[okfn-labs] okfnlabs rebranding

[Rufus Pollock]

Hi,

The theme and css has evolved a bit (e.g. extras for the projects and
members page) which would make a bit of work to re-integrate but if
people were a strong +1 on a reversion to the "darker" theme we could
definitely do that. So options, roughly are:

1. Leave as is
2. Revert to previous theme (with some updates)
3. Enhance or mod current them (or older theme) in, as yet,
unspecified ways - add dancing robots, data hodge-podge machines etc
:-)

Also, would anyone be up for helping make any relevant changes?

Rufus


On 29 May 2013 22:43, Gregor Aisch <gregor.aisch at okfn.org> wrote:
> The web fonts are not loaded in the archived version, so the screenshot is
> not 100% right.
>
> Since the site is a Github repository it was easy to restore a version from
> 2 months ago. I put this up again for reference:
>
> http://okfnlabs.gka.me/
>
> Best,
> Gregor
>
>
> Am 29.05.2013 um 22:09 schrieb Eric Mill <eric at sunlightfoundation.com>:
>
> Here's a screenshot from the Internet Archive's snapshot from a month ago:
>
> <image.png>
>
> And okfnlabs as it is now:
>
> <image.png>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Tom Morris <tfmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Could someone please post a screenshot of the old version?  I clearly
>> didn't pay enough attention to it to remember what the differences are.
>> BTW, clean design is not "anti-hacker."  Have volunteer (as opposed to paid)
>> hacking dropped off significantly since the change?
>>
>> My feedback on the current version:
>> - main page is too long -- I don't need to see blog posts from the summer
>> of 2012
>> - logo doesn't work at icon res (looks fine full res) and, I think, is
>> squished horizontally
>> - projects page just spins forever "loading data"
>> - events page lists 6+ month old events from 2012
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Gregor Aisch <gregor.aisch at okfn.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh no, what happened to the dark & wam & geeky okfnlabs theme?
>>>
>>> To me the new look feels rather cold and emotionless, like a bright,
>>> windowless office room illuminated with neon tubes, lacking any sign of
>>> personality and human life. Not a fun place to hang around and hack on
>>> interesting stuff, but a serious place to do serious work on (probably
>>> boring) projects.
>>>
>>> While I see that this is formally correctly representing the OKF
>>> corporate identity, the design has moved far away from attracting geeks and
>>> hackers, which I thought used to be the purpose of of the site.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Gregor
>>>
>>>
>>>
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