From: Israel <isr...@gm...> - 2014-07-29 03:34:39
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YAY!! very nice! Only suggestion is to add in various Linux distros and that MacOSX bundle you made(!) to the downloads :) I realize it is a mockup.... just sayin' On 07/28/2014 10:43 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > Before we buy a domain it would be nice to make an initiative to > refresh our web page. > > The current page was built long before mobile browsers were prominent > so does not scale well with smaller page sizes. Furthermore, it could > use a re-branding effort to bring it modern with our 1.0 software > palette and leverage some niceties with more recent versions of CSS. > > I'd like to kick off this initiative and also nominate myself to lead. > > I propose myself to lead this because I can write php and I feel I can > coordinate our talents to get this done in a timely fashion. If we > march forward, this is what I propose: > > Content: (some of this has been started) > > * A new home page which auto-feeds the following items: > o Release notes from GitHub using api.github > o Downloads from GitHub using api.github > * A community page which auto-feeds: > o News from Facebook using Graph API (may also appear on front page) > o Bugs (recently added or highly active) from GitHub tracker > using api.github > o Travis-CI build status > o Devel mailing list topics (recently added or highly active) > from internet archive > * A demo's page which contains: > o LMMS Artist album widget > o Playable demo tracks (html5, et al) > * A slightly restyled LSP to match the new design (content would > remain the same). > * Add-free forums converted to vanilla phpbb3 > o Designate moderators > o Designate fixing of sf accounts to stand-alone account. > > Design: > > * Boostrap CSS for layout, minimal JavaScript when needed for mobile > (disabling JS won't break page functionality) > * Shared menu bar with drop-downs as needed (direct links to popular > developer and community resources without navigating to a > dedicated page). > * Leverage responsive, industry standard layout techniques to flow > properly on various screen sizes. > * Branding and content delivery improvements (make best use of > space, offer elements in order of popularity, etc). > > Timeline: > > * 2 weeks > > Team: (so far) > > * Tres, LukasW, Jonathan, Digitizer (others welcome) > > Staging Location: > > * TuxFamily hosting (permanence not yet decided) > > Live Demos (WIP): > > * Home page <http://lmms.tuxfamily.org/index.php> > * Community page <http://lmms.tuxfamily.org/community.php> > > > Please provide your thoughts or even a yay/nay if that's easier. I > think a two week timeline is reasonable given the amount of progress > we've already had and based on the team of helpers. > > Some disclaimers... :) Without going too off-topic, the developer > community is well aware that we are looking to get a domain name and > hosting. Those decisions are still up in the air. I'd instead like > this discussion to talk about the high-level refresh of the home page. > Furthermore, the LSP rewrite is still underway which will have some > duplication of effort. LukasW is aware and we've agreed to allow this > natural overlap. > > > > - Tre...@gm... <mailto:Tre...@gm...> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Infragistics Professional > Build stunning WinForms apps today! > Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. > Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > > _______________________________________________ > LMMS-devel mailing list > LMM...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel -- Regards |