On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 17:20 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > From: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> > > > > I would argue that a lot of stuff is part of the > > main GNOME web, or should be. And they'll actually > > feel like part of our web site if we put a little > > effort behind making it happen. > > Agreed. > > > <snip> > > The biggest issue is that subdomains are often using > > the global header icon to link to the top-level of > > that subdomain, rather than to wgo. Personally, I > > don't even think that's a problem if they use custom > > header icons, like art.gnome.org does. > > I think there should still be a link back to wgo > somewhere in the header. It's quite annoying to get > lost in subdomain and not be able to get back. In retrospect, I think you're right. I think a big reason subsites often change the logo image and/or target is that it's so highly prominent. In another email, I advocated keeping the main header bar small. With a proper design, I think there could be room for subsite logos without breaking the main logo. > > Furthermore, custom backgrounds or colors in the > > header > > should be encouraged on subdomains, or on > > significant > > subsections of the site. > > Yes, that helps with navigation: you get a visual feel > of where you are in the site. And with all that in mind, I'm attaching a tarball with a quick mockup. It has three HTML files: about, library, and foundation. They all use the same global header. * about shows a simple page with just a single header. * foundation shows how the header can have a customized color on subsites, and also shows a sidebar. * library shows one potential way to make subheaders for particular subsites or subsections. I don't see any reason we can't have multiple subheader designs in use. Please imagine that this got reworked by somebody like Andreas who can actually draw and see colors correctly. -- Shaun
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