rotating banners, first idea

[Karsten Wade]

We discussed the idea of doing rotating banners on the front of
fedoraproject.org, once we get over ourselves for the successful F7. ;)

The idea is, once every $TIME_PERIOD, we rotate the front page banner.
Ideas are proposed and vetted on this list (f-marketing-l), then kicked
over to the Art team for production.  They drop them into a queue that
Infrastructure sets up, all around the self-service idea.

Before I go all Wiki on this idea and make a canonical page for it, is
it a good idea?  Should we do it?  Why not?

And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:

'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on Fedora on
the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'

The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
popular spins.

- Karsten
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[Benjamin Lewis]

Nice idea! I say go with it.

Karsten Wade wrote:
>  We discussed the idea of doing rotating banners on the front of
>  fedoraproject.org, once we get over ourselves for the successful F7. ;)
>
>  The idea is, once every $TIME_PERIOD, we rotate the front page banner.
>  Ideas are proposed and vetted on this list (f-marketing-l), then kicked
>  over to the Art team for production.  They drop them into a queue that
>  Infrastructure sets up, all around the self-service idea.
>
>  Before I go all Wiki on this idea and make a canonical page for it, is
>  it a good idea?  Should we do it?  Why not?
>
>  And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:
>
>  'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on Fedora on
>  the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
>  might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
>  popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'
>
>  The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
>  special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
>  popular spins.
>
>  - Karsten
>     
-- 

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[Diego Búrigo Zacarão]

+1

2007/6/1, Benjamin Lewis <ben.lewis(a)benl.co.uk&gt;:
>  Nice idea! I say go with it.
>
>  Karsten Wade wrote:
>  > We discussed the idea of doing rotating banners on the front of
>  > fedoraproject.org, once we get over ourselves for the successful F7. ;)
>  >
>  > The idea is, once every $TIME_PERIOD, we rotate the front page banner.
>  > Ideas are proposed and vetted on this list (f-marketing-l), then kicked
>  > over to the Art team for production.  They drop them into a queue that
>  > Infrastructure sets up, all around the self-service idea.
>  >
>  > Before I go all Wiki on this idea and make a canonical page for it, is
>  > it a good idea?  Should we do it?  Why not?
>  >
>  > And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:
>  >
>  > 'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on Fedora
> on
>  > the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
>  > might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
>  > popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'
>  >
>  > The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
>  > special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
>  > popular spins.
>  >
>  > - Karsten
>  >
>
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Great!!!

+1


Diego Búrigo Zacarão escreveu:
>  +1
>  
>  2007/6/1, Benjamin Lewis <ben.lewis(a)benl.co.uk&gt;:
> > Nice idea! I say go with it.
> >
> > Karsten Wade wrote:
> > > We discussed the idea of doing rotating banners on the front of
> > > fedoraproject.org, once we get over ourselves for the successful F7. ;)
> > >
> > > The idea is, once every $TIME_PERIOD, we rotate the front page banner.
> > > Ideas are proposed and vetted on this list (f-marketing-l), then kicked
> > > over to the Art team for production.  They drop them into a queue that
> > > Infrastructure sets up, all around the self-service idea.
> > >
> > > Before I go all Wiki on this idea and make a canonical page for it, is
> > > it a good idea?  Should we do it?  Why not?
> > >
> > > And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:
> > >
> > > 'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on
> > Fedora on
> > > the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
> > > might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
> > > popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'
> > >
> > > The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
> > > special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
> > > popular spins.
> > >
> > > - Karsten
> > >
> >
> > -- 
> >
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[Bart De Soete]

