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[Alfredo Hernández <aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, feel free to join, James. Once we really start building the website
we should use Git or any other system to ease collaboration.

Cheers.

On 15 December 2014 at 14:42, James Vorderbruggen <jamesvorder@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Is there a Google Drive folder or something where we're sharing resources
> for the new site yet?  We should really have a central repository for
> resources if we want to start accelerating on this.  Satyajit's draft is
> really nice, and a PSD of it that's available to everyone would be helpful
> so we can start making revisions.  I'd like to get the ball rolling on this
> project.  Should I be joining the artwork sub-team if I want to be involved
> in the website?
>
> Thanks Alfredo,
> James
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Alfredo Hernández <
> aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The website is not a wiki replacement, and yes, it has been discussed
>> these days in the main mailing list as well as the Artwork mailing list.
>> The website is definitely a goal for this cycle.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alfredo
>> On 11 Dec 2014 08:02, "Prashant Matta" <pvmatta6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I also liked the idea of the website that Satyajit proposed. And I guess
>>> a custom wiki would be better.
>>>
>>> Sent from my Windows Phone
>>> ------------------------------
>>> From: James Vorderbruggen <jamesvorder@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: ‎11-‎12-‎2014 09:53
>>> To: ubuntugnome-artwork@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [Ubuntugnome-artwork] [Blueprint
>>> ubuntu-gnome-website-look+feel]Ubuntu GNOME Website Look and Feel
>>>
>>> Blueprint changed by James Vorderbruggen:
>>>
>>> Whiteboard changed:
>>>   [Niels Vermaut] "As ideas go, I would like to keep the website as clean
>>>   and simple as possible. I could add in fancy effects like Parallax
>>>   Scrolling, but I don't see the added value for that. I also would
>>> advice
>>>   against sliders, and just use a small animated header with Animate.css.
>>>
>>>   As far as Brand consistency goes, you guys need to fill me in :). I'm
>>>   also always wanting to listen to new ideas!
>>>
>>>   Is there a need for a custom Wiki, or are we going to use the Ubuntu
>>>   Main one? And is there a need for a knowledge base of some sort?
>>> Because
>>>   I also could look into something like that!
>>>
>>>   The draft I made is available at 188.226.254.37"
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   [aldomann] Sorry Neils, I had a very basic mockup and our great
>>> Satyajit came up with this thing: http://cl.ly/image/031I1y2o1r0D/o
>>>   As you can see, it keeps simplicity as its main feature whilst showing
>>> a modern design.
>>>
>>>   We shall discuss what navigation links we need to include in the web
>>>   (Blog, community, etc.) but this design should help.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   [Niels Vermaut] "That design does look very well, and If I get the go
>>> signal from one of you guys, I could start working on it tomorrow. The only
>>> thing I would change is I would put the latest news article under the
>>> download button. Anyone having a problem with that, or having another
>>> suggestion, I'm all ears."
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   [aldomann] Let's wait for the Communications team folks to hear their
>>> opinions on the website structure.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   [Niels Vermaut] "Okay, will hold my horses :). The only thing to
>>> consider is that now I have a lot of free time, execution could be done
>>> very quickly. However, this will change in July and August. Not that I
>>> won't have any time, but I won't achieve completion in one or two days
>>> then."
>>> +
>>> +
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> + [jamesvorder] Are we still pursuing this? If so, we should really set
>>> up a shared folder of some sort to house our PSDs, create more detailed
>>> mock-ups of each page.  I can help with this (even though I'm not part of
>>> the correct teams,) if we still want to pursue the redesign.
>>>
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>>>
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