Hello FLAC developers, I'm one of the Xiph webmasters and I wanted to get some input from you guys for how you feel about some ideas that were being kicked around. There is some need to redesign the Xiph.org website into something that is more useful, organized, and accessible. There is also a push to redo parts of the Xiph branding with new logos, mottos, etc to clear up consumer confusion over what Xiph is. While this redesign is being done, it offers the opportunity to unify the Xiph project websites into a complementary design. This is not a requirement by any means, but it would make administration of the project's websites much easier. It would also make navigation between projects easier for users as there wouldn't be a need to reorient themselves each time. Initial ideas offer two simultaneous solutions. The first would be to move all of the current website information for each project into a standard, but highly customizable template. The underlying HTML layout would be identical but the look and feel for each website would be customized through the use of CSS. The second would be for projects that want to maintain their old design. This involves the simple addition of a "banner" across the top that contains some type of Xiph branding. This would be a lot like what is at the top of http://www.speex.org/ While the first solution is most desirable in the grand scheme of things, it is not something that we want to pressure onto anyone. As always, projects are free to move at their own pace and the direction that they feel is best. So my question to you would be how do you feel about all of these ideas? A few screenshots of concept designs are available here: http://commo.de/xiph/Concepts/ Comments and suggestions are much appreciated. Atamido
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 12:33:19PM -0600, Paul Bryson wrote:> > The second would be for projects that want to maintain their old design. > This involves the simple addition of a "banner" across the top that > contains some type of Xiph branding. This would be a lot like what is at > the top of http://www.speex.org/I don't want to see us become a monolithic "pod culture". A banner at the top, as we've done in the past, is thus a good plan IMHO. I also feel it important to seperate "technical" from "public". I'd like, ie, ogg.org to be used for a public outreach site, ala mp3.com. Much like what vorbis.com is being used for now. I think that vorbis.com/.org, theora.org, etc should be media outlet sites. Splash and boom, look how awesome it is! This is how you use it! Wow, look at all this software. ogg.org could be a frontend for this. xiph.org should have technical information and project updates. Ala "Ogg Traffic". The sites you are working on so far look just like that - information on Xiph, why we do what we do, press outreach, mailing lists, how to contribute, bugtracker, wiki... -- "The question is no longer between violence and non-violence; It is between non-violence and non-existence." - Martin Luther King, Jr
From: "Arc" <arc@Xiph.org>> On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 12:33:19PM -0600, Paul Bryson wrote: >> >> The second would be for projects that want to maintain their old design. >> This involves the simple addition of a "banner" across the top that >> contains some type of Xiph branding. This would be a lot like what is at >> the top of http://www.speex.org/ > > I don't want to see us become a monolithic "pod culture". A banner at > the top, as we've done in the past, is thus a good plan IMHO.What's wrong with a pod culture? People turn their heads when you say "I pod."> I also feel it important to seperate "technical" from "public". I'd > like, ie, ogg.org to be used for a public outreach site, ala mp3.com. > Much like what vorbis.com is being used for now.Fine, but that could be an entirely different project. Honestly none of the projects have anything that resembles a page like that, they are all essentially technical pages. I am talking about consolidating existing pages into a single system.> I think that vorbis.com/.org, theora.org, etc should be media outlet > sites. Splash and boom, look how awesome it is! This is how you use > it! Wow, look at all this software. ogg.org could be a frontend for > this.Great.> xiph.org should have technical information and project updates. Ala > "Ogg Traffic". The sites you are working on so far look just like that > - information on Xiph, why we do what we do, press outreach, mailing > lists, how to contribute, bugtracker, wiki...Right, all of the technical information currently spread out over several project websites with different formats and layouts. The wait has already lasted years to get this done. Give me the go, and I could have it up in a week. Atamido