[guadec-list] GUADEC registration site - design improvements

[Allan Day <aday gnome org>]

Hi all,

The registration site currently has some design issues. I know that time is short, so I don't want to nitpick too much, but it would be good to try and make some improvements if possible.

Issues

• Horizontal alignment is off in a number of places - the menu items, skyline graphic, section headings are not aligned
• Too many font sizes and styles
• Not enough vertical spacing between sections throughout, in particular below the hero text and between sections on the main "management" page
  
• It's not really clear what the main menu items are for, other than log out. The first one takes you to a different website.
• The button icons are duplicated in places. The icons rarely help to identify an action.
• "Current registrations" is more of an admin feature - it doesn't fit in for regular attendees.
• There's a general model of having to navigate to pages to find information, rather than it being placed on the main page. Sometimes this leads to dead ends - "view your submitted talks" is shown whether you've submitted talks or not. Same with "view accepted talks".
• The footer probably contains too many items.
  

Here are some mockups that try to address these issues (they also include the proposals I drew up for the registration form last week):

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5031519/guadec2017/registration-website.png

I'd like to stress that these have been thrown together very quickly, and just try to address the issues I've outlined above. I'm sure someone could do a better job.

Thanks,

Allan