[libvirt] [PATCH v2 00/19] Redo website layout and branding

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Tue, 2016-11-08 at 11:50 +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> The current libvirt website design dates from 2008 and
> has not changed significantly since. Compared to
> contemporary open source project websites it looks
> pretty dated and cluttered.
> 
> This series incrementally changes the website to have
> a completely new layout and branding.
> 
> Since the original adobe illustrator files are long
> since lost, this series introduces a newly created
> variant of the libvirt logo with Inkscape as an SVG
> file.
> 
> The libvirt logo used a specific font with angled tops
> to letters like "l", "b" and "t" - this is the "Overpass"
> font, made available by Red Hat under an open source
> font license. The re-branding makes use of webfont
> support so that we can use this font across the entire
> libvirt website for a consistent look.
> 
> The colors of the website CSS now exactly match the
> colors used in the logo in most places.
> 
> The bigger change is in the layout, with the huge
> left hand sitemap nav bar being removed to give more
> space to the main content. The front page now directly
> links to the key pages that were shown to be highly
> visited in the apache web logs. Most of the rest of
> the links are now available from the "docs.html" page
> linked from "Learn" in the top nav bar.
> 
> Another key change is that the download page now
> covers all language bindings, test suites, docs
> released by the project, not merely the core C
> library.
> 
> Finally a new page "contribute.html" is added as the
> source of information useful to people wishing to get
> involved in the libvirt project.
> 
> View the new site here
> 
>  v2: https://berrange.fedorapeople.org/libvirt-new-website-v2/
>  v1: https://berrange.fedorapeople.org/libvirt-new-website/
> 
> 
> Changed in v2:
> 
>   - Fix use of monospace font for code/pre blocks
>   - Set max page width to 60em, to avoid body content
>     getting really long lines on wide monitors
>   - Extend footer links to include email and irc
>     links on all pages
>   - Use the normal weight Overpass font for body
>     content
>   - Re-create logos to avoid anti-aliasing by inkscape
>     for cripser look
>   - Add some content to the XML format page
>   - Misc typos
>   - Fix hiding of 'home' text in top banner logo
>   - Provide improved SVG files for logo and PNG
>     rendered versions in standard sizes
>   - Replace 'made with libvirt' logo with a new
>     'libvirt powered' logo on apps.html page
> 
> Daniel P. Berrange (19):
>   docs: use overpass font for website
>   docs: add master SVG for libvirt logo
>   docs: switch to new website banner
>   docs: redo style of front page
>   docs: provide new style logos for the apps page
>   docs: add footer to all pages
>   docs: simplify style for headers
>   docs: add page describing contribution to libvirt
>   docs: add three core links in the header bar
>   docs: remove todo page
>   docs: remove related links page
>   Revert "syntax-check: Enforce <code> inside <dt> elements"
>   docs: rewrite content on front page to be more useful
>   docs: expand downloads page to cover all modules
>   docs: add some improved styling to contact page
>   docs: fill out docs page with useful links
>   docs: remove navigation sidebar from pages
>   docs: remove outdated or duplicated content
>   docs: add some content to the XML format main page

Definitely NEWS file material, I would say! :)

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Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization