Re: [pygame] Pygame Website Rewrite: First alpha version ready for testing

[Devon Scott-Tunkin <djvonfunkin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks. She's right about the teal gradient:).
The current design is VERY alpha, more basic layout to get started then anything and I'm really just playing with the colors at this point. Adobe kuler is also good for color schemes.

Devon

--- On Sun, 5/24/09, Tyler Laing <trinioler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Tyler Laing <trinioler@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [pygame] Pygame Website Rewrite: First alpha version ready for  testing
> To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 4:17 PM
> Hi, lots of good work there. I sent
> over your current design, as of sun may 24, 2:02 PM, to an
> artist friend of mine. Also, I sent her the old design. She
> had some advice and criticisms:
> 
> "The gradient must disappear. On the
> first one and on both of them the dark green does not match
> the yellower-based greens. They need
> to pick a theme of green thoughout. Not teal green and then
> toss in some lime. It just doesn't match or coordinate
> at all."
> 
> 
> "What they really need is a
> blend of the new site and the old. Because the new site is
> too sparse and the old one is too busy without having
> good-looking dividers."
> 
> About the new site design: "Just make
> sure that their greens match. The
> white background's(for the new site) not bad but
> it's pretty stark.  I'd say maybe the
> best thing would be just a solid background, or just take
> out that big image and do a simple texture on the background
> paired with a smaller, more modest header image.
> Also the tables in the white are very
> boring. They should have better borders or a little
> color."
> 
> 
> If you want to use green, she suggests using this website
> to pick a color scheme: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/colors.php
> 
> Just remember, if you don't like the advice, you
> don't have to listen to her, but it is advice intended
> to make the site better. :)
> 
> 
> -Tyler
> 
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:48 PM,
> jug <jug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> A first version of the rewritten pygame.org
> website is ready for testing:
> 
> 
> 
>    http://pygameweb.no-ip.org/
> 
> 
> 
> Main focus is on project management and user system. News
> are also
> 
> yet available. Feel free to register or log in with
> guest/guest, create and
> 
> edit projects, releases, screenshots and your profile or
> vote the
> 
> (dummy-)project of the month.
> 
> 
> 
> Devon is still working on the design and often changes it.
> 
> 
> 
> For development organization we use Trac and a mailing list
> at google groups.
> 
> More information at http://pygameweb.no-ip.org/trac/wiki/.
> 
> 
> 
> If you spot any bugs or have an idea for this first version
> thats not
> 
> already on our ToDo list (http://pygameweb.no-ip.org/trac/wiki/ToDo)
> 
> create a ticket.
> 
> 
> 
> There was a problem with email and Trac, but now, all
> registration
> 
> and email stuff should work.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Julian
> 
> 
> 
> 
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