Re: [libreoffice-website] Banner for website

I just had an idea,

Since the banner is too short to look right if the width is increased
to fill the rest of the header, howabout a second (more square-ish)
banner about The Document Foundation?

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b561ah6/n/idea4.png Quick demo of duel banner

On 13 February 2011 01:38, Bernhard Dippold <bernhard@familie-dippold.at> wrote:
> Hi Matt, *
>
> Matt Sturgeon schrieb:
> >  From the looks of the screenshot, I'd say we may have to resort to a
> > non-standard resolution to fit it in nicely with the header...
> >
> > I'm thinking something that has the same height as the logo, and
> > follows the same spacing conventions, filling the right-side of the
> > header.
> >
> > http://www.filefactory.com/file/b5617f9/n/idea2.png This is making
> > better use of the space by keeping the text at the right (*VERY* quick
> > GIMP mockup)
>
> I agree - filling all the empty space with a banner attracts more attention.
>
> I don't think that we need to add the "Home of the LibreOffice Productivity
> Suite" text at the side of the banner. It can cover all the area at the
> right side of the logo - if we really need the "Productivity Suite"
> information in the header, it might find a place inside the banner.
>
> About the height: We'll probably need mockups to compare 60px height to 45px
> height (the height of the logo), but I think every smaller banner than 60px
> might have too less space for the content.
>
> > http://www.filefactory.com/file/b561850/n/idea3.png  And this
> > alternative is simply inserting a full width banner over the header
> > (this is done by nesting<a><div style="width:100%;"><img
> > /></div></a>.) - again, a pretty quick knock up in gimp.
>
> We should avoid adding a full width banner over the page header:
> Even if this would be the best eye-catcher, it would move the content even
> further down, causing people to scroll for important content.
>
> Already on the main page this would cause me not to be informed about the
> TDF Blog and Twitter at all - why should I scroll?
>
> Best regards
>
> Bernhard
>
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