[publican-list] RFC: Modified JBoss brand (was Re: RFE for Publican Brands)

[Misty Stanley-Jones]

See https://fedorahosted.org/publican/wiki/JBossBrandChanges for screenshots and downloads. Thanks Jeff for the use of the Wiki!

Misty

----- misty at redhat.com wrote:

> From: misty at redhat.com
> To: "Jeffrey Fearn" <jfearn at redhat.com>
> Cc: "Misty Stanley-Jones" <misty at redhat.com>, "Publican discussions" <publican-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 8:41:24 AM GMT +10:00 Brisbane
> Subject: Re: [publican-list] RFC: Modified JBoss brand (was Re: RFE for Publican Brands)
>
> ----- "Jeffrey Fearn" <jfearn at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > Verbatim style: Like!
> > 
> > Admonition Style: The borders aren't useful in differentiating the 
> > content. I think they could look better without them ... maybe new
> > icons 
> > would help there?
> 
> I think they need something besides the icons to differentiate them,
> especially the warning. At the same time, O'Reilly print documentation
> seems to use one icon for notice/tip/info and another one for
> warning/caution. No other differentiation. And they've sold a lot of
> books using this system. Any other thoughts on this? Maybe Sean has
> some thoughts (he is a usability expert after all).
> 
> > 
> > Example Style: The colored border just looks wrong, this one has
> > always 
> > been the worst looking IMHO and the extra border was probably what
> was
> > 
> > wrong with it. I think the title at the top is demarcation enough.
> 
> I think I agree with you and would like to change it to just a 1px
> dark grey border, with white text inside. Thoughts?
> 
> > 
> > Figure Style: The title looks wrong at the top.
> 
> We all agree and I have changed it in my working copy.
> 
> > 
> > We never tell people to manually copy files in to system areas, we
> > have 
> > processes to install them properly so their systems don't become
> hard
> > to 
> > upgrade, or recover[...]
> 
> Fair enough. In my enthusiasm I had forgotten that Publican has a
> procedure for installing brands.
> 
> > 
> > You can put the zips on the publican wiki if you want, you just
> need
> > to 
> > login with your FAS details. The wiki is pretty open and anyone with
> a
> > 
> > FAS account can edit it.
> > 
> > Cheers, Jeff.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jeff Fearn <jfearn at redhat.com>
> > Software Engineer
> > Engineering Operations
> > Red Hat, Inc
> > Freedom ... courage ... Commitment ... ACCOUNTABILITY
> 
> -- 
> Misty Stanley-Jones
> Content Author, ECS Brisbane
> Ph: +61 7 3514 8105
> RHCT #60501081553354
> Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum.

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Misty Stanley-Jones
Content Author, ECS Brisbane
Ph: +61 7 3514 8105
RHCT #60501081553354
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum.