Thread: Playing with new design
Hi, I uploaded the new templates to http://alexey.beta.postgresql.org/ The changes 1) Elephant head in logo is bigger, "PostgreSQL" is written in one color; 2) Bigger page font (the previous one was to small for my tastes); 3) Headings hued red to make them stand out a bit; 4) Changed news and events list output. I didn't yet commit the changes, please tell me whether I should. BTW, someone *really* should go over the texts on the site. The "related projects" page (http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/related.html or http://alexey.beta.postgresql.org/about/related) has among other things the following: ---------- For encrypted postgresql connections, Brett McCormick (brett-public@speakeasy.org) has made a patch for PostgreSQL version 6.3.2 using SSL. Visit his info page for more information. ---------- Isn't it *a bit* dated?..
> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Alexey Borzov > Sent: 13 October 2004 14:14 > To: pgsql-www@postgresql.org > Subject: [pgsql-www] Playing with new design > > Hi, > > I uploaded the new templates to http://alexey.beta.postgresql.org/ > > The changes > 1) Elephant head in logo is bigger, "PostgreSQL" is written > in one color; > 2) Bigger page font (the previous one was to small for my tastes); > 3) Headings hued red to make them stand out a bit; > 4) Changed news and events list output. > > I didn't yet commit the changes, please tell me whether I should. Looks good to me - I say go ahead and commit. > BTW, someone *really* should go over the texts on the site. > The "related projects" page > (http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/related.html or > http://alexey.beta.postgresql.org/about/related) has among > other things the following: > > ---------- > For encrypted postgresql connections, Brett McCormick > (brett-public@speakeasy.org) has made a patch for PostgreSQL version > 6.3.2 using SSL. Visit his info page for more information. > ---------- > > Isn't it *a bit* dated?.. 6.3.2? That's when I joined the project. Yes, that lot certainly does need some review. Anyone know any volunteers for content related tasks? Regards, Dave
> Hi, > > I uploaded the new templates to http://alexey.beta.postgresql.org/ > > The changes > 1) Elephant head in logo is bigger, "PostgreSQL" is written > in one color; > 2) Bigger page font (the previous one was to small for my tastes); > 3) Headings hued red to make them stand out a bit; > 4) Changed news and events list output. > > I didn't yet commit the changes, please tell me whether I should. I think it looks good. It certainly looks a lot better than wwwdevel.postgresql.org, but I think that one has broken link(s) to stylesheets ATM. A few smallish things I've noticed (not with this change in particular, more in general about the new site): *) It should be 'the worlds most advanced open source database', right? (the 'the' is missing) (top of the page) *) Would it be possible to add a "Home" item to the menubar. I know you can click the logo to get there, but you'd be surprised to see how many users wouldn't even think of trying that. *) Is the "About" tab perhaps misnamed? The content looks more like "Overview" or "General info" or something? There is a lot of good stuff under there that I wouldn't expectu nder "About", and there's probably more stuff scheduled to go there? *) It would be nice to have a RSS tag so make it show up for live bookmarks in Firefox (<link rel="alternate" title="postgresql news" href="/news.rss" type="application/rss+xml"> tag in <head> if you didn't already know about it) Since I haven't said it earlier, let me repeat that I think the new site design looks really good. Certainly a great step forward :-) //Magnus
Hi, Magnus Hagander wrote: >>I didn't yet commit the changes, please tell me whether I should. > > I think it looks good. It certainly looks a lot better than > wwwdevel.postgresql.org, but I think that one has broken link(s) to > stylesheets ATM. Yep, I don't know how wwwdevel is generated, but it has to either use the CVS version or copy *all* stuff from alexey.beta, not part of it. > A few smallish things I've noticed (not with this change in particular, > more in general about the new site): > > *) It should be 'the worlds most advanced open source database', right? > (the 'the' is missing) (top of the page) OK. > *) Would it be possible to add a "Home" item to the menubar. I know you > can click the logo to get there, but you'd be surprised to see how many > users wouldn't even think of trying that. Makes sense. > *) Is the "About" tab perhaps misnamed? The content looks more like > "Overview" or "General info" or something? There is a lot of good stuff > under there that I wouldn't expectu nder "About", and there's probably > more stuff scheduled to go there? Well, this tab was called "User's lounge" in the previous version, so "About" is an improvement over this. ;) Will rename to "Overview". > *) It would be nice to have a RSS tag so make it show up for live > bookmarks in Firefox (<link rel="alternate" title="postgresql news" > href="/news.rss" type="application/rss+xml"> tag in <head> if you didn't > already know about it) Will do. Thanks for your feedback!
I am certainly excited! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexey Borzov wrote: > Hi, > > Magnus Hagander wrote: > >>I didn't yet commit the changes, please tell me whether I should. > > > > I think it looks good. It certainly looks a lot better than > > wwwdevel.postgresql.org, but I think that one has broken link(s) to > > stylesheets ATM. > > Yep, I don't know how wwwdevel is generated, but it has to either use > the CVS version or copy *all* stuff from alexey.beta, not part of it. > > > A few smallish things I've noticed (not with this change in particular, > > more in general about the new site): > > > > *) It should be 'the worlds most advanced open source database', right? > > (the 'the' is missing) (top of the page) > > OK. > > > *) Would it be possible to add a "Home" item to the menubar. I know you > > can click the logo to get there, but you'd be surprised to see how many > > users wouldn't even think of trying that. > > Makes sense. > > > *) Is the "About" tab perhaps misnamed? The content looks more like > > "Overview" or "General info" or something? There is a lot of good stuff > > under there that I wouldn't expectu nder "About", and there's probably > > more stuff scheduled to go there? > > Well, this tab was called "User's lounge" in the previous version, so > "About" is an improvement over this. ;) > > Will rename to "Overview". > > > *) It would be nice to have a RSS tag so make it show up for live > > bookmarks in Firefox (<link rel="alternate" title="postgresql news" > > href="/news.rss" type="application/rss+xml"> tag in <head> if you didn't > > already know about it) > > Will do. > > Thanks for your feedback! > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Alexey Borzov > Sent: 13 October 2004 15:09 > To: Magnus Hagander > Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Playing with new design > > Hi, > > Magnus Hagander wrote: > >>I didn't yet commit the changes, please tell me whether I should. > > > > I think it looks good. It certainly looks a lot better than > > wwwdevel.postgresql.org, but I think that one has broken link(s) to > > stylesheets ATM. > > Yep, I don't know how wwwdevel is generated, but it has to > either use the CVS version or copy *all* stuff from > alexey.beta, not part of it. It's a CVS checkout, updated automatically at *:30. Dunno how it lost it's stylesheet, but it appears to be back now. Regards, Dave.
Hi, Dave Page wrote: >>>I think it looks good. It certainly looks a lot better than >>>wwwdevel.postgresql.org, but I think that one has broken link(s) to >>>stylesheets ATM. >> >>Yep, I don't know how wwwdevel is generated, but it has to >>either use the CVS version or copy *all* stuff from >>alexey.beta, not part of it. > > It's a CVS checkout, updated automatically at *:30. Dunno how it lost > it's stylesheet, but it appears to be back now. Yes, that's probably because I've commited the changes. Back then wwwdevel looked as if it has taken the new templates (that were *not* commited) but left css and images behind.