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Date:      Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:46:28 +0100
From:      Chris Zumbrunn <chris@zumbrunn.com>
To:        freebsd-www@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Simon L.Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Rework of the FreeBSD website [was:FreeBSD'sVisualIdentity:Outdated?]
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On Jan 4, 2005, at 1:00 AM, Chris Zumbrunn wrote:

> On Jan 4, 2005, at 12:22 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>
>> On 2005-01-02 12:07, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> On 2005.01.01 01:24:07 +0100, Chris Zumbrunn wrote:
>>>> I did some further tweaking of the mockups:
>>>> [...]
>>>> The new versions have the following URLs:
>>>> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb1c.gif
>>>> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb2c.gif
>>>
>>> Very interesting, is the source available somewhere so we can look at
>>> the actualy amount of work getting this integrated into the web site?
>>>
>>>> I also added a mockup of what an even more minimalist approach could
>>>> look like:
>>>>
>>>> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb1d.gif
>>>>
>>>> This version just requires changing three lines in the css style
>>>> definition and replacing the one image file. Would this be a
>>>> reasonable first step?
>>>
>>> I think it would be more interesting getting the bar thinggy
>>> integrated at the same time, since it does not look like a lot of 
>>> work
>>> getting it all in at the same time.
>>
>> True true :)
>>
>> Ideally, we can add the interesting shaded bar by modifying just one
>> file: `www/share/sgml/includes.header.sgml'.
>>
>> Chris, can we see the source, please?
>>
>> - Giorgos
>
> The mockups you've seen so far had not been done in html - these have 
> just been image mockups. I've since implemented them in html, but they 
> are not quite finished yet. I should have them ready within the next 
> 24h.
>
> Chris

The html versions are now available from the following URLs:

http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb1e.html
http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsdweb2e.html

How does that look?

There is also a patch http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/patch.txt but I'm 
not sure if it's usable. At least it should provide you with a good 
overview of the kind of modifications involved.

Chris

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