Was very good work Hooshyar Naraghi. []'s
-- Thiago Avelino http://www.avelino.us http://www.twitter.com/avelino0 On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Hooshyar Naraghi <hnara...@hanzinet.com>wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to share yet another design for the Django Project web site. > First, I jump in with the design, and at the end I'll say a little about my > background. > > First, the design. > > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9D91R1_2bXLd0dKM21tOUVRRjQ > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9D91R1_2bXLT3ZrTnNUX0syeUU > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9D91R1_2bXLSGlzX0hmRGtxZWc > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9D91R1_2bXLNWp4eXNtM3VsOVk > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9D91R1_2bXLejAzdFJyNlF4MUU > > The only difference in the above screenshots is to show case the different > "points of entry" (POE, aka "call to action") in the block "I am a ...." > This is one way to direct different types of visitors. We tried "I am a..." > functionality last year, when my business redesigned the web site of the > NGO VIA Programs (http://www.VIAPrograms.org). The web site is visited by > different kinds of people. In addition to explicit POE on the web site, > (you see the three POE at the top, which open a drop-down panel), we also > implemented an "I am a..." (you can find it on the Search drop-down panel). > My client is happy with this implementation, as they really service > different interests within their organization. I should add the disclaimer > I saw this "I am a..." on a web site many moons ago, but I didn't bother to > record it. So, I am inspired by it (Dana, yes, we steal great ideas, and > why not) and have used it on web sites that can really leverage it. > > My design is straightforward, but I would like to point out that the main > block is going to show a rotating slide presentation, if it doesn't look > evident on this non-interactive screenshot. Each slide could emphasize one > aspect of Django. For example, a video clip can be placed on one of the > slides, and so on. Second, for this submission, I didn't pay attention to > the content on the slide. I simply copied text from the current web site. > > As others who kindly submitted their designs, I would love to read your > feedback and will be glad to post any revision. > > About > > I run and own a small web app development business. We are a pure > Django/Python shop (OK, with a frizzle of PHP here and there -- read as > setting up MediaWiki, WordPress, and Joomla). Since 2006 I have used Django > in all of our custom-built web apps. We also take on UI/UX design for all > of our projects. > > Although I consider myself and my team indebted to Django forever, > nevertheless, I have not contributed anything significant to the Django > community. So, when I read about the Redesign project on this group, I > thought this could be one opportunity my business should contribute. My > commitment in this project will include producing final HTML mockups and of > course any needed revision. > > Regards, > Hooshyar > > > > On Saturday, April 28, 2012 1:05:27 AM UTC-7, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: >> >> Hi Dana, >> >> I completely agree. I've been trying to get a redesign of >> djangoproject.com going for quite some time under the auspices of the >> Django Foundation. As you can see from the lack of changes, you can see >> that I haven't been particularly successful :-( >> >> The fundamental problem is that we have plenty of coding talent at our >> disposal, but not as much design talent. That's not to say that there >> aren't many talented designers in our community -- there are -- it's just >> that they're all very busy. We've approached several people in the Django >> design community asking them to help out, and some have even made done some >> initial work. However, redesign of a high-profile site like >> djangoproject.com is a big job, and nobody has been able to spare the >> time to bring the job to completion. >> >> So - at this point I'm open to any offers. I want to avoid design by >> committee -- ideally, I would like to pass this off to a single person (or >> a small group) and give them complete control over design process. I'm not >> completely sure how to organise who gets this role -- suggestions are >> welcome. >> >> If you (or anyone else) is interested, drop me a line and I can give you >> the design brief we've been working with. >> >> Yours, >> Russ Magee %-) >> >> >> >> On Saturday, 28 April 2012 at 3:22 PM, Dana Woodman wrote: >> >> > So now that Django is being moved to Git/Github (which is awesome!), >> maybe it would be a good time to think about a revamped home page for the >> project ala djangoproject.com (http://djangoproject.com)? >> > >> > Obviously this is no small undertaking and would be potentially >> contentions as to what would be the proper path, but I feel (and I don't >> think I'm alone) that djangoproject.com (http://djangoproject.com) could >> use a bit of a facelift. >> > >> > I have some idea of my own as to how this could be accomplished and I'm >> sure there are a ton of others out there with great ideas as well. Maybe we >> could open up some discussion on this idea? >> > >> > Forgive me if this has been proposed before as I'm new to the group! >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Dana >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Django developers" group. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >> msg/django-developers/-/**g8ngEnVG_EsJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/-/g8ngEnVG_EsJ>. >> >> > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@** >> googlegroups.com <django-developers@googlegroups.com> (mailto: >> django-developers@**googlegroups.com <django-developers@googlegroups.com>). >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-developers+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<django-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>(mailto: >> django-developers+**unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>). >> >> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/django-developers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en>. >> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/-/8CyaqpMlkP4J. > > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. 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