[geeklog-devel] Geeklog 1.7.1rc1 & looking ahead

[Rouslan Placella]

I think that it is necessary to have some guidelines to make sure that
artwork that is created by different developers is consistent and works
well together.

When I started work on those icons, I really just took a stab at it in
the hope that people would like them. I tried to follow to the "Tango!"
guidelines[1], but I have deviated from them a bit. I must say that from
I have seem, I think that the reaction so far has been positive.

If there are plans to continue improving the graphics, it would make
sense to have "Geeklog style guidelines". Because I'm a newbie in
open-source software development, I don't know how things work around
here and what is necessary for this (or if this is even necessary).

If such guidelines are to be created, I would suggest that one of them
should be that all graphics should be available in SVG format. This is
because it is much easier to maintain vector graphics, rather then
raster graphics. In fact, I'm keeping an SVG copy of every icon that
I've worked on so far ;)

As far as GL logo goes, I'm available to do work on it, if this is
required. Not straight away, as I will be moving house shortly, but in
about 2-3 weeks. One issue that I can see with the current logo is that
it is saved in a not-very-nice format: GIF. This format has only a 1-bit
alpha channel, resulting in incorrect display when the background colour
is something other then what the image was created for. This problem is
very obvious on the demo site, if you switch the theme. A much better
format is PNG, because it has an 8-bit alpha channel. This allows for
good display on any background, but it is not handled very gracefully by
ancient browsers like IE5 and IE6.

That's my thoughts so far.

Rouslan.

[1] http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines

On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 22:56 +0200, cordiste wrote:
> Hi Rouslan,
> 
> Welcome back.
> Do you have some ideas we can follow to improve geeklog logo and the
> main theme. Something like your nice icons.
> 
> Ben
> 
> 2010/10/11 Rouslan Placella <rouslan at placella.com>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I had disappeared for a while due to personal reasons, but very shortly
> > I will be available again for work on geeklog.
> >
> > Some time ago I offered to do some work on GL icons (
> > http://www.geeklog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=90655 ). I'm still
> > up for the job and can deliver within a few weeks. I can also help with
> > other graphics and general coding, if you'd like me to.
> >
> > Rouslan.
> >
> > On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 09:55 -0400, Tom wrote:
> >> This stems from the talks about a new Geeklog theme and site redesign.
> >>
> >> I wouldn't mind for 1.8.0 to update the professional theme and get rid of
> >> all those tables. I have been planning to check out the updated professional
> >> theme called ProfessionalCSS_en from geeklog.jp with the idea of using it:
> >>
> >> http://www.geeklog.net/filemgmt/index.php/1011
> >>
> >> I would like to keep the professional theme (the updated one) as the default
> >> for all Geeklog installs since it makes a good base for creating new themes.
> >>
> >>
> >> As Randy suggested I also think Geeklog.net homepage needs a bit of a
> >> redesign (theme and layout). I agree with the suggestion of a bounty for
> >> this project (once we discuss what we want) since nobody has stepped forward
> >> to offer their services. I see this theme also being included in the install
> >> once finished.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> PS I will be working on the OAuth support fist.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net
> >> [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Dirk Haun
> >> Sent: October-10-10 1:28 PM
> >> To: Geeklog Development
> >> Subject: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog 1.7.1rc1 & looking ahead
> >>
> >> Geeklog 1.7.1rc1 is finally up and available for download:
> >>
> >> http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/geeklog-1.7.1rc1
> >>
> >> I had some problems with the Static Pages plugin when updating geeklog.net.
> >> Anyone else?
> >>
> >>
> >> Looking ahead: Are any of our GSoC projects in a state where we could get
> >> them into Geeklog 1.8.0 within the next 6 weeks or so?
> >>
> >> I know Tom wants to include the OAuth support provided by our friends from
> >> geeklog.jp. Anything else on the agenda? I'd suggest we try and keep our
> >> schedule (major releases in April and November) - but of course we need some
> >> new features for a major release in the first place ;-) Instead of
> >> implementing new stuff at this point, though, we should concentrate on
> >> finishing things we already have in the pipeline - such as our GSoC
> >> projects.
> >>
> >> bye, Dirk
> >>
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