Hello everyone. My name is Steve Judd. I've been lurking on the list for some time. This discussion peaked my interest so I thought I'd put something together to try to keep the discussion going. I've attached a tar archive that contains the www.gnome.org front page and the first level of the existing gnome pages (contact, foundation, etc). I reworked them all into a format similar to what Shaun provided (with some changes). I'm also interested in library.gnome.org. That would have been very helpful to me when I started using gnome. I've added a library page to the gnome header. It contains a logo (that I 'borrowed' from another program) and shows one way that might help avoid confusion with having two logos on the same page. Anyhow, I'm interested to know what everyone thinks about all this. p.s. all the html pages validate as xhtml 1.0 and the css validates as CSS2. Thanks, Steve On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 15:58 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 17:20 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > > From: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> > > > > > > I would argue that a lot of stuff is part of the > > > main GNOME web, or should be. And they'll actually > > > feel like part of our web site if we put a little > > > effort behind making it happen. > > > > Agreed. > > > > > <snip> > > > The biggest issue is that subdomains are often using > > > the global header icon to link to the top-level of > > > that subdomain, rather than to wgo. Personally, I > > > don't even think that's a problem if they use custom > > > header icons, like art.gnome.org does. > > > > I think there should still be a link back to wgo > > somewhere in the header. It's quite annoying to get > > lost in subdomain and not be able to get back. > > In retrospect, I think you're right. I think a big reason > subsites often change the logo image and/or target is that > it's so highly prominent. In another email, I advocated > keeping the main header bar small. With a proper design, > I think there could be room for subsite logos without > breaking the main logo. > > > > Furthermore, custom backgrounds or colors in the > > > header > > > should be encouraged on subdomains, or on > > > significant > > > subsections of the site. > > > > Yes, that helps with navigation: you get a visual feel > > of where you are in the site. > > And with all that in mind, I'm attaching a tarball with > a quick mockup. It has three HTML files: about, library, > and foundation. They all use the same global header. > > * about shows a simple page with just a single header. > > * foundation shows how the header can have a customized > color on subsites, and also shows a sidebar. > > * library shows one potential way to make subheaders > for particular subsites or subsections. I don't see > any reason we can't have multiple subheader designs > in use. > > Please imagine that this got reworked by somebody like > Andreas who can actually draw and see colors correctly. > > -- > Shaun > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-web-list mailing list > gnome-web-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-web-list
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