Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:06:27 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> To: Matt Olander <matt@offmyserver.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated? Message-ID: <41CBDC13.2080707@offmyserver.com> In-Reply-To: <20041223134922.E1597@knight.ixsystems.net> References: <4BA256918ACE7449BD7896E65711C88B0D0AD042@1UPMC-MSX8.isdip.upmc.edu> <20041223134922.E1597@knight.ixsystems.net>
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Matt Olander wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 04:41:02PM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote: > >>>I can ask my company if they will donate a 1U server (maybe >>>with the old >>>BSDi logo on it) if enough people are interested in entering a freebsd >>>advocacy website design contest. Winners could be decided by a vote on >>>the advocacy mailing list or by core or something. >>> >> >>I think this a great idea! I'd enter the contest. Ha! I see what you're up to! ;P > > ok! Devon, can you post the requirements or guidelines that you and > Murray had come up with when we discussed this last? I remember that > there were a few requirements involved regarding programming languages > or something. Yay, give me even more work to do ;). I'll dig through my old mails and see if I can find what I discussed with Murray. The general idea was that it would need to be something that would be trackable using CVS; we didn't really want to go down any sort of CMS route or use scripting languages, unless absolutely necessary. > my work has already approved the idea although I'm not promising much > for the 1U server ;) > > I used to hate the redhat site, but it looks like they revamped it since > I looked last and it's much nicer and easier to navigate now. maybe > Yahoo or Juniper will let us use their corporate logo for a "Juniper relies > on FreeBSD' type image. I'll ask them. or an animated gif cycling > through big corporate users. oh wait, now I'm giving away my design ideas! lol. > > I'll enter (even though my website design skillz aren't too great) but > anybody from my company will, of course, be exempt from the contest :P > > so, the goal for this will not be for internal freebsd user > use (although that's not out of the question, I'd think) but more for a > professional advocacy site, right? something appropriate to sell or show > off to middle/upper management exec types. > > Happy Festivus, > -matt This sounds about correct, although the discussions I had with Murray and other members of core@ (though, tbh, not many got involved) seemed to imply that it _would_ be for the main site. Have a good holiday Matt; this extends to the rest of you as well! Kind regards, Devon H. O'Dell
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