Re: Web page and new logo

[Michael Creel]

Whoa! Nice screenshot on the web page! Looks a lot better IMHO. Thanks
to all involved.
Cheers, M.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Søren Hauberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> ons, 09 02 2011 kl. 03:57 -0500, skrev John W. Eaton:
>> On  5-Feb-2011, Søren Hauberg wrote:
>>
>> | lør, 05 02 2011 kl. 10:34 -0500, skrev John W. Eaton:
>> | > On  5-Feb-2011, Søren Hauberg wrote:
>> | >
>> | > | Hi All
>> | > |
>> | > | I'm not sure what the plans are wrt. the web page and our new logo. As 
>> a
>> | > | minimal update I would suggest the attached changes, which simply
>> | > |
>> | > |   * puts the logo next to the current page header
>> | > |   * highlights the currently selected page in the navigation bar in
>> | > | orange (the colour appearing in the logo).
>> | > |
>> | > | This is not a perfect change, but I think the least we could do is show
>> | > | off our new logo :-)
>> | >
>> | > I like the change adding the logo, but I find the blue text on the
>> | > orange background hard to read.  Maybe it would help if the orange was
>> | > not quite as bright?
>> |
>> | In my browser, the text on the orange background is black (not blue),
>> | but I get your point about readability. I picked the orange colour
>> | simply by copying the one used in the logo, so I'm not sure if we should
>> | change the colour. Two options could be
>> |
>> |   * just keep the grey colour that is currently used, or
>> |   * make the font bold, by adding
>> |
>> |      font-weight: bold;
>> |
>> |     to 'div#nav div#currentnav' in octave.css.
>>
>> I added the logo to the header and made some other changes to the
>> navigation bar and colors.  There's still a lot we could improve on,
>> but I think it looks a little better now.
>
> I think it looks a lot better; nice job!
>
> BTW. the 'Funding' page gives information about the UW Foundation; do
> they still accept Octave funding?
>
> Søren
>
>