Re: Debian WWW CVS: swedish

1999-06-25 Thread Craig Small
peter karlsson said: > > Added files: > > swedish/Pics : makebuttons.sh You either needed to change the sh file so it know where to look or put debbar.pl in the same directory. > Can anyone with access to a computer where the script works create the > pictures as described in the script, a

New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
Ok, I have new logo images and I've put together a few sample pages. Please, everyone check them out and give me a choice and/or comment. The pages are: http://www.benham.net/debian.org/sample1.html http://www.benham.net/debian.org/sample4.html One of my concerns, does the blue in the buttons of

Re: This gimp script

1999-06-25 Thread Craig Small
peter karlsson said: > > The translators will want to edit makebuttons.sh and change the *_TEXT > > lines. > > Is it the same script that was posted to this list earlier, and that > wouldn't work on slink? It's not that it doesn't work with slink, but rather there are missing packages. I'll try

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread Joey Hess
Darren O. Benham wrote: > If the look of sample[1|4].html is the best, we'll implement that and > changing between the logos is simply a matter of changing the graphics > file. I've got no problem with work going ahead on this, but I've been talking to the lead graphics artist for linux.com, who i

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread John Lapeyre
*Darren O. Benham wrote: > Ok, I have new logo images and I've put together a few sample pages. > > Please, everyone check them out and give me a choice and/or comment. > > The pages are: > http://www.benham.net/debian.org/sample1.html > http://www.benham.net/debian.org/sample4.html > Th

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 05:45:23PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > I've got no problem with work going ahead on this, but I've been talking to > the lead graphics artist for linux.com, who is a debian fan, and I hope to > convince him to come up with some draft that incorporate the logo to a > greater de

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 06:30:56PM -0700, John Lapeyre wrote: > The two reds don't match. But I didn't notice at first. I don't > like the bottle at all. sample4 with just the swirl looks fine. Which two reds? -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. ==

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread John Lapeyre
*Darren O. Benham wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 06:30:56PM -0700, John Lapeyre wrote: > > The two reds don't match. But I didn't notice at first. I don't > > like the bottle at all. sample4 with just the swirl looks fine. > Which two reds? The red in the swirl and the red in the b

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 07:04:25PM -0700, John Lapeyre wrote: > The red in the swirl and the red in the button bar. I don't have an > eye for design. Maybe the two reds are OK together. Must be a browser thing. According to RGB values (on netscape on my 'puter), they're the same... -- Ple

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread James A. Treacy
As long as we are changing the logo, are there any other changes people would like us to make at this time? Jay Treacy

Re: Debian WWW CVS: swedish

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
> You either needed to change the sh file so it know where to look or > put debbar.pl in the same directory. And then it should have run automatically? > Done, the new ones are in the CVS. Thanks! -- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ When answering to mailing list or news posting, pl

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 11:10:50PM -0400, James A. Treacy wrote: > As long as we are changing the logo, are there any other changes > people would like us to make at this time? > I was thinking this would be a good time to switch to jpg (if we don't need "clear") or png (if we can) or any other f

Re: New Look (logo)

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
> http://www.benham.net/debian.org/sample1.html > http://www.benham.net/debian.org/sample4.html I prefer sample4, it looks less cluttered, and you see more of the logotype, with sample1 it's just too small. To get it bigger I guess more of the design needs to be changed, perhaps something like thi

Re: Debian WWW CVS: swedish

1999-06-25 Thread James A. Treacy
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 10:09:50AM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > You either needed to change the sh file so it know where to look or > > put debbar.pl in the same directory. > > And then it should have run automatically? > No. Since the images shouldn't change very often, there doesn't seem to

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread Ed Boraas
>Thanks for the offer :) The new look is simple as changing one or two >include files... but how about a comment or three? > >http://www.benham.net/debian.org/sample[1|2|3|4|5].html > >2 and 3 were plays with color schemes.. the fonts for #2 would have to >change to something darker... Personally

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
> My biggest concern with the current official website is the excessive clash > between the blue and read in the header linkbar -- I find it makes the site > look slightly less professional, and while that's not so much of a concern > for us developers, I think we should always concentrate on putti

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 07:27:50PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > My biggest concern with the current official website is the excessive clash > > between the blue and read in the header linkbar -- I find it makes the site > > look slightly less professional, and while that's not so much of a conc

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread James A. Treacy
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 07:27:50PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > My biggest concern with the current official website is the excessive clash > > between the blue and read in the header linkbar -- I find it makes the site > > look slightly less professional, and while that's not so much of a conc

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
> My only comments are that the horizontal and vertical bars should be different > colors Personally, I liked it better when they were all the same colour... :) > and that there will be complaints if we remove the GNU/Linux part of our > name. My reasoning for removing the "GNU/Linux" thing in

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread James A. Treacy
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 08:52:01PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > My only comments are that the horizontal and vertical bars should be > > different > > colors > > Personally, I liked it better when they were all the same colour... :) > C'est la vie. > > and that there will be complaints if

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
> Hmm... I didn't like the length of time it took for this page to load... > what I mean is not bandwidth issues, directly.. but the "whole page in one > table" concept. Yeah, I know. Hmmm, separating the tables and adding back the "GNU/Linux" stuff (and mentioning Hurd in the same place): http

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
> Blech. I've changed my mind: just use Debian by itself. To late =8) -- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ When answering to mailing list or news posting, please do not Cc me personally. Thanks.

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 08:52:01PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > My only comments are that the horizontal and vertical bars should be > > different > > colors > > Personally, I liked it better when they were all the same colour... :) > > > and that there will be complaints if we remove the G

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 09:15:39PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > Hmmm, separating the tables and adding back the "GNU/Linux" stuff (and > mentioning Hurd in the same place): > > http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/debian4.html> I saw... color wise, I already like 5 better and it's not even done loadi

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
> I saw... color wise, I already like 5 better and it's not even done > loading. And I didn't even announce it yet =8) The problem with the logo is that it is portait shaped, which makes the buttons look strange if only they are on the right of it. -- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/

Re: website & the new logo

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 09:42:54PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > I saw... color wise, I already like 5 better and it's not even done > > loading. > > And I didn't even announce it yet =8) I'm a snoop :) > The problem with the logo is that it is portait shaped, which makes the > buttons look st

The new logo license

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
Speaking of the new logotype and redesigning -- the logos page isn't yet updated with either the new logotypes or the new license. Is this being worked on, or is it awaiting the result for the swapping the licenses? -- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ When answering to mailing list or

Re: The new logo license

1999-06-25 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:42AM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > Speaking of the new logotype and redesigning -- the logos page isn't yet > updated with either the new logotypes or the new license. Is this being > worked on, or is it awaiting the result for the swapping the licenses? > it's waiti

New Swedish images (was: Re: Debian WWW CVS: swedish)

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
> No. Since the images shouldn't change very often, there doesn't > seem to be much point in doing this. Additionally, regenerating > the images every day will cause them to be remirrored. Speaking of the update, now that it has been mirrored, I find that the images are somewhat compressed (it see

Re: New Swedish images (was: Re: Debian WWW CVS: swedish)

1999-06-25 Thread James A. Treacy
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:19:51AM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > No. Since the images shouldn't change very often, there doesn't > > seem to be much point in doing this. Additionally, regenerating > > the images every day will cause them to be remirrored. > > Speaking of the update, now that it

Translation of titles only of news items

1999-06-25 Thread peter karlsson
I was just browsing through the debian-www archives (November 1998), I found a proposal about being able to translate just the news titles and dates while waiting to translate the text body. However, I didn't find a resolution on how to actually do this, but it seems in the Perl code like its impl