On 19 December 2012 18:13, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > cc'ing the marketing list, since we have some recent volunteers who > said they had web design skills. > > We have two websites for the project: > > 1) A public-facing website at http://www.openoffice.org > > 2) A project-facing website at http://openoffice.apache.org > > In practice the distinction is not always clear. There are many links > that cross from one website to another. For example, a user starting > at http://www.openoffice.org/ and clicking the "I want to Participate > in OpenOffice" ends on on this project page here: > http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html. > > The websites have a similar look, but they differ in many small ways, > and the cumulative effect of these differences is discordant (IMHO). > Would it not be more efficient just to have one website, with e.g. a project corner, I for one tend to get confused when I search information ?
> > To draw out the difference, I made two identical test pages that > illustrate how the different style sheets treat common HTML > constructs, and differences in page headers/footers: > > See: > > http://openoffice.apache.org/style-test.html > > and > > http://www.openoffice.org/style-test.html > If we need two, it would be real nice (as you suggest) that the layout is identical. > > Note, for example, how our tagline differs between the pages. Also, > the default font size on the openoffice.org is smaller than on > openoffice.apache.org. IMHO this is too small for default text. > > There are other things that are common between the two sites, but > perhaps are non-optimal, like: > > 1) We're really not distinguishing blockquotes well. We're just > indenting. Maybe we can add a left-aligned vertical bar? > +1 > > 2) The yellow background of the <pre> block is a bit extreme. Maybe > something more subtle? > +1 +++ > > 3) The hierarchy of headers only deals with H1 and H2. > There is a need for more levels, and maybe skip H1 and thereby making it easier to transfer to/from mwiki. > > > I'm willing to help here, on integration of new stylesheets, getting > stuff checked in, etc. But I have neither the taste nor the talent to > design a good looking set of styles. Trust me, you do not want be to > do design work. So I'm hoping that someone reading this can volunteer > to take the lead in proposing a good, modern, professional set of > styles that we can use across both websites. > That makes two of a kind, I think you need to have a special touch to be a good designer. Jan. > > Thanks! > > -Rob >