+1

2007/6/1, Karsten Wade <kwade(a)redhat.com&gt;:
>  We discussed the idea of doing rotating banners on the front of
>  fedoraproject.org, once we get over ourselves for the successful F7. ;)
>
>  The idea is, once every $TIME_PERIOD, we rotate the front page banner.
>  Ideas are proposed and vetted on this list (f-marketing-l), then kicked
>  over to the Art team for production.  They drop them into a queue that
>  Infrastructure sets up, all around the self-service idea.
>
>  Before I go all Wiki on this idea and make a canonical page for it, is
>  it a good idea?  Should we do it?  Why not?
>
>  And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:
>
>  'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on Fedora on
>  the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
>  might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
>  popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'
>
>  The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
>  special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
>  popular spins.
>
>  - Karsten
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[Máirín Duffy]

Karsten Wade wrote:
>  And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:
>  
>  'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on Fedora on
>  the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
>  might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
>  popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'
>  
>  The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
>  special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
>  popular spins. 
Here's one concept for that promo:

http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo.png

I got some suggestions for improvement like making the logo more like a 
banana label and putting the logo on one of those back blankets rather 
than directly on the pony... we can easily switch these out for 
better/funnier/more allegorical/etc objects.

some bylines I thought of for this:

- "what kind of fedora will *you* make?"
- "what's your fedora?"
- "make it yours" / "go ahead, make it yours"
- "build the fedora of your dreams" (with some kind of house + 
blueprints artwork maybe)
- "a perfect fit" / "tailored for you" / "os doesn't quite
fit?" (weird 
idea: have three people wearing suse/ubuntu/debian suits/dresses that 
are rumply and baggy and not quite right, and then have a tailor with a 
'revisor' nametag or something tailoring the fourth person's fedora 
outfit which fits much more nicely than the others)
- "remix. share. get mad props." (dj with fedora logo, crowd around him 
cheering him on)
- "it's all about you"

~m

[Max Spevack]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Karsten Wade wrote:

>  We discussed the idea of doing rotating banners on the front of
>  fedoraproject.org, once we get over ourselves for the successful F7. ;)
>
>  The idea is, once every $TIME_PERIOD, we rotate the front page banner.
>  Ideas are proposed and vetted on this list (f-marketing-l), then kicked
>  over to the Art team for production.  They drop them into a queue that
>  Infrastructure sets up, all around the self-service idea.
>
>  Before I go all Wiki on this idea and make a canonical page for it, is
>  it a good idea?  Should we do it?  Why not? 
Yes, a very very enthusiastic yes.

We've already got Mythdora -- according to their homepage, they are 
built using pungi.

Success stories of people using pungi/koji/revisor to spin their own 
fedora.

http://g-ding.tv/

--Max

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[Karlie Robinson]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  Just pointing out that page doesn't exist yet and we need the 
>  documentation first. Is anyone interested in working on that?
>  
>  Rahul
>   
We've started gathering the how-to info at http://Respins.org

[Benjamin Lewis]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  Karsten Wade wrote:
> > And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:
> >
> > 'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on Fedora
> on
> > the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
> > might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
> > popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'
> >
> > The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
> > special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
> > popular spins.
>
>  Here's one concept for that promo:
>
>  http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo.png 
I like that banner! Very funny
>  I got some suggestions for improvement like making the logo more like
>  a banana label and putting the logo on one of those back blankets
>  rather than directly on the pony... we can easily switch these out for
>  better/funnier/more allegorical/etc objects. 
How about a cream cake, would be
funnier than a Shuttle, IMHO.
>  some bylines I thought of for this:
>
>  - "what kind of fedora will *you* make?"
>  - "what's your fedora?" 
Too much like hats.
>  - "make it yours" / "go ahead, make it yours"
>  - "build the fedora of your dreams" (with some kind of house +
>  blueprints artwork maybe)
>  - "a perfect fit" / "tailored for you" / "os doesn't quite
> fit?"
>  (weird idea: have three people wearing suse/ubuntu/debian
>  suits/dresses that are rumply and baggy and not quite right, and then
>  have a tailor with a 'revisor' nametag or something tailoring the
>  fourth person's fedora outfit which fits much more nicely than the
>  others) 
Again, too much like hats and I think we should avoid hat references
>  - "remix. share. get mad props." (dj with fedora logo,
> crowd around
>  him cheering him on)
>  - "it's all about you"
>
>  ~m
>  
Otherwise, great!

