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

Mon Jun 17 10:56:13 EDT 2013

If we did go with this, we'd have to customize it, and I'm not really sure
that would put us in a better place than we are at right now.

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Lincoln Baxter, III <
lincolnbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't like it. It's too vanilla.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:41 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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>>
>>
>>
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> "Simpler is better."
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