[Cc-webedit] New Website - Design Concept!

[Carl van Tonder]

Jon,

Really like the designs, and here are some comments:
> *Blog - the photos are nice, but the reality is that it will probably
> be a small group of people writing the blog and so the same faces all
> the time. So I would suggest dropping them. I would also drop "Written
> by" and "Tags", and agree with Jody about dropping the date (on the
> front page). Basically, I'm keen for it to be very simple.
Maybe do indeed drop the tags, but I think the pictures are a really
nice idea (cf. PlanetPlanet installations, especially in light of the
fact that we've had a fair few offers for blog writers.

> * I imagine the titles "From the blog", "Press releases", "Climate
> campers online", etc being links out to these areas. Can it be made more
> obvious that they are links?
Maybe a little bit of unicode/background image to have an arrow after
the text (→ or similar)?

Other than that, I think it's a fine set of mockups, and I wouldn't
agree that it's boring or abandons the other 3 aims of the Camp — the
idea of having a 〝Resources〞 section is a really nice one, though, and
could theoretically obviate the need for an 〝About〞 page.

Carl.

On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 14:52 +0100, Jonathan Leighton wrote:
> Now for my own comments...
> 
> * Love the typography :)
> * "Put the date in your diary" and "There are lots of ways to get
> involved with Climate Camp" could both be way more punchy. I'd suggest
> "Find out more" and "Get involved!"
> * Blog - the photos are nice, but the reality is that it will probably
> be a small group of people writing the blog and so the same faces all
> the time. So I would suggest dropping them. I would also drop "Written
> by" and "Tags", and agree with Jody about dropping the date (on the
> front page). Basically, I'm keen for it to be very simple.
> * I imagine the titles "From the blog", "Press releases", "Climate
> campers online", etc being links out to these areas. Can it be made more
> obvious that they are links?
> * I don't think having the title "Highlights" is necessary.
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 22:20 +0100, Jonathan Leighton wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > A concept design has been completed for our new website. Your feedback
> > is sought!
> > 
> > DEADLINE: 5 PM, Tuesday 4th August
> > 
> > Please bear in mind that we are hoping to launch the new website in 2
> > weeks (oh god!) Thus, a block to this general concept basically means we
> > won't be able to do that.
> > 
> > When the website group met to discuss this design brief, we explicitly
> > agreed that implementing feedback is at the discretion of the designers.
> > It's important that we trust our designers to do their job :)
> > 
> > But with that aside, please take a look at the designs and let loose
> > with your comments!
> > 
> > Home: http://dump.jonathanleighton.com/climate_camp_home.png
> > Blog page: http://dump.jonathanleighton.com/climate_camp_blog.png
> > 
> > Once the concept is agreed, the designers will work on mockups for other
> > specific sections (in addition to the blog).
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Jonx
> > 
> 
> 
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