Subject: Re: Images on port homepages
To: Reed Shadgett <dent@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: www-changes
Date: 11/03/2000 17:03:31
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Reed Shadgett wrote:

> > 	The red was a little too bright for my taste, though I agree it
> > 	is nice to have the port name stand out - maybe the dark red
> > 	used on the homepage, or some other dark colour?
>
> ok, arm32 and sparc64 are now examples of a finished port page header.
> The beef of the page will get an extremely slight tweak for html
> compliancy, but that's about it.
>
> Comments now on either of those?  You'll get the color idea I had quite
> quickly I imagine. :)
>
	Some thoughts (as requested :) - many are unrelated to the changes
	you have been making.

	- It might look better without the whitespace between the
	  / and port name eg:
	  <font size="+4"><b>NetBSD/</b></font><font size="+4"
	  color="#3090cc"><b>arm32</b></font>

	- Possibly standardise on at least the same vertical gap before
	  the start of the main text.

	- For people browsing you could have small 'previous port',
	  'next port' links at the top of the page.

	- 'Archive of older news items' link might look better indented.

	- The 'Supported computer systems' and similar titles might be
	  better left justified.

	- I like the way the arm32 directory is split into 'help' and
	  'notes on the latest arm32 release', though the formatting
	  around it could obviously be tweaked :)


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