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From: Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: Website redesign
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 14:22:25 +0200
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http://people.apache.org/~jan/couchdb.org.new/couch-classic/htdocs/

FWIW, I prefer the new look :) I'm sure there's some detail work =20
needed and we need to work on the content, too, but it'd be great if =20
we get somebody to feel responsible for the visuals. Maddiin, would =20
you be interested?

I'd volunteer to bring some of the pages like the road map up to date.

Cheers
Jan
--

On 6 Aug 2009, at 20:41, maddiin wrote:

> @Jan: Thanks for putting up the site. Would you be so kind to upload =20=

> the classic scheme (see attachment), too?
>
> I'm sorry that I forgot about the classic color scheme in the first =20=

> place. Of course both schemes should be taken into account.
>
> The "Time to relax" in the logo was put there because of the latest =20=

> suggestions/ideas and can be changed to whatever you think fits best.
>
>
> Chris Anderson schrieb:
>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Damien Katz<damien@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I like it except for the "Time to relax" in the logo. I like the =20
>>> old RELAX
>>> much better.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Agreed, we should avoid changing our logo / word mark.
>>
>> Also, I think I'm partial to the old darker colors. They seem a =20
>> little
>> more serious...
>>
>> But also this design makes me realize that we should work on bringing
>> the content up to date not just the layout.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>> On Aug 6, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've uploaded the site for you to look at:
>>>>
>>>> http://people.apache.org/~jan/couchdb.org.new/couch-site/htdocs/
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jan
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> On 6 Aug 2009, at 15:35, maddiin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I was too lazy to set the site up on my machine and attached it =20=

>>>>> to this
>>>>> mail instead. You'll have to open the index.html in the htdocs =20
>>>>> folder to
>>>>> start browsing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the screenshot I've:
>>>>>
>>>>> =EF=BF=BD* darkened the page background, so your eyes will =
hopefully be =20
>>>>> less
>>>>> =EF=BF=BD distracted from the content
>>>>> =EF=BF=BD* added background color to section headers
>>>>> =EF=BF=BD* did something to the navigation bar
>>>>> =EF=BF=BD* and removed the search link from the navigation bar
>>>>> =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD o maybe add a search box to the top =
right of the =20
>>>>> header?
>>>>>
>>>>> The logo is still just a placeholder, I hope someone else jumps =20=

>>>>> in to
>>>>> give it some love.
>>>>> <couch-site.zip>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> <couch-classic.zip>