Re: Banner must be removed from website NOW

Steve Dougherty <steve-kVTqj8yhOEv2eFz/[email protected]> Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:38:33 -0400
Newsgroups	gmane.network.freenet.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
On 07/13/2016 06:04 PM, Ryan Matthews wrote:
> This has been brought to my attention and I would like to get more
> information about what exactly you are looking for.
> I currently work, and sit, right next to Steve D at work which would make
> moving the process forward quicker if he can have ideas bounced off of him.

Being able to discuss in person seems like it would be very helpful in
communicating and refining ideas quickly.

> It is hard to give a quote without knowing everything you would like done.
> Based on the bullets I list below I would give an informal quote of $2500
> but that could change based on more information becoming available on what
> exact things you are hoping to achieve.

In general, a design that isn't cluttered or ideally resists becoming
cluttered somehow, because it's going to be subjected to the same forces
that resulted in this one becoming cluttered. Ian feels very strongly
[0] that this theme needs to be dark on light instead of the current
light on dark, which is fine by me. (Maybe a dark mode toggle too?) Ryan
and I have talked about how most English source strings should stay the
same to minimize additional translation work. We might have need for
another fundraising bar in the future, so putting one together now would
be good. I'd roughly rank the design priorities thusly:

1. Download
2. Overview-level what it does (or maybe why people might want it?)
3. User support
4. Further documentation on how to use it; what it does and how
5. How to contribute time or money

The current site has these pieces but they are not particularly
well-organized. Re-introducing screenshots to the homepage (which the
previous site had [1] but this redesign does not) seems good too. We've
gotten design feedback from Reddit already. [2][3]

> From what I have heard these are the items which are being sought out:
> * Theme overhaul moving to a lighter theme (keep it mobile friendly)
> * Integrate it into the current website engine (
> https://github.com/freenet/website/)

I'd be up to doing the integration work myself. How does that change the
quote?

> * Provide content suggestions to create a more appealing look
> 
> Some recent sites  have worked on are:
> http://www.mrrsmtechnologies.com/ (My business site)
> https://www.phikappaupsilon.org/
> 
> Please let me know if you would like to flush things out, get a formal
> quote, and proceed with a redesign.

I'm interested! Ian?

- Steve

[0] https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/2015-November/038584.html
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20151015021753/https://freenetproject.org/
[2]
https://www.reddit.com/r/design_critiques/comments/4h9eg5/were_a_nonprofit_software_project_and_were/
[3]
https://www.reddit.com/r/design_critiques/comments/3ri38h/we_recently_redesigned_our_website_would_love/

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