Re: [E-devel] help with web site

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Also one major issue with the current design is, #1 artwork #2, it is flat,
no changes in gradients or outlined news or anything so it doesn't separate
the news section from the about page, it needs to have different looking
boxes / columns in my opinion.... or at least more organized...

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <
bar...@pr...> wrote:

> On Thursday, November 11, 2010, Ian Caldwell <inc...@gm...> wrote:
> > #1 hate to say it but the current design is not great, the menu system is
> > decent but the artwork / pages are half assed (no offense). but they have
> > not gotten too much TLC... your best bet is to start from ground zero and
> > remember don't ask permission to do it... just do it and make change and
> > then present it, as we're never going to all agree.
>
> I agree, but raster has a great point about timing and as content is
> more important we'll focus on it
>
>
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Jesse Charbneau <je...@th...
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hello All,
> >>  I have been talking to Raster and Gustavo on a side thread and have
> gotten
> >> the e site running on my personal server.  I will be reviewing the wish
> list
> >> / suggestion items from the thread, as well as the items Gustavo
> mentions
> >> below and will begin work in the next day or two.   Please feel free to
> >> email me directly if there are specific items that others feel are
> important
> >> to realize.  I do not wish to get in the middle of the discussion being
> a
> >> new egg and all ;-), so please try to keep the list to something
> manageable
> >> and specific so that I can hit the mark on what improvements everyone
> would
> >> like to see.
> >>
> >> You can review my dev area at:
> >> http://e-www.thecharbneaus.com/p.php?p=index&l=en
> >>
> >> I’ve pasted Gustavo’s note here so you don’t have to dig:
> >>
> >> >>   2. rework content,  from easiest to complicated (convoluted). The
> >> >> overall rule is make the text look as professional as possible, short
> >> >> and direct. Let's avoid explaining/justify/clarify too much. Our
> rules
> >> >> and technical decisions are that, period.   Technical details goes to
> >> >> trac/wiki, if not there already. Link there whenever appropriated,
> >> >> edit wiki to match the removed/moved information.
> >> >>
> >> >>       2.1. Contribute (see our mail discussion, lots of stuff should
> >> >> be linked or go to wiki, part of that is there already, like coding
> >> >> style...)
> >> >>       2.2. Support (good, but would use some text simplification to
> >> >> make it shorter and more direct)
> >> >>       2.3. About (good, but if could be simplified and more direct,
> >> >> then awesome -- we could use a link to youtube/vimeo with a showcase
> >> >> of E17 and Elementary there, maybe 2 with different themes)
> >> >>       2.4. Documentation (I'd like to remove it in the long go, but
> >> >> so far we must integrate the EFL docs at the end with the one at the
> >> >> top)
> >> >>       2.5. Download keep just the packages, move the debian deps to
> >> >> wiki.   The packages list needs confirmation of their validity,
> Gentoo
> >> >> is okay (I'm an user). Ask e-users and #e to see if the references
> >> >> there are valid. (Ubuntu is definitely broken, from 2005 and still
> >> >> refers to CVS! Ask Lutin for his packages)
> >> >>       2.6. Contact (rework to integrate better with devmap, we'll
> >> >> move it as a sub-page from Contribute and Support)
> >> >>
> >> >>   3. Layout changes. First, Raster's goal: keep a flat page, with
> >> >> easily accessible content, more important first. Problem is that
> >> >> abusing 3 column layout is no go for most people setup, remembering
> >> >> that lots of people run 1024x768 at 96dpi, you end with fairly thin
> >> >> columns.  This should be easier after step #2.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jess
> >>
> >>
> >> Begin forwarded message:
> >>
> >> > From: Jesse Charbneau <je...@th...>
> >> > Date: November 10, 2010 8:10:18 PM EST
> >> > To: Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <bar...@pr...>
> >> > Cc: Jesse Charbneau <je...@th...>, Carsten Haitzler <
> >> ra...@ra...>, Luis Felipe Strano Moraes <
> lf...@pr...>
> >> > Subject: Re: help with web site
> >> >
> >> > Hey Gustavo,
> >> >
> >> > Item 1 is complete and the site now works as expected:
> >> http://e-www.thecharbneaus.com/p.php
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On the below items, I’ll collate everything below and from the mailing
> >> list into something concise for everyone to review.
> >> >
> >> > Will try and have that to you over the weekend and will begin with
> some
> >> of the more obvious wish list items.
> >> >
> >> >>
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