FreeBSD design proposal

[Marc Fonvieille]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 12:36:23AM +1000, Emily Boyd wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> By way of introduction, I'm a participant in Google's Summer of Code
> program, in which students contribute to open source projects over the
> summer.
> 
> I know there has been much discussion on this list in the past few
> months regarding a redesign of freebsd.org. I'd like to propose the
> following design as the basis for a redesigned website:
> 
> http://www.emilyboyd.com/design/freebsd/homepage_proposal.png
> http://www.emilyboyd.com/design/freebsd/secondpage_proposal.png
> 
> I've learnt a lot from reviewing the earlier redesigns proposed by folks
> like Devon O'Dell, Chris Zumbrunn, and others. The input on this list
> from people such as Ceri Davies and Simon Nielsen has also been invaluable.
> 
> If my design proposal is accepted, I would be able to code up the design
> as SGML/XSLT templates so that the existing website can be rapidly
> converted to the new style and launched in time for 6.0-RELEASE.
>

That may collide with the new logo.  I don't know what will be the new
logo, but its shape, color, etc. may ask a different layout or at least
a different color scheme.  I assume you thought about this; the CSS
system used should be flexible enough.

> Various members of core@ and marketing@ have reviewed my design, and
> have offered a lot of encouragement. I would love to hear additional
> feedback from those on this list.
>

It looks very clean.  Does is render well under 800x600 or with a text
browser?

Marc