[p2pu-dev] to school organizers about short term dev priorities

[zuzel.vp]

> It would also be good if we can  modify the highlight colors in the
> background of the footer menus.

Done. -- You can now configure those too.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Pippa Buchanan
<Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is great - so many variables to play with!
>
> I'm intending to stick with a lighter background as I want readability to be
> a priority and to leave it neutral as we'll be working on a stronger visual
> identity in the future.
>
> I wonder if it's best for the P2PU logo colours to stay consistent
> throughout the site no matter what school you're viewing?
>
> It would also be good if we can  modify the highlight colors in the
> background of the footer menus.
>
> Here's the SoW page so far:
> http://alpha.p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/
>
> P*
>
>
>
> On 22 June 2011 15:54, Pippa Buchanan <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hooray! Thank you Zuzel et al- this is awesome and will really help us
>> create a strong identity yet still be part of P2PU.
>>
>> P*
>>
>> On 22 June 2011 15:24, zuzel.vp <zuzel.vp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We included (right now on alpha.p2pu.org and will be in p2pu.org in
>>> the next release) more configuration options to allow school
>>> organizers to change the look and feel of the schools. I configured
>>> some examples on alpha.p2pu.org so please visit the schools homes and
>>> login (with username: user-3 and password: password) to use the "Edit
>>> School" functionality:
>>>
>>> * Organizers can upload four different images: striped background,
>>> school home page logo, groups sidebar logo, and site logo.
>>> * Organizers can set 5 different colors: headers colors (darker and
