Suggestion; If such new Incubator logo is to be incorporated on podling sites, could it also be standardized to have a "hover popup" containing the standard text and possibly links to further information (both Incubator-specific as well as podling-specific)?
Cheers Niclas On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:42 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> > wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:23 PM Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> > > wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:06 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >> > All, > >> > > >> > As a follow up to the current discussions happening, I wanted to get > >> > opinions from the IPMC on whether or not the Incubator logo should be > >> > included in podling websites. > >> > > >> > Take https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/BrandingAuditJune2016 as a > >> summary > >> > of podling status. > >> > > >> > 29 podlings presently show the Incubator Logo. 1 podling uses a > custom > >> > version of the logo. This means we're just above 50% matching. The > >> > branding guide indicates that this is a should, which essentially > means > >> > that unless there's some strong reason to not include, it is to be > >> included > >> > on the website. > >> > > >> > I believe the usage of the Incubator logo comes from including parent > >> > project logos on sub-project websites, where podlings are essentially > >> > sub-projects, but I can't find anything confirming this. > >> > > >> > If we are to require the logo to be present, we must spell out the > URL to > >> > the logo to use. This may be a variety of logos, include transparency > >> > effects, with and without borders, but we should guide projects on > where > >> to > >> > find them. > >> > >> In general, this is a good idea, but before we all just +1 the heck > >> out of it, lets > >> make sure that the intent doesn't penalize the podlings by creating an > ugly > >> visual layout for their websites. > >> > > > > Agreed, the discussion will be worthless if its just a series of +1's. > We > > can vote when something's been figured out as working. I suspect that > will > > be a rewrite of http://incubator.apache.org/guides/branding.html#logos > > Correct. > > >> In my view, the best way to think about overall visual layout is along > the > >> lines > >> suggested by Niall in a very much related discussion on Geode: > >> http://markmail.org/message/e4p5owz5swmcyb7d > >> > >> To quote: > >> ============================================================== > >> Going back to the incubator branding issue, I think Geode should > >> incorporate the > >> Incubator logo in its banner at the top of the page, with the aim of > >> replacing it with > >> one of the Apache feather logos when it graduates to a TLP. > >> ============================================================== > >> > >> I think this is a brilliant way to solve it, but it will require us to > >> do a bit of graphic design > >> to dovetail the Incubator artwork into the ASF style. The current logo > >> clearly doesn't > >> cut it, but something along the lines of: > >> http://incubator.apache.org/images/apache-incubator.png > >> actually might. > >> > > > > Well, i'm not sure that we're the ones to do the graphic design. We may > > want to say that one of the incubator logos needs to be incorporated into > > your design. You may want to consider that this logo will be replaced by > > the ASF feather logo once you graduate to a TLP. > > > > I also recall pinging Sally a long while ago about a new incubator logo > > based on the new feather design. > > At this point, I honestly think that we may want to go back and make > it a priority. > > Given the number of podlings in the incubator it is clear to me that > the incubator > visual identity should be treated on-par with ASF's visual identity. > Yes, we're that > important. We didn't scribble the new ASF's visual identity on a > napkin -- we actually > hired professionals. I think we have a pretty strong case for the IPMC > of the same. > > Thanks, > Roman. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java
