On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > 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 >
I like the consistency there. -Rob > > >> >> >> >>> >>> -- >>> ______________________________**___ >>> >>> 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