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[Máirín Duffy]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  Karsten Wade wrote:
> > And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:
> >
> > 'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on Fedora
> on
> > the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
> > might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
> > popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'
> >
> > The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
> > special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
> > popular spins. 
>  some bylines I thought of for this: 
[snip]

>  - "remix. share. get mad props." (dj with fedora logo,
> crowd around him 
>  cheering him on) 
here's this one:

http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo_dj.png

(uses [1] and [2] as source artwork)

~m

[1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/7739398/ (DJ Chloe by MacBidouille)
[2] http://www.sxc.hu/photo/25680 (Dancefloor by Bjarte Kvinge Tvedt)

[Rahul Sundaram]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
> > Karsten Wade wrote:
> >> And my first proposed idea, from a Linux Watch quote of Max:
> >>
> >> 'Spevack concluded, "We'll advertise the most popular spins on
> Fedora on
> >> the Fedora site. So, if someone created a very small distribution it
> >> might be advertised as Damn Small Fedora Linux." This is a play on the
> >> popular DSL (Damn Small Linux) distribution.'
> >>
> >> The first rotated banner promotes either i) that effort (points to a
> >> special 'popular spins' page), or ii) directly promotes one or more
> >> popular spins.
>  
> > some bylines I thought of for this:
>  
>  [snip]
>  
> > - "remix. share. get mad props." (dj with fedora logo, crowd around 
> > him cheering him on)
>  
>  here's this one:
>  
>  http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo_dj.png 
This and the previous image looks pretty good but before we promote 
custom spins more we need to very clear documentation and that is 
somewhat scattered across places now.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-June/msg00183.html

Rahul

[Máirín Duffy]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  This and the previous image looks pretty good but before we promote 
>  custom spins more we need to very clear documentation and that is 
>  somewhat scattered across places now.
>  
>  https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-June/msg00183.html 
Well, of course! that's why it says click here to learn more :) I was 
envisioning them clicking on the banner to get a page with more information.

~m

[Rahul Sundaram]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > This and the previous image looks pretty good but before we promote 
> > custom spins more we need to very clear documentation and that is 
> > somewhat scattered across places now.
> >
> > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-June/msg00183.html
>  
>  Well, of course! that's why it says click here to learn more :) I was 
>  envisioning them clicking on the banner to get a page with more 
>  information. 
Just pointing out that page doesn't exist yet and we need the 
documentation first. Is anyone interested in working on that?

Rahul

[John Babich]

On 6/2/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:

<snip>

>  Just pointing out that page doesn't exist yet and we need the
>  documentation first. Is anyone interested in working on that?
>  
I already "wikified" the LiveCD How-To, so it seems logical I should turn
that into a more formal document.

I haven't worked with Pungi yet. My first attempts at Revisor were not
successful.

If someone gives me the technical support and fact-checking assistance,
I can go ahead and write something up. I would appreciate if other
members of the  Fedora Team, especially the Docs team, could assist
me in the process.

John Babich
Volunteer, Fedora Docs Project

[Jonathan Roberts]

On 02/06/07, John Babich <jmbabich(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  On 6/2/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>
>  <snip>
>
>  > Just pointing out that page doesn't exist yet and we need the
>  > documentation first. Is anyone interested in working on that?
>  >
>
>  I already "wikified" the LiveCD How-To, so it seems logical I should turn
>  that into a more formal document.
>
>  I haven't worked with Pungi yet. My first attempts at Revisor were not
>  successful.
>
>  If someone gives me the technical support and fact-checking assistance,
>  I can go ahead and write something up. I would appreciate if other
>  members of the  Fedora Team, especially the Docs team, could assist
>  me in the process. 
Hey, I've been talking with the Revisor guys about doing documentation
for it. Check this post on the docs-list:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2007-June/msg00001.html

We could move this discussion over to there?

