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Date:      Sat, 05 Mar 2005 01:35:39 +0100
From:      "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com>
To:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        www@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Today's Work
Message-ID:  <1109982939.3926.155.camel@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20050304191442.GA817@zaphod.nitro.dk>
References:  <1109957682.3926.125.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050304191442.GA817@zaphod.nitro.dk>

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On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 20:14 +0100, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2005.03.04 18:34:42 +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote:
> > I'm through for the day. The following has been done in my Perforce
> > branch (and a full build is running so that it will be available at
> > http://dragonfly.the-bofh.org/~dodell/en/index.html)
> 
> First of all, I really like it when people actually put their... HTML
> where there mouth is :-) - so thanks!
> 
> In general I like the change!

Nice to hear!

> >  o	Removed the left navigation column and put
> > 	contents in a `dropdown' menu up top. This
> > 	menu could be fixed up to look a bit nicer...
> > 	Ideas?
> 
> I like the idea since it helps unclutter the page.

Well, now I've won one person over with it ;)

> >  o	Moved news and press to the bottom of the
> > 	main content. The main content could use a
> > 	change.
> 
> I think most could be removed.  Perhaps some text could be added, but
> I don't think much is needed.  E.g. the text in the main body from
> "Cutting edge features" and to "Contributing to FreeBSD" should IMO be
> moved to a seperate page.

Yes, this decision was based on the page I saw from you.

> >  o	Moved icons under left bar; they look better
> > 	there IMO.
> 
> I also think those should go.. well, the only one I would like to keep
> in some form is the FreeBSD mall one, in some way, shape, or form.

FreeBSD Mall definitely qualifies. Should we poll the others for more
modern logos?

> >  o	Stylized the footer.
> 
> I think the $FreeBSD$ part should go from the rendered part.. it's not
> really interesting for people (and it does not show date of last
> update since there is generated content e.g. the news section).

Ah.

> > More to come soon!
> 
> Cool, keep up the good work! :-)

Thanks!

--Devon



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