[PD] Editing CSS style, make pd.info better? [WAS: puredata.info site design provocation]

[András Murányi]

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 15:07, Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com> wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> I've been playing around with the CSS styles again.
> This time I implemented a similar style of the exhibition page to the
> homepage at puredata.info.
> I also decreased the global page width, and set it and its position in
> percentage, which makes it fluid across different browsers and platforms.
> Increased the font-size too.
>
> I don't really like how Plone displays News and Recent Changes (table, odd
> and even).
> But this is something we could take care later on (if other ppl is
> bothered as me).
>
> NOTE: I think better and bigger images would greatly enhance the look of
> the page.
>
> See the attached screenshot.
> First is the style of the other time, the second is a similar style but
> without dotted background.
> I rather the dotted one.
>
> This time I copied all the modification in css sheet,
> __which means that if ppl likes this stuff, I can change the real CSS and
> put it on-line__
> I could do that between today and tomorrow.
>
> let me know your thoughts,
> and if you have suggestion for the style.
> Didn't add the much requested Download button because it has to be done
> outside of the CSS.
>
> cheers,
> Marco
>

Bravo Marco, a great improvement over the current state! Great dots :)
Some minor comments/ideas:
- could you post a screenshot of the footer?
- what do you think about making News and Recent Changes more similar to
the menu by adding an internal padding to the whole containing element, and
at the same time, decreasing the padding/margin of the individual items?
A few humble ideas about the main page:
- the link to the Belorussian translation looks a bit orphaned, but I don't
know where else it could go
- seeing the same "old" screenshots on the opening page is a waste of prime
time space IMHO, because once you took a look at them you won't use that
part of the website anymore
- what do you people think about moving the current content of the main
page to a menu item like "What is Pd?" and filling the  page with more
dynamic content? eventually, to fill with leads of News and Recent Changes
items, which could even eliminate the need of those blocks (News is already
on main page only, Recent Changes appear on some sub pages but not on each).
- if the main page ever gets populated with News et al, it would be nice to
have a cover picture however. Eventually rotating cover pictures, possibly
linked. Maybe a crazy idea, but wouldn't it make sense to have a
carousel-like thing showing up items from the Exhibition on the main page?

- all i currently see when clicking Community is "check out
DevelopmentWiki". Is this a temporary or very necessary state here?

András
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