Re: [wgo] Skin work

[Máirín Duffy <duffy redhat com>]

Hi folks,

So I recovered from my turkey eating and threw together some four 
different possibilities (one with 3 variations :) so a total of 6 mocks) 
for another level of navigation on the secondary (iow 'non-frontpage') 
wgo pages:

http://mihmo.livejournal.com/34329.html

Quim Gil wrote:
>> I still have doubts about the secondary navbar running horizontally
>> under the header. I think it'll ruin the appearance of the header
>> block we have for wgo.
>
> This is something discussed and agreed. We said we would reconsider only
> if we got stalled at the look&feel, but M��hasn't still done an
> attempt.
>>  (Especially beneath tabs -- do we still have tabs for the primary
>> nav?)
>
> I suggested having tabs at the top General bar, and make the wgo nav
> bars with literally bars -
>

I'm hoping the second of the four mockups will help visualize how a 
second horizontal bar might look.

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2006-November/msg00027.html

I really like the color differentiation idea! I played a bit with it in 
mockups #2, #5, and #6. I will play with swapping the tabs/second bar 
placement/usage on the train tomorrow. I do like the tabs' placement now 
though - they break the monotony of all the rectangles up top. We'll see 
how the other way looks.

> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 17:16 +0000, Joachim wrote:
> > On 11/23/06, M��Duffy <duffy redhat com> wrote:
> > > What are the top priorities? What I'm seeing needs to be done -
> > >
> > > - Footer design

Still gotta crank this out; I figured the other stuff was higher priority.

> > > - Page design for non-front page 
>
> Yes

Also hoping these mocks are a bit of a start on this.

> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2006-November/msg00027.html
>
> > > - Mockup to show a *.gnome.org site
>
> This is not needed at all. Subsites will integrate only the top General
> navigation bar we approve. Any higher level of integration a) depends on
> themselves and b) we won't encourage it at least before the 2.18
> release.

Ah ok. I've been working with thos on how art.gnome.org might use this 
design and when you folks feel you have enough from me for this release, 
I'll start spend more time working with him on ago (hopefully this will 
help work out any kinks other *.gnome.org sites might run into trying to 
use the design at some later point.) I'll make the other stuff a higher 
priority for now though!

~m