Improved site look and feel

[David Wheeler <wh...@gmail.com>]

Hello everyone,

The recent changes to the main site included a number of modifications to
the site's content, but the look and feel of the site seems to have slipped
.
I feel In order to attract people into the site and get them to actually
read that content, it needs to be presented in an appealing manner. So I've
started working on addressing this problem.

I've attached a mockup (no HTML yet) of a possible revision to the site. I
tried to take the logo and continue down that line with rounded corners and
a light green theme.
http://wiki.apache.org/ws-data/attachments/Tuscany(2f)ClickableImages/attachments/SiteMock%288-11-06%29.png?1155321723.49

Please let me know what you think and if you have any ideas.

-David W

Re: Improved site look and feel

[Jim Marino <jm...@myromatours.com>]

On Aug 11, 2006, at 6:04 PM, haleh mahbod wrote:

> David,
> Your prototype is more user friendly.  Would it be possible to see  
> a mock up
> with these changes for comparison? Your talent in graphics is much
> appreciated :)
>
> - Choose a lighter green than the one we have in the header for  
> community,
> general, etc. boxes. Perhaps the same as the background in the logo.
> - Don't grey the boxes for community, general, etc. This would get  
> rid of
> the empty grey box below header in the larger frame where the diagram
> resides
> - Leave the grey shadow line around the boxes. It is nice.
> - Tone down the architecture diagram colors. Use shades/variation  
> of the
> same color. Perhaps light blue, mat blue and grey
> - possibly extend the architecture diagram to show an SCA composite
> application diagram which when clicked on would take us to a code  
> sample
> - Change the red font for the links on the webpage to dark grey
>
Thanks David I think this looks nice too. Generally I don't get too  
much into color schemes but I think lightening the green or limiting  
the number of colors/contrast may make the important things stand out  
a little more. We could do something like adopt the colors of the  
Tuscan flag :-)

http://www.flagsonline.it/asp/bandiera.asp/bandiera_Toscana/Toscana.html

Jim

> Thanks,
> Haleh


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Re: Improved site look and feel

[haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com>]

David,
Your prototype is more user friendly.  Would it be possible to see a mock up
with these changes for comparison? Your talent in graphics is much
appreciated :)

- Choose a lighter green than the one we have in the header for community,
general, etc. boxes. Perhaps the same as the background in the logo.
- Don't grey the boxes for community, general, etc. This would get rid of
the empty grey box below header in the larger frame where the diagram
resides
- Leave the grey shadow line around the boxes. It is nice.
- Tone down the architecture diagram colors. Use shades/variation of the
same color. Perhaps light blue, mat blue and grey
- possibly extend the architecture diagram to show an SCA composite
application diagram which when clicked on would take us to a code sample
- Change the red font for the links on the webpage to dark grey

Thanks,
Haleh

On 8/11/06, David Wheeler <wh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Do you mean the blue in the project diagram?
> As I can create an updated version of that, but it wasn't going to be a
> part
> of the changes.
>
> On 8/11/06, Yang ZHONG <le...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Very nice. Thank you.
> >
> > Just one tiny suggestion, the green color and blue color are right next
> to
> > each other, is it possible to change one of them since there might be
> > people
> > having difficulty to distinguish them?
> >
> >
> > On 8/11/06, David Wheeler < wheeler.davidr@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > The recent changes to the main site included a number of modifications
> > to
> > > the site's content, but the look and feel of the site seems to have
> > > slipped
> > > .
> > > I feel In order to attract people into the site and get them to
> actually
> > > read that content, it needs to be presented in an appealing manner. So
> > > I've
> > > started working on addressing this problem.
> > >
> > > I've attached a mockup (no HTML yet) of a possible revision to the
> site.
> > I
> > > tried to take the logo and continue down that line with rounded
> corners
> > > and
> > > a light green theme.
> > >
> > >
> > http://wiki.apache.org/ws-data/attachments/Tuscany(2f)ClickableImages/attachments/SiteMock%288-11-06%29.png?1155321723.49
>
> > >
> > > Please let me know what you think and if you have any ideas.
> > >
> > > -David W
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Yang ZHONG
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Improved site look and feel

[David Wheeler <wh...@gmail.com>]

Do you mean the blue in the project diagram?
As I can create an updated version of that, but it wasn't going to be a part
of the changes.

On 8/11/06, Yang ZHONG <le...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Very nice. Thank you.
>
> Just one tiny suggestion, the green color and blue color are right next to
> each other, is it possible to change one of them since there might be
> people
> having difficulty to distinguish them?
>
>
> On 8/11/06, David Wheeler <wh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > The recent changes to the main site included a number of modifications
> to
> > the site's content, but the look and feel of the site seems to have
> > slipped
> > .
> > I feel In order to attract people into the site and get them to actually
> > read that content, it needs to be presented in an appealing manner. So
> > I've
> > started working on addressing this problem.
> >
> > I've attached a mockup (no HTML yet) of a possible revision to the site.
> I
> > tried to take the logo and continue down that line with rounded corners
> > and
> > a light green theme.
> >
> >
> http://wiki.apache.org/ws-data/attachments/Tuscany(2f)ClickableImages/attachments/SiteMock%288-11-06%29.png?1155321723.49
> >
> > Please let me know what you think and if you have any ideas.
> >
> > -David W
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Yang ZHONG
>
>

Re: Improved site look and feel

[Yang ZHONG <le...@gmail.com>]

Very nice. Thank you.

Just one tiny suggestion, the green color and blue color are right next to
each other, is it possible to change one of them since there might be people
having difficulty to distinguish them?


On 8/11/06, David Wheeler <wh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> The recent changes to the main site included a number of modifications to
> the site's content, but the look and feel of the site seems to have
> slipped
> .
> I feel In order to attract people into the site and get them to actually
> read that content, it needs to be presented in an appealing manner. So
> I've
> started working on addressing this problem.
>
> I've attached a mockup (no HTML yet) of a possible revision to the site. I
> tried to take the logo and continue down that line with rounded corners
> and
> a light green theme.
>
> http://wiki.apache.org/ws-data/attachments/Tuscany(2f)ClickableImages/attachments/SiteMock%288-11-06%29.png?1155321723.49
>
> Please let me know what you think and if you have any ideas.
>
> -David W
>
>


-- 

Yang ZHONG