Re: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI website upgrade - help wanted

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

very late at night (or very early morning)...

I only took a quick spin and two things come to mind:

1) The black text on dark blue background would be difficult for someone =
who is visually impaired, or colour blind to read. Perhapse lighten the =
blue a lot, or change the black text to white for better contrast.

2)Would it be possible to put an extra line break between articles in =
the right-most column.
I find that it is difficult for me to pick out induvidual items from =
eachother. Also maybe widen the right panel ever so slightly as well. =
:-)

Cheers.
Doug

P.S. If y ou really want laout submissions, I'll do one up.=20
    however, I will warn you that I am somewhat a minimalist when it =
comes to visual design.
    <grin>
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Andrew Gillett=20
  To: dyn...@li...=20
  Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:07 AM
  Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI website upgrade - help wanted


  Hello All,

  The DynAPI website has been somewhat neglected for several years now, =
and some parts of it no longer work. So I've begun work on updating the =
site.

  The old website was built using a CMS called phpWebSite-0.7.6, which =
is way out of date. I've installed the latest release of phpWebSite =
(0.10.1) on an adjacent directory on the sourceforge site, and I've =
begun transferring data from the old site to the new (phpWebSite stores =
all its content in a mysql database).

  There is no simple upgrade between the two releases, as too many =
revisions have been skipped and the schema has changed significantly. So =
I have started with the default (blank) website and am transferring data =
one table at a time.

  I really need help to create a default theme for the site - this =
consists of graphics and template files that define the L&F. My own =
graphic design skills are fairly abysmal, so if someone out there is =
able to help with this then we'll be able to get the new site up and =
running very soon.


  As I see it, the upgrade consists of these tasks:

    1.. get the new CMS installed and working (done),=20
    2.. copy as much content as possible from the old CMS (started, in =
progress),=20
    3.. create a default theme for the site,=20
    4.. deploy the website as the default homepage at =
dynapi.sourceforge.net,

    5.. define a site structure (categories etc.),=20
    6.. add new content.=20
  Steps 1, 2 & 4 are all quite mechanical and I'm happy to do them. Step =
3 needs someone with a sense of style. Steps 5 & 6 are the important =
ones that really need input from the entire DynAPI community for the =
best result.

  The temporary URL for the new site is
      http://dynapi.sourceforge.net/phpwebsite/

  If you would like to help with any aspect of this upgrade (theme =
design, admin, structure, content...) just let me know and I'll set you =
up.  Also, any other suggestions, feedback, etc. will be most welcome.


  Andrew Gillett