----- Original Message ----- > On 06/07/2011 02:54 PM, Miles Libbey wrote: > > > > Wow. Sounds like a project to tackle when I get a lot smarter. I > > hope this both sounds a lot less daunting for others, and > > something like this is rarely needed. > > > > I'll download the html and make some modifications to the pages. > > I agree, hopefully the tools will improve so mere mortals like me can > also help with docs.
I am a mere mortal. I think I am. > > IMO, the current staged front page does not look good. The > > projects that have front pages that I think look decent (Cassandra > > (http://cassandra.apache.org/), Memcached (http://memcached.org/), > > Wordpress (http://wordpress.org/), Redhat > > (http://www.redhat.com/), Miro (http://www.getmiro.com/), Pidgim > > (http://www.pidgin.im/), etc) have mixed grids, with 1-3 columns > > per 'row.' I'm ok with not using the current live front page > > design -- but, it really should be somewhat purposely designed -- > > the current staged front page gives me a feeling it got the > > default documentation treatment, and suffers as a result. A bit of > > css isn't really going to help that -- there isn't enough document > > structure to change much. > > +1. I actually like the look and feel of our current home page a lot. > I > was hoping that we could keep it, or at least something similar. I > think > part of the problem is that no one (other than you Miles) is really > comfortable with site designs, CSS etc. So, it'd be great to get your > help here I think. The current staging page is a result of me migrating the content to and neglecting the style -- simply because I suck at CSS. > -- leif > > -- Igor Galić Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 Mail: i.ga...@brainsware.org URL: http://brainsware.org/
