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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: KOffice websites (another possible design)
From:       "Troy Unrau" <jhtd () mts ! net>
Date:       1999-07-28 2:21:11
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Very good, looks fine in MS IE5 and NN 4.5 under Win98.  Haven't tested in
Linux, it's broken :)

Troy

|Jeremy Blosser [jblosser@firinn.org] wrote:
|> I'm hoping to find time today to work up another possible design,
|
|Wasn't able to get to it til today, but here it is:
|
| http://koffice.cymry.org/
|
|If you're using KFM, you won't /quite/ get the full effect (though it
|should work just fine regardless), see
|
| http://koffice.cymry.org/netscape_shot.png
|
|to see the "pretty" version.
|
|None of the links work, so don't bother.  Exception is the "KDE" link in
|the text body.  This is just to show the idea.  I envsion the sub pages
|looking just like the first page, with the same sidebar and everything
|(hopefully using SSI to save some space, but doesn't have to be).  Possibly
|could also have the top graphic change to just show KWord shots on the
|KWord page, etc.
|
|The navbar links are from Joel's posted sitemap.  The icons are from the
|CVS.  All the graphics (logo, screenshots, icons) are mostly there to show
|the idea and can certainly be replaced with newer/more official ones.
|
|Things I like about this design:
|- It's simple, clean and professional looking, IMO.
|- It dynamically adjusts to fit the width of their screen (try it).
|- It's easy to navigate like the existing framed version, but doesn't use
|  frames.
|
|Things I don't like:
|- It does use the one CSS element, which KFM can't see.  I did have this
|  just as a <td background=""> tag, but KFM can't do that either and it's
|  not a valid tag in HTML 4.0 so I just did it the CSS way.  I think it
|  looks fine anyway in KFM without.
|- It's a bit big, but still very manageable (and smaller than most
|  comparable sites).  The largest element is the top graphic and that loads
|  last, so people don't have to wait for it.
|- It doesn't use the logo from the current KOffice site, which I think is
|  somewhat official.  The colors and design didn't really work with what I
|  wanted to try.  How tied are we to that logo?  If it's a done deal, we
|  should probably just design around that.

Other comments?

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Jeremy Blosser   |   jblosser@firinn.org   |   http://jblosser.firinn.org/
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