Re: [libreoffice-design] A template for the LibreOffice Conference

Hello Christoph,

2011/8/1 drew <drew@baseanswers.com>

> On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 23:05 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote:
> > Hi Charles, all!
> >
> > I wasn't able to follow the discussion very closely (being partly
> > offline) due to some vacation (numerous family visits), so please (all)
> > bear with me with regard to the template topic.
> <snip>
>
> Howdy, great I was hoping you would pop on with a template.
>
> > I had a look at the conference templates suggested so far - and although
> > some parts are simply beautiful, I got stuck a bit. Here are some things
> > I consider to be issues:
> >       * the templates are very large (5 ... 7 MB) --> many people who
> >         cannot attend the conference will need to download the
> >         presentations afterwards (non-broadband Internet)
> >       * although highly detailed, the templates add a bit too much to
> >         the motif --> last time I spoke with Nik he mentioned "lots of
> >         white"
> >       * High contrast should be a priority, due to the (typically) less
> >         ideal data projectors ...
> >       * I've never seen any presenter really care about the presentation
> >         template ;-) To be serious again, I think its helpful to make
> >         the (non-marketing people) template as simple as possible
> >         (because other people will add what they like, and - in the end
> >         - that's usually not what we like as well).
>
> Cool - when I went to start I looked at the template you posted on the
> wiki, way back when - rather expected you might pick that one back up
> and run with it though, so went for the more Baroque No-1_Green. It's
> huge and maybe I can trim it, which I'll put a few more days into, but
> your right on the points and the more trimmed down model makes sense for
> most uses. Anyway sometimes it's fun to be meat eater..*chuckle*, and
> I'll make use of it somehow I suspect.
>
> > So, I created (with the small laptop screen and an even smaller
> > touchpad ... grmbl) another proposal which has been added to the
> > proposal page:
> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ConferenceTemplates
> >
> > Or directly:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Proposal_LibOConf2011_Template.odp
> > Still a draft, but should work already:
> >       * based on some motif examples by Nik
> >       * added overall asymmetry due to the conference logo design and
> >         the non-tagline logo layout (some may remember the nice LibO
> >         postcard idea created by Nik)
> >       * the template contains four master page definitions (first slide,
> >         section header, default slide, final slide) incl. footer
> >         elements, styles definitions and details like font substitution
> >
> > Feedback (especially technical stuff) highly appreciated :-)
>
> I like it - are you going to bring in some of the secondary colors, as
> you did in the earlier template then?


You make a good point on the template size, but as long as it's beautiful
and does not look like it's been made in 1997, I'm fine.

> > [...]
> > > One word of advice:
> > > - do use the existing conference logo and the full logo of LibreOffice
>
> tsk tsk...
>
> > Mmh, it seems that I've missed that requirement - I simply haven't read
> > your mail in detail ;-) However, my gut feeling told me that the
> > LibreOffice non-tagline logo is more appropriate here (presentations
> > will contain personal statements) ...
>
> I don't think I agree - but separate email makes more sense, it's an
> easy swap in or out, yes!


Sorry I did express myself very unclearly: I was mentioning the conference
logo in full (the conference logo with the TDF/LibO logo at its left).

Best,

Charles.


> > but switching back to the TDF
> > tagline logo is easy.
> >
> > > - follow our colours :-)
> >
> > ... and our overall branding language (at least what exists *g*).
> >
> > Mmh, maybe it would be nice to add some pre-defined boxes / graphical
> > elements to let the authors work with ... idea for one of the next
> > iterations.
>
> //drew
>
>
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