Jon

[Max Spevack]

On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, John Babich wrote:

>  On 6/2/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>
>  <snip>
>
> > Just pointing out that page doesn't exist yet and we need the
> > documentation first. Is anyone interested in working on that?
> > 
>
>  I already "wikified" the LiveCD How-To, so it seems logical I should turn
>  that into a more formal document.
>
>  I haven't worked with Pungi yet. My first attempts at Revisor were not
>  successful.
>
>  If someone gives me the technical support and fact-checking assistance,
>  I can go ahead and write something up. I would appreciate if other
>  members of the  Fedora Team, especially the Docs team, could assist
>  me in the process. 
I will help you.  Revisor, and the livecd-tools/pungi basis on which 
Revisor is built, is my favorite part of Fedora 7.

Start here for a general overview:

http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing-fedora-7/

[Thomas Chung]

On 6/2/07, Máirí­n Duffy <duffy(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  here's this one:
>
>  http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo_dj.png
>
>  (uses [1] and [2] as source artwork)
>
>  ~m
>
>  [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/7739398/ (DJ Chloe by MacBidouille)
>  [2] http://www.sxc.hu/photo/25680 (Dancefloor by Bjarte Kvinge Tvedt) 
Love it!
Excellent job Máirí­n!
-- 
Thomas Chung
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 06/02/2007 12:23 PM, Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
> > - "remix. share. get mad props." (dj with fedora logo, crowd around 
> > him cheering him on)
>
>  here's this one:
>
>  http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo_dj.png
>  
I love this one

[nihed mbarek]

GG Máirí­n
I love it
remix share party :)

2007/6/2, Manuel Wolfshant <wolfy(a)nobugconsulting.ro&gt;:
>  On 06/02/2007 12:23 PM, Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  >
>  >> - "remix. share. get mad props." (dj with fedora logo, crowd around
>  >> him cheering him on)
>  >
>  > here's this one:
>  >
>  > http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo_dj.png
>  >
>  I love this one
>
>
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[Alexandre Mandl]

Hello Everybody,

It's my first participation on this list. So, first of all, I would like 
to say "hello" from Brazil.

I've just saw the banner of "remix" and it's really great!

best regards,


Alexandre Mandl
alexmandl(a)mandic.com.br



Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>  On 06/02/2007 12:23 PM, Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
> >
> >> - "remix. share. get mad props." (dj with fedora logo, crowd around 
> >> him cheering him on)
> >
> > here's this one:
> >
> > http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo_dj.png
> >
>  I love this one
>  
>

[Karsten Wade]

On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 08:16 +0000, Karlie Robinson wrote:
>  Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  > Just pointing out that page doesn't exist yet and we need the 
>  > documentation first. Is anyone interested in working on that?
>  > 
>  > Rahul
>  > 
>  
>  We've started gathering the how-to info at http://Respins.org 
Would you like to join in the effort upstream?  Fedora Docs content and
toolchain is specifically designed to be reusable however you need, so
Respins.org do anything from mirror it to slice it up and rework it into
custom docs.

Aside from writers, we need technical review/editing (beta testing of
the docs), ongoing maintenance help (update docs with new releases of
the software and OS), and promotion.

- Karsten
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[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

Karsten Wade wrote:
>  On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 08:16 +0000, Karlie Robinson wrote:
> > We've started gathering the how-to info at http://Respins.org
>  
>  Would you like to join in the effort upstream? [...] 
+1, really

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:

>  Here's one concept for that promo:
>  
>  http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/spin-promo.png
>   
Ohw do I like this one! I had a good laugh when I first saw it and I'm
liking it more and more each time I show it to anyone.

How about a variant based on really pimping the distro?

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip

[Karlie Robinson]

Karsten Wade wrote:
>  On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 08:16 +0000, Karlie Robinson wrote:
> >We've started gathering the how-to info at http://Respins.org
>  
>  
>  Would you like to join in the effort upstream?  Fedora Docs content and
>  toolchain is specifically designed to be reusable however you need, so
>  Respins.org do anything from mirror it to slice it up and rework it into
>  custom docs.
>  
>  Aside from writers, we need technical review/editing (beta testing of
>  the docs), ongoing maintenance help (update docs with new releases of
>  the software and OS), and promotion.
>  
>  - Karsten
>   
I'll email you off list.  This may be something we can do.

~Karlie

[Rahul Sundaram]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > This and the previous image looks pretty good but before we promote 
> > custom spins more we need to very clear documentation and that is 
> > somewhat scattered across places now.
> >
> > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-June/msg00183.html
>  
>  Well, of course! that's why it says click here to learn more :) I was 
>  envisioning them clicking on the banner to get a page with more 
>  information. 
Changing track a bit, I think we can do a promo without waiting for more 
documentation by linking to

http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/06/01/video-fedora-7-highlights/

(and)

http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing-fedora-7/

More detailed information can follow later. Mo, do you want to do this?


Rahul

[Máirín Duffy]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  Changing track a bit, I think we can do a promo without waiting for
> more 
>  documentation by linking to
>  
>  http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/06/01/video-fedora-7-highlights/
>  
>  (and)
>  
>  http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing-fedora-7/
>  
>  More detailed information can follow later. Mo, do you want to do this? 
I'm a little concerned that linking to something on Red Hat's website 
might upset some folks...? Am I worrying too much?

~m

[Rahul Sundaram]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > Changing track a bit, I think we can do a promo without waiting for 
> > more documentation by linking to
> >
> > http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/06/01/video-fedora-7-highlights/
> >
> > (and)
> >
> > http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing-fedora-7/
> >
> > More detailed information can follow later. Mo, do you want to do this?
>  
>  I'm a little concerned that linking to something on Red Hat's website 
>  might upset some folks...? Am I worrying too much? 
Yep. Next we know we will be worrying about Red Hat engineers writing 
code or maintaining packages in Fedora. If a article is useful it is 
useful regardless of whether the source is Red Hat or not. The community 
includes all of us.

Rahul

[Máirín Duffy]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > I'm a little concerned that linking to something on Red
> Hat's website 
> > might upset some folks...? Am I worrying too much?
>  
>  Yep. Next we know we will be worrying about Red Hat engineers writing 
>  code or maintaining packages in Fedora. If a article is useful it is 
>  useful regardless of whether the source is Red Hat or not. The community 
>  includes all of us. 
Okay I just wanted to make sure since I've seen folks upset about 
similar things in the past.

I'm poking around in my checkout now, I'll send screenshots before I 
check anything in.

~m

[Rahul Sundaram]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >> I'm a little concerned that linking to something on Red Hat's website 
> >> might upset some folks...? Am I worrying too much?
> >
> > Yep. Next we know we will be worrying about Red Hat engineers writing 
> > code or maintaining packages in Fedora. If a article is useful it is 
> > useful regardless of whether the source is Red Hat or not. The 
> > community includes all of us.
>  
>  Okay I just wanted to make sure since I've seen folks upset about 
>  similar things in the past.
>  
>  I'm poking around in my checkout now, I'll send screenshots before I 
>  check anything in. 
Screenshots of the entire page? That would be more useful. The banners 
look nice but I wanted to see how they would actually look when they 
rotate in the website.

Rahul

[Máirín Duffy]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > I'm poking around in my checkout now, I'll send
> screenshots before I 
> > check anything in.
>  
>  Screenshots of the entire page? That would be more useful. 
Yes that is what I meant!!! :)

~m

[Máirín Duffy]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  I'm poking around in my checkout now, I'll send screenshots
> before I 
>  check anything in. 
Here's some mockups, I'm not really happy with any of them right now but 
I need to sleep :)

- http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-1.png  (bottom of sidebar)
   - feels a little unbalanced but not too bad
- http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png  (along top of page)
   - im afraid this is going to be too busy unless the banners are 
carefully designed to not stand out in comparison to the main banner. 
right now they are not :) thus they are too busy.
- http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-3.png  (top of sidebar)
   - a little more balanced than the other but the banners don't line up

~m

[Marc Wiriadisastra]

>  Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
> > I'm poking around in my checkout now, I'll send screenshots before I
> > check anything in.
>
>  Here's some mockups, I'm not really happy with any of them right now but
>  I need to sleep :)
>
>  - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-1.png  (bottom of sidebar)
>     - feels a little unbalanced but not too bad
>  - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png  (along top of page)
>     - im afraid this is going to be too busy unless the banners are
>  carefully designed to not stand out in comparison to the main banner.
>  right now they are not :) thus they are too busy.
>  - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-3.png  (top of sidebar)
>     - a little more balanced than the other but the banners don't line up
>
>  ~m
>  
Hi Máirí­n,

I think the banner on the top of the sidebar looks best.
The top of the page seems to take from the title.  The bottom of the
sidebar won't get seen as much sadly.  Although the top of the side bar I
think will be seen and doesn't detract from the title.

My reasoning is, is that its a brilliant design and I quite like it and I
want it to get noticed but not detract from page names.

Good Work,

Marc Wiriadisastra

[Thomas Chung]

On 6/4/07, Máirí­n Duffy <duffy(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png  (along top of page)
Wait a minute. How the logo for fedoranews.org got in there? :)
As the owner of the logo, I do not wish to put the logo in
fedoraproject.org please.
Regards,
-- 
Thomas Chung
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

[Máirín Duffy]

Thomas Chung wrote:
>  On 6/4/07, Máirí­n Duffy <duffy(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  
> > - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png  (along top of page)
>  
>  Wait a minute. How the logo for fedoranews.org got in there? :)
>  As the owner of the logo, I do not wish to put the logo in
>  fedoraproject.org please.
>  Regards, 
Sorry about that Thomas, it was just meant as a place-holder. I wasn't 
suggesting it be included on the site. These are just mockups.

~m

[Clint Savage]

Máirí­n Duffy wrote:

http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png  (along top of page)

I like this one the best.  Remove the FedoraNews logo (per Thomas) and
you've got a great mockup

Cheers,

-- 
Clint Savage
Fedora Ambassador
Utah Open Source Conference
September 6-8, 2007
http://www.utosc.org

[Máirín Duffy]

Thomas Chung wrote:
>  On 6/4/07, Máirí­n Duffy <duffy(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  
> > - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png  (along top of page)
>  
>  Wait a minute. How the logo for fedoranews.org got in there? :)
>  As the owner of the logo, I do not wish to put the logo in
>  fedoraproject.org please. 
Hi Thomas, I just removed it from the mockup, sorry again!

(see http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png)

~m

[Máirín Duffy]

Clint Savage wrote:
>  Máirí­n Duffy wrote:
>  
>  http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png  (along top of page)
>  
>  I like this one the best.  Remove the FedoraNews logo (per Thomas) and
>  you've got a great mockup 
reload:

http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png

I just think the spin promo is too dark. If we can set a policy that the 
banners up top are mostly light-colored, it could work and we could make 
better usage of that space.

~m

[Thomas Chung]

On 6/5/07, Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Thomas Chung wrote:
>  > On 6/4/07, Máirí­n Duffy <duffy(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  >> - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png  (along top of page)
>  >
>  > Wait a minute. How the logo for fedoranews.org got in there? :)
>  > As the owner of the logo, I do not wish to put the logo in
>  > fedoraproject.org please.
>
>  Hi Thomas, I just removed it from the mockup, sorry again! 
No problem. Thank you. :)
-- 
Thomas Chung
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung