[Solar-talk] New website preview

[Paul M Jones]

On Jan 24, 2007, at 6:00 PM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

> On 1/24/07, Paul M Jones wrote:
>> Speaking of which, you can take a look at the new site (not in
>> production yet) by going here:
>>
>>    <http://new.solarphp.com/>
>
> Wow! Yes! That 'comet' (or something solar ;-) coming to the logo is
> *the* thing. And, as it is, the site makes justice to Solar. :-) Love
> it.

Again, that's the genius of Clay and Matt Brett, and I love it too.  :-)


> Let me add some thoughts:
>
> -> this is a bit semiotic. left to right for us (ocident) is positive,
> and right to left is negative (ridiculous short summary). So, if the
> guy who forged the header could find a way to make the 'comet' goes to
> the right... This perhaps will make little sense, but I think it would
> be better. :-)

I think your point makes perfect sense, and I considered it myself  
earlier.

The problem with it is that the logo (the S-in-the-circle) ends up in  
the middle or on the right side of the page, which is not where the  
logo is commonly expected to be.

Thoughts?


>
> -> "Download now" -> give the file. give what is says ("now"). Even if
> it is a redirect to a page with more info, start the download on the
> redirected page. They said they wanted it, right? Let people think on
> the requirements later. A link for more info can be added below the
> "download now" button (and then, the page has a "download now"). This
> is something I've learned with mozilla ;-).

Fair enough; I can make it a link to the most-recent tarball.



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