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Subject: [kde-promo] Re: Get the promo booklet ready by January
From: Damien Tardy-Panis <damientardypanis () gmail ! com>
Date: 2011-01-03 14:16:00
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2011/1/3 Felix Michel <felix_michel@gmx.ch>
> Hey Damien,
>
> Happy new year too and thanks for your comments.
>
>
> > Yes I think you can include that part in the "Contribute chapter" as a
> > subpart like "Get Involved" right after the "KDE teams" pages.
> > I think it was designed to be like this.
>
> alright, that=B4s perfect, i will put it in.
>
> > Yes, I think we should maybe send a mail to the kde-artist mailing list
> to
> > ask for their help on the cover and the screenshots (btw it seems that
> you
> > strangely scaled current screenshots because they are stretched in the
> > vertical direction, but that's not a problem for the moment). I also
> think
> > we can ask them some artwork to put in the booklet : some pages have no
> > content in the sidebar and rather than always putting there a text, we
> can
> > put some drawings like those you can see in the background of the last
> KDE
> > quaterly report http://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-quarterly-2010Q3.pdf. It
> will
> > make the booklet more "animated". If they don't have time to provide
> > several
> > artwork, we can also put some available artwork from Oxygen icons and
> > things
> > like that.
> > What do you think of all this ?
>
> great idea! we dont need text all over, but empty spaces are just really
> bad. Could you write an email to kde-artist list and ask for a cover and =
so
> on?
>
>
Yes, of course, I will write and send it this evening.
>
> > - As I said pages with nothing in the sidebar feels too much empty. We
> > will
> > deal with that with some artwork or new texts. For some pages, you can
> > also
> > transfer some texts from a box to a sidebar when there is a box in the
> > page
> > and nothing in the sidebar : pages 12, 20, 21.
> >
> > - For the pages with "KDE teams boxes" in the Contribute chapter, I thi=
nk
> > we
> > can do special pages for them. I mean no sidebar to use the full width,
> > this
> > way we can put all of them in the 2 facing pages (maybe with one
> different
> > soft color for each ? Green tone ? otherwise it will be all grey...).
> > Following the same idea, a special page for the "Links". I think it's
> > better
> > to have the description and the url on the same line (like what you did
> > for
> > the previous references) : it's easier to read (btw the previous text
> > beginning with "We hope we enjoyed..." was written to be put just above
> > these links in the same page).
> >
> > - Personally I would slightly lower the tone of boxes' color. These are
> > already highlighted due to their shape/position, no need to reinforce
> that
> > with a dark color.
> >
> > I have few other really small remarks that can wait some time :
> > - check all application names to put them in bold (only once at the fir=
st
> > appearance)
> > - put links as links and not as text : if the booklet is also released =
as
> > a
> > pdf, it will be great to have real links you can click on.
> > - put a caption for screenshots (as suggested by Agata and Jenny).
>
> i will look into this. could someone add these captions? i will change th=
e
> grey color of the boxes to a lighter grey and for the teams section i mak=
e
> something more appealing. the links part i have to check put it has to be
> done the way you said.
>
Ok great ! For the captions, maybe we should wait for the final screenshots=
.
I will add these captions if you want once it's done.
>
> thanks again.
>
> cheers
>
> felix
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<div class="gmail_quote">2011/1/3 Felix Michel <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:felix_michel@gmx.ch">felix_michel@gmx.ch</a>></span><br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Hey Damien,<br>
<br>
Happy new year too and thanks for your comments.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> Yes I think you can include that part in the "Contribute chapter" as \
a<br> > subpart like "Get Involved" right after the "KDE \
teams" pages.<br> > I think it was designed to be like this.<br>
<br>
</div>alright, thatīs perfect, i will put it in.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Yes, I think we should maybe send a mail to the kde-artist mailing list to<br>
> ask for their help on the cover and the screenshots (btw it seems that you<br>
> strangely scaled current screenshots because they are stretched in the<br>
> vertical direction, but that's not a problem for the moment). I also \
think<br> > we can ask them some artwork to put in the booklet : some pages have \
no<br> > content in the sidebar and rather than always putting there a text, we \
can<br> > put some drawings like those you can see in the background of the last \
KDE<br> > quaterly report <a \
href="http://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-quarterly-2010Q3.pdf" \
target="_blank">http://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-quarterly-2010Q3.pdf</a>. It will<br> \
> make the booklet more "animated". If they don't have time to \
provide<br> > several<br>
> artwork, we can also put some available artwork from Oxygen icons and<br>
> things<br>
> like that.<br>
> What do you think of all this ?<br>
<br>
</div>great idea! we dont need text all over, but empty spaces are just really bad. \
Could you write an email to kde-artist list and ask for a cover and so on?<br> \
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Yes, of course, \
I will write and send it this evening.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); \
padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div class="h5">
<br>
> - As I said pages with nothing in the sidebar feels too much empty. We<br>
> will<br>
> deal with that with some artwork or new texts. For some pages, you can<br>
> also<br>
> transfer some texts from a box to a sidebar when there is a box in the<br>
> page<br>
> and nothing in the sidebar : pages 12, 20, 21.<br>
><br>
> - For the pages with "KDE teams boxes" in the Contribute chapter, I \
think<br> > we<br>
> can do special pages for them. I mean no sidebar to use the full width,<br>
> this<br>
> way we can put all of them in the 2 facing pages (maybe with one different<br>
> soft color for each ? Green tone ? otherwise it will be all grey...).<br>
> Following the same idea, a special page for the "Links". I think \
it's<br> > better<br>
> to have the description and the url on the same line (like what you did<br>
> for<br>
> the previous references) : it's easier to read (btw the previous text<br>
> beginning with "We hope we enjoyed..." was written to be put just \
above<br> > these links in the same page).<br>
><br>
> - Personally I would slightly lower the tone of boxes' color. These are<br>
> already highlighted due to their shape/position, no need to reinforce that<br>
> with a dark color.<br>
><br>
> I have few other really small remarks that can wait some time :<br>
> - check all application names to put them in bold (only once at the first<br>
> appearance)<br>
> - put links as links and not as text : if the booklet is also released as<br>
> a<br>
> pdf, it will be great to have real links you can click on.<br>
> - put a caption for screenshots (as suggested by Agata and Jenny).<br>
<br>
</div></div>i will look into this. could someone add these captions? i will change \
the grey color of the boxes to a lighter grey and for the teams section i make \
something more appealing. the links part i have to check put it has to be done the \
way you said.<br> </blockquote><div><br>Ok great ! For the captions, maybe we should \
wait for the final screenshots. I will add these captions if you want once it's \
done.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
thanks again.<br>
<br>
cheers<br>
<br>
felix<br>
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