Re: [Dragora-members] Web site: New header draft

[Matias Fonzo]

El 2020-05-18 13:46, Michael Siegel escribió:
> Am 18.05.20 um 18:15 schrieb Matias Fonzo:
> > El 2020-05-18 13:04, Michael Siegel escribió:
>
> > > Sure, but I didn't really understand what you meant by having the 
> > > logo
> > > “as before (without the rounding)” but keeping its position as it is 
> > > in
> > > the new header.
> >
> > The most important thing about the logo is the size so that it can be
> > "understood" or appreciated.  The position of the new scheme is fine,
> > the idea would be that it stands out a little from the header line but
> > that it doesn't clash with the navigation menu.
> >
> > > Did you mean that there should not be an extra background color for 
> > > the
> > > logo (i.e., the logo should better not appear in a bright green 
> > > circle
> > > but on the header background directly)?
> >
> > Exactly.
>
> I see. And you'd want it to be a little bit bigger, right?
>
> So, there are two ways to do this:
>
> 1. Having the logo strictly inside the header bar (and making it all
>    bigger):
>
> |------------------------
> | |------|  |------------
> | |      |  |
> | | LOGO |  | HEADER TEXT
> | |      |  |
> | |------|  |------------
> |------------------------
>
>
> 2. Having the logo stretch over the lower edge of the header bar
>    into the free area between the header bar and the navigation menu:
>
> |------------------------
> | |------|  |------------
> | |      |  |
> | |      |  | HEADER TEXT
> | | LOGO |  |
> | |      |  |------------
> |-|      |----EDGE-------
>   |------|
>
>
> The problem with the second approach is that it looks a bit odd because
> of the “sharp edge” between the header and the body background. (I've
> tried that before.) Giving the logo its own circle background and 
> border
> solves this problem.

Okay, but the logo has to be a little bigger and the color border 
shouldn't be distracting, maybe in "whitesmoke"?.

> By the way, #9400d3 is a pretty extreme color. It think the header
> background should be kept to a grayish color with slightly increased 
> red
> and blue channels in order not to distract from the main text.

I agree with you.

Thanks,
Matías