One thing is for sure: now, web2py has a logo (see the top of the home page), a very simple one, and is the bare script "web2py", white and orange color, dark-grey background. That's the fact, that's how I submitted my version of the logo following that pattern.
-------------------------- On Aug 16, 10:17 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > Historically this is what happened... > > 1) People started submitting logos more than one year go. Early logos > were posted here:http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/97 > 2) We called for a competition on this list but no new logos were > submitted. We did not have a formal vote of existing logos because I > had the feeling there was not overwhelming majority for either of > them. > 3) More recently I received the two new logos I posted here. To me > they both looked very professionally done so I asked you people. > > I have no opposition to build an app to solve problems like this one > and if you build one I will post it on appliances. But in the end we > need to make a choice and the sooner the better considering how long > this issue has been around. It seems to me everybody likes logo A so I > have included it in trunk. I too like ti a lot (it has the W, it gives > a sense of community, it is simple to remember, it is clean). > > Nothing prevents revising the logo over time and, in particular, > change the fonts for the text. > > Massimo > > On Aug 16, 3:11 am, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > I'm sure MDP wants this logo ASAP for the final draft of book v2. > > > However, this thread sounds somewhat like there's still some pent up > > creative juice > > out there to optimize the logo further. I don't recall there ever > > having been an official logo competition ... it seems to have > > proceeded somewhat ad hoc. I'm not speaking for myself, in > > particular, > > but it seems like some others might want to get into the game. > > > I've been involved with numerous startups and their logo selection > > processes way more than I would like. Sounds like there's an > > opportunity here for a simple little web2py app that would be of > > interest to small businesses and possibly attract them to use web2py: > > > - Display a gallery of logos that are submitted by all comers > > - let visitors vote once per logo and let them change their vote up > > until a specific date > > - let visitors see the average vote per logo and how many people > > voted > > for that logo > > - leave the new logo upload function open for awhile so people can > > hone and refine their ideas > > - let the voting period start after the logo upload has been open > > awhile and end a couple of weeks after that > > > MDP obviously has the right to have final say on the logo. He might > > want to reward the winner with an acknowledgement, bragging rights, > > and eventually, a logo'd trinket. > > > Eventually, with logos, one needs a document describing permitted > > usage. There should be reversed versions of the logo on light and > > dark > > backgrounds. If the logo has an icon, it should be specified whether > > the logo can be represented by the icon alone. Copyrights on logos > > are > > important as they are original artwork. This document should probably > > ultimately appear on the web2py website. > > > I'm sure the logo voting app would be useful to many small businesses > > in the social networking space who want to get community feedback for > > a group identity. See this example done recently with > > Ruby:http://www.spinyc.com/galleries/12/list' > > > Apologies if this is repeating someone else in this very long and old > > logo thread. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
