[forge-dev] Fwd: JBoss Community Bootstrap theme release announcement

[Dan Allen]

I recommend (based on the colors currently on the Forge site) to throw some
red and orange in there, to give it more of that forge flare.

Something in mind like: http://www.navaching.com/forge/forge.gifs/Forge2.jpg

To get a color scheme, I highly recommend http://colorschemedesigner.com/.
I like it because you can start with one color, then see all the colors
that go with that color in the various relationships (mono, triad,
complement, etc). That's what I used to get all the colors done for the
example Asciidoctor stylesheets. There are other tools, but I keep going
back to this one. You almost don't have to know what you are doing :)

-Dan


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:41 PM, <ggastald at redhat.com> wrote:

>  Hi Dan,
>
> Yeah, couldn't agree more. These examples are really eye-catching.
> Also unsurprisingly they are Bootstrap-based websites too :)
>
> However I think we need to find a perfect color combo for the Forge
> website (something "catchy" like the purple and green in Arquillian).
> Any design expert volunteer to aid on this job ?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> George Gastaldi
>
>
> On 06/12/2013 05:01 PM, Dan Allen wrote:
>
> Overall it's a pretty good theme. I have a few critiques, though:
>
>  1. The content font size should go up at least one more pixel. The
> smaller it is, the easier it is to skim or skip.
>  2. The black text color should be no lighter than #444444 (it's
> currently #656565). Anything less than #444444 is just being mean to
> readers.
>  3. I'd like to see some other colors than blue and gray. It looks too
> monotonous as is. (One of the best parts of Arquillian.org is the purple
> and green! Don't fear color!!)
>
>  -Dan
>
>  p.s. Per the color point, here are some examples that pop:
>  - http://jekyllrb.com
>  - http://emberjs.com
> - http://pedestal.io/
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:37 PM, George Gastaldi <ggastald at redhat.com>wrote:
>
>>  I think we should use it in our website. Thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Início da mensagem encaminhada
>>
>>  *De:* Ryszard Koźmik <rkozmik at redhat.com>
>> *Data:* 12 de junho de 2013 16:29:55 BRT
>> *Para:* jboss-dev-all R&D <jboss-dev-all at redhat.com>, thecore Core <
>> thecore at redhat.com>
>> *Cc:* Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com>, James Cobb <jcobb at redhat.com>, Mark
>> Newton <mnewton at redhat.com>
>> *Assunto:* *JBoss Community Bootstrap theme release announcement*
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>  The jboss.org Team are proud to announce the release of the JBoss
>> Community Bootstrap theme aimed at projects wishing to host project pages
>> using the jboss.org domain name (e.g. jboss.org/<project> or <project>.
>> jboss.org):
>>
>>  https://github.com/jbossorg/bootstrap-community/tree/2.3.1.0<https://github.com/jbossorg/bootstrap-community>
>>
>>  The theme is structured as an Awestruct project in order to act as a
>> starting point for development of project pages, principally through the
>> use of HAML layouts which have been confirmed to work well with the
>> modified Bootstrap CSS and JavaScript. Although the CSS (LESS) and
>> JavaScript source code are stored in the repo the intention is for projects
>> to reference the compiled/hosted versions at:
>>
>>  http://static.jboss.org/theme/css/bootstrap-community/2.3.1.0/ - the
>> first part of the version number represents the version of Bootstrap being
>> customised (here it is Bootstrap 2.3.1)
>> http://static.jboss.org/theme/js/libs/bootstrap-community/2.3.1.0/
>>
>>  This ensures that the L&F for all projects using the jboss.org domain
>> has some form of consistency, rather than each project having their own
>> modifications and looking slightly different. Ideally all projects will
>> update to subsequent releases of the JBoss Community Bootstrap theme at the
>> same time but we recognise there may be some delay which could introduce
>> some inconsistencies.
>>
>>  Full instructions for use can be found in the README.md<https://github.com/jbossorg/bootstrap-community/blob/2.3.1.0/README.md> file
>> including System Requirements and steps to fork the repo contents into your
>> own GitHub organization in order to start your project.
>>
>>  You can find an example project site using the latest version of the
>> JBoss Community Bootstrap theme here:
>>
>>  http://example.jboss.org
>>
>>  If you'd like to report issues with the theme please use the '
>> www.jboss.org (Awestruct)' component of the
>> http://issues.jboss.org/browse/ORG project.
>>
>>  Staging and Trademarked Images
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> In addition to the www_htdocs/<project> directories on filemgmt.jboss.org that
>> contain the production versions of your project websites you can now upload
>> files to a stg_htdocs/<project> directory in order to test them first on a
>> staging domain name, e.g. <project>-stg.jboss.org
>>
>>  Similarly you can now upload any Red Hat trademarked images such as
>> project logos, banners and desktops to an images_htdocs/<project> directory
>> which makes them accessible from http://static.jboss.org/images/<project> as
>> per legal requirements. These can then be referenced in your project pages.
>>
>>  This release was a combined effort from the jboss.org team and Eng Ops
>> with additional thanks going to Xavier Coulon, Jason Porter and Pete Muir
>> for reporting issues and suggesting fixes.
>>
>>  Best Regards,
>> Rysiek
>>
>>      ---
>> Ryszard Koźmik
>> jboss.org Team
>>
>>
>>
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