Re: Web page and new logo

[Søren Hauberg]

ons, 09 02 2011 kl. 03:57 -0500, skrev John W. Eaton:
> On  5-Feb-2011, Søren Hauberg wrote:
> 
> | lør, 05 02 2011 kl. 10:34 -0500, skrev John W. Eaton:
> | > On  5-Feb-2011, Søren Hauberg wrote:
> | > 
> | > | Hi All
> | > | 
> | > | I'm not sure what the plans are wrt. the web page and our new logo. As a
> | > | minimal update I would suggest the attached changes, which simply
> | > | 
> | > |   * puts the logo next to the current page header
> | > |   * highlights the currently selected page in the navigation bar in
> | > | orange (the colour appearing in the logo).
> | > | 
> | > | This is not a perfect change, but I think the least we could do is show
> | > | off our new logo :-)
> | > 
> | > I like the change adding the logo, but I find the blue text on the
> | > orange background hard to read.  Maybe it would help if the orange was
> | > not quite as bright?
> | 
> | In my browser, the text on the orange background is black (not blue),
> | but I get your point about readability. I picked the orange colour
> | simply by copying the one used in the logo, so I'm not sure if we should
> | change the colour. Two options could be
> | 
> |   * just keep the grey colour that is currently used, or
> |   * make the font bold, by adding
> | 
> |      font-weight: bold;
> | 
> |     to 'div#nav div#currentnav' in octave.css.
> 
> I added the logo to the header and made some other changes to the
> navigation bar and colors.  There's still a lot we could improve on,
> but I think it looks a little better now.

I think it looks a lot better; nice job!

BTW. the 'Funding' page gives information about the UW Foundation; do
they still accept Octave funding?

Søren