On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:33 AM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> On 2013-08-20 12:34 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> >>> On 8/19/13 10:56 PM, Ricardo Berlasso wrote: >>> >>>> The second point is more "technical": with the blue background the >>>> official >>>> logo will be lost. There are two ways of solving this, a change on forum >>>> header background or a custom logo: the solution used up to now. >>>> >>>> User SLV-es created a new proposal (uploaded on the issue): >>>> >>>> http://forum.openoffice.org/**es/forum/download/file.php?id=** >>>> 3926&mode=view<http://forum.openoffice.org/es/forum/download/file.php?id=3926&mode=view> >>>> >>>> Basically, it's the official logo with the addition of the lifesaver to >>>> emphasise the idea of "help". I find the concept nice, but that's just >>>> me ;) >>>> >>> I saw this already and think it serves well for this purpose >>> >>> Juergen >>> >> >> "Open" is in blue letters which won't show up on the blue background on >> the forums. It is also missing "Community Forum". >> > > I see several issues wiht this logo, first of there was a design proposal > to go 2d instead of the 3D Orb. The 3D lifesaver goes against that design > mantra. > > There was a white blur on the background which affects the thin design of > the typeset for Apache. > > Then is the issue of the blue, which was the same reason to have this on > the light color. Originally proposed to be completely white. Which is on > the Visual guidelines from branding: > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Logo_Usage_Guidelines_Proposals#.C2.A0Black_and_White_Logo_Versions > > > Also "community forum" text itself is a branding breach, which has also > been questioned for the index forum page, as 'funny': > http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=282094#p282094 > > The 'new' header is the one implemented by Extension website, which has no > branding issues and my guess it should be the new header for the > site/wiki/etc. But major re-design needs to be done there. > http://extensions.openoffice.org/ > > Having the light blue on the background makes it ideal for the darker > logo. Also the logo is 'free' from the content of the site 'Extension' > which is easy to replace with Wiki/Site/Forum (or community forum) without > affecting the branding element. > I put a sample of what the headers would look like: http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/download/file.php?id=17705&mode=view > > > >> >> -- >> ______________________________**___ >> >> Larry I. Gusaas >> Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada >> Website: http://larry-gusaas.com >> "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind >> theirs." - Edgard Varese >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > http://www.openoffice.org > > > > > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org
