-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA224 > >> >> >>> > Yep saw that--fixed and copied to main site. >>> > >>> > You might want to pull from GIT so that your copy is up to date >>> before >>> > committing anything else. :-) >>> >>> I did--the problem was that the git directory is not my working >>> directory >>> (basically, I was too lazy to fix the symlink for my local Apache >>> server to point to the new location). I need to do something about >>> that . . . but not tonight. ;) >>> >>> E. Liddell >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm so sorry to say this, but I do not find that the new website design >> honors the work that has been done to renew the TDEUI. Don't take it >> personally, but I almost prefer the old website. The colors were >> brighter. >> >> For the various graphic work I did here, I provided tens and tens of >> variants, to make sure that it was right for everyone, but this website >> popped out, without any improvements before going to production. I asked >> for a preview with a provided graphic gradient, and you didn't even >> answered at all. >> >> 1.First of all, it really has to grow to follow the browser's window >> size, >> without stopping at a definite place, leaving the user think that it is >> a >> bug. And in the left-top and right directions. >> >> 2.Also, the TDE logo position and the title vertical alignment does not >> follow the new TDEUI that much, leaving the title on the line of the >> ribbon, instead of well centered between the top of the page and the >> ribbon. >> >> 3.Then, there is something just wrong with the strong contrast created >> with the top images and the rest of the site. If the text was in kind of >> rounded rectangle, filled with white, on a blue background, it would fit >> much better and look smoother too. Just like the new TDEUI. >> >> 4.If the font could be forced to be something like Arial, it would be >> much >> better, because it looks strange on browsers set to display text in >> Times >> New Roman. >> >> It will be better, but it needs some polish. >> >> Just my 2 cents... >> -Alexandre > > The somewhat deployment was partially due to technical reasons. The old > FOSWiki was loading down the Web server too heavily and I needed to fix > that ASAP. Additionally, we were starting to get into a "split-head" > scenario with two websites (production and the vastly different > development) that had to be kept in sync; much longer and we would have > had a lot of work to do porting newly-added content from the old site to > the new site. > > If you like, think of the current site as a beta. I can give you access > to the development site and I am fairly confident we can polish it up the > rest of the way for R14 release--at least I now have the much-needed > ability to add new content to the site again. > > Thanks! > > Tim > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iFYEARELAAYFAlQ/KjQACgkQLaxZSoRZrGGGjQDgx2zex99kmaqyXbVDpawmDHNG > VChMmSOuLq7zxwDfcPXgqP70IosJkG2GE3jAg/YiTA20uA1zxK2eyA== > =/acX > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Whoops, that should read "sudden deployment" above. Spell check. :-) Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAlQ/KpMACgkQLaxZSoRZrGH3FQDfVnhLhUVXh/zBB2MOsP7Cxcbp qQGBbsr7IwqJaADfSaAA3iW6KzoOPT2RvbL1NkU04L+19kmeV4/IjQ== =hx5W -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----