Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-11-03 Thread Jacob Mansfield
I can have a crack at the Google maps API if anybody wants me to. just a case of making a php page that gives the api a list of locations from a database and a form to add to the database Jacob Mansfield Programmer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 15:18 +0100, Isabell Long wrote: > On 18 October 2010 15:16, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 18 October 2010 15:15, Isabell Long > > wrote: > >> On 18 October 2010 15:09, Alan Bell wrote: > >>> The preview of the new website design is at http://beta.ubuntu-uk.org > >> > >> It just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Sean Miller
I don't like the fact that because of the "explosion" graphic on the top left, I have to read "at Is Untu-UK ?" rather than "What Is Ubuntu-UK?" obscuring text with graphics is not something I'd ever do, and the black and white bits emitted from the explosion do this. The graphic top left is f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread pmgazz
kind of, yes the API changed, but Canonical had a premium subscription allowing them to do Google maps over https this expired about a year ago and mysteriously kept on working. Apparently it is rather expensive to renew the https deal and as launchpad is always https and not http (for reason

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Alan Bell
On 18/10/10 16:51, Tony Scott wrote: > Alan > > Yes you're right - there are in fact Ubuntu/Canonical web design guidelines > in > the pdf linked from here > > http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/guides-for-websites/ > > I would use the page header top level nav detailed in the pdf - so it'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Tony Scott
: Mon, 18 October, 2010 16:06:35 > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website > > On 18/10/10 15:51, Tony Scott wrote: > > I'd swap the ubuntu-uk logo to the left, and the podcast logo to the right. > > > > When I first went to the beta site, it immediately

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Alan Bell
On 18/10/10 16:36, John Stevenson wrote: > > > I hope Chris is just being polite when he says a wee bit smaller. To > me the podcast logo completely dominates the whole page and I find it > hard to look anywhere else. The logo is even more intense on a netbook. OK, so it sucks. It was an idea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread John Stevenson
On 18 October 2010 16:11, Chris Rowson wrote: > >> I'd swap the ubuntu-uk logo to the left, and the podcast logo to the > right. > >> > >> When I first went to the beta site, it immediately gave the impression > of being > >> a site about the podcast. > >> > >> Most users, I suspect, expect the s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Alan Bell
On 18/10/10 16:11, Chris Rowson wrote: > It might be an idea to make the ubuntu-uk podcast logo a wee bit > smaller. At first glance I thought it was a site about the ubuntu-uk > podcast too ;-) In fact, what would it look like somewhere else? dunno really, hop on to http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/webs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Chris Rowson
>> I'd swap the ubuntu-uk logo to the left, and the podcast logo to the right. >> >> When I first went to the beta site, it immediately gave the impression of >> being >> a site about the podcast. >> >> Most users, I suspect, expect the site logo to be left aligned, as a >> convention >> built up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Alan Bell
On 18/10/10 15:51, Tony Scott wrote: > I'd swap the ubuntu-uk logo to the left, and the podcast logo to the right. > > When I first went to the beta site, it immediately gave the impression of > being > a site about the podcast. > > Most users, I suspect, expect the site logo to be left aligned,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Alan Bell
On 18/10/10 15:56, Mark Fraser wrote: On Monday 18 Oct 2010 15:09:37 Alan Bell wrote: > > This would of course be an ideal vehicle for doing something fancy with > a map and all the where are we type information that has been discussed > recently. There was a frappr map, but their dotcom bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Alan Bell
On 18/10/10 15:44, Liam Gallear wrote: > I agree, looks nice and clean. > > Is it just going to be the single page or will there be more added? > > Regards, > > Liam Gallear > Loads more to add, just trying to get the sidebar to display on pages at the moment, it does on posts. It can do a blog

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 18 Oct 2010 15:09:37 Alan Bell wrote: > > This would of course be an ideal vehicle for doing something fancy with > a map and all the where are we type information that has been discussed > recently. There was a frappr map, but their dotcom bubble has burst and > frappr is no more, also

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Tony Scott
years. What does everyone else think? -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys | http://uk.wordcamp.org - Original Message > From: Liam Gallear > To: UK Ubuntu Talk > Sent: Mon, 18 October, 2010 15:44:15 > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Liam Gallear
I agree, looks nice and clean. Is it just going to be the single page or will there be more added? Regards, Liam Gallear On 18 Oct 2010, at 15:35, Paul Sutton wrote: > On 18/10/10 15:09, Alan Bell wrote: >> I have been working with Dave Walker and Alan Pope on a new website >> for the team,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Paul Sutton
On 18/10/10 15:09, Alan Bell wrote: > I have been working with Dave Walker and Alan Pope on a new website > for the team, based on the new Ubuntu branding and using Wordpress.org > as the platform. The idea is that this will be a hub linking to our > other resources including our area of the U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread David Jones
On 18/10/2010 15:16, Alan Pope wrote: > On 18 October 2010 15:15, Isabell Long > wrote: >> On 18 October 2010 15:09, Alan Bell wrote: >>> The preview of the new website design is at http://beta.ubuntu-uk.org >> >> It just spits out FATAL ERROR, now. Just in case you hadn't realised. :-) >> > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Isabell Long
On 18 October 2010 15:16, Alan Pope wrote: > On 18 October 2010 15:15, Isabell Long > wrote: >> On 18 October 2010 15:09, Alan Bell wrote: >>> The preview of the new website design is at http://beta.ubuntu-uk.org >> >> It just spits out FATAL ERROR, now. Just in case you hadn't realised. :-) >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Alan Pope
On 18 October 2010 15:15, Isabell Long wrote: > On 18 October 2010 15:09, Alan Bell wrote: >> The preview of the new website design is at http://beta.ubuntu-uk.org > > It just spits out FATAL ERROR, now. Just in case you hadn't realised. :-) > Doesn't here. Screenshot pls. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Isabell Long
On 18 October 2010 15:09, Alan Bell wrote: > The preview of the new website design is at http://beta.ubuntu-uk.org It just spits out FATAL ERROR, now. Just in case you hadn't realised. :-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/

[ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Alan Bell
I have been working with Dave Walker and Alan Pope on a new website for the team, based on the new Ubuntu branding and using Wordpress.org as the platform. The idea is that this will be a hub linking to our other resources including our area of the Ubuntu wiki at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam