----- Original Message ----- > > On Jun 7, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Igor Galić wrote: > > >>> 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. > > > Happy to help -- but, honestly, I've no idea where to even start on > this one. I started looking at it with an intent to make a few css > changes to replicate the current live home page, but, realized: > - the front page likely needs some additional CSS that would be > irrelevant to (and/or conflicting with) the rest of the site ... and > no clue how to add that. > - even if I could add them, the html doesn't have the page structural > elements to target the elements -- and no clue how to give the > sections the appropriate targets.
r1135344 - I created a distinction between front page and docs page That way we can style the whole thing in parts. I really hope that helps a bit and lowers the bar. If there's anything else in regard to the CMS I can help with, please point it out. > For the current page, my CSS skillz are way overrated. I went to a > point and click site layout generator: > http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/builder/ > clicked a few buttons, and copied the resulting output. The linked > in styles have all the smarts of getting columns and defining widths > cross-browser. > > miles i -- Igor Galić Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 Mail: i.ga...@brainsware.org URL: http://brainsware.org/
