
> > > the "News" archive page?  Any thoughts on this?
> > >
> > > 2. I was thinking about highlighting the fact that GIMP is extensible
> > > through scripts and plug-ins.  Any input on this that I can add to a
> > > section on the front page?
> >
> >
> > The redesign proceeds very well, Patrick great work!
> > I would like to suggest some sections to Front Page:
> >
> > + "Interviews" -- with people the is using GIMP as professional tool
> > (photographers, painters, illustrators, designers, schools, cases,
> > print-services, universities, etc.);
> >
> > + "Made with GIMP" -- a special guest to make a work to front page with
> > GIMP. Would be very interesting to invite different areas to have a
> > collection that could be used to promote GIMP on social networks, meetings,
> > etc...;
> >
> > + "Trend GIMP discussion" or another name to post good articles of the
> > community or the of own staff around the discussion of mailing list or of
> > the difficult aspects of GIMP app, for example., CMYK, Money to developers
> > > crowdfunding, GEGL, etc... ;-);
> >
> > + "Videos and Animation 2D and 3D" -- who is using GIMP to do video
> > animation... for example, Gustavo Deveze is doing.