[hibernate-dev] New layout for the website

[Sanne Grinovero]

On 28 September 2017 at 14:09, Sanne Grinovero <sanne at hibernate.org> wrote:
> On 28 September 2017 at 13:11, Steve Ebersole <steve at hibernate.org> wrote:
>> Overall the new design looks amazing.  I do agree with Andrea about the
>> gold backgrounds - that looks anything but modern and does not match the
>> rest of the site design imo.
>>
>> For another iteration... "Getting started" is another group of information
>> that is version specific.
>>
>> A minor thing that I can probably change myself somewhere... I very much
>> dislike "Your relational databases. Handy."  I'm sure everyone will have an
>> opinion like when we discussed "Everything data" refrain.  Some initial
>> thoughts (with varying punctuation options):
>>
>>
>>    1. Your relational data.  Objectively.
>>    2. Your relational data - objectively
>>    3. Object/Relational Mapping
>>    4. All your (relational data)base are belong to us - just for fun :)
>
> I love the fun expression in proposal #4 but I think it would be more
> effective if we can avoid the usage of parentheses.
>
> "All your data are belong to us" ?
>
> I've also been wondering if we could better exploit the amazing name we have.
>
> "Winter is coming, have your object hibernate safely".

Meant this in plural form of course:

"Winter is coming, have your objects hibernate safely".


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>> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:49 AM andrea boriero <andrea at hibernate.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the new layout is fine except for the gold background colour of the
>>> project names, I really do not like it.
>>> What about an opinion from the jboss.org design team?
>>>
>>> On 26 September 2017 at 17:08, Guillaume Smet <guillaume.smet at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Davide D'Alto <davide at hibernate.org>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > There is a background behind the title, the subtitle, the release
>>> > > version and the  "Documentation".
>>> > > The end result is that it's hard to understand what's a link or button
>>> > > and therefore can be clicked.
>>> > >
>>> > > I think it would work better without any background colour.
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > Yes, as you know, I disagree. I think it makes the website more colourful
>>> > and the header less empty.
>>> >
>>> > I think the buttons have a proper style you can't really mix with a
>>> simple
>>> > background.
>>> >
>>> > As for the documentation page, I must agree there is maybe a bit too much
>>> > of background in the content of the page but it's really not easy to make
>>> > it look appealing.
>>> >
>>> > Note that I just pushed a commit to make the buttons look consistent
>>> > everywhere with the icon at the right so that they are more easily
>>> > recognizable. I hope it helps a bit.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > I like the documentation page, I was surprised that we didn't use the
>>> > > same approach for the releases page.
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > We might discuss that later. For now, it's basically the same pages Yoann
>>> > pushed this morning, just a bit more colourful.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Guillaume
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