New website (my redesign, work in progress)

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> Hi folks!
> 
> After seeing a request from Hans earlier today for someone to jazz up
> the website a bit, I decided to dive right in. 
> 
> http://tylere.ath.cx
> 
> Here's my personal todo list.
> 
> 1. Create a logo. Done (See how you like it! I'm quite pleased. See a
> full size version at http://tylere.ath.cx/lilylogobig.png) 


I was thinking along of the word LilyPond (note capitalization),
alongside a stylized logo (in vector graphics) in a few colors: neat,
clear and elegant.

examples:

 * http://www.ghostscript.com/ :

 * redhat

 * apple (see
   http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/index.php3?section=gallery/logos)

> 2. Have the header and footer in a different color. Partially done. 
> 
> 3. Rework navigation menus. Not done. I'm leaning towards a sidebar at
> this point. I just don't like the way it's handled now at all.
>
> Comments? Criticisms? Flames?

Side bars suck up screen estate on long pages, and force small-screen
users to scroll in not one but two directions. I don't like them.


BTW, I leave for a holiday tonight, you'll have to do without my input
for a week...

Czech fans can try to attend the Horn class in Nove Straseci
(www.hornclass.cz) where my playing will be scrutinously analyzed by
some hornistic big wigs.



ps. The music image on the entry page is a nice try, but there is
already so much notation pictures on the page as it is.  Better have a
different picture.


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Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden   |   http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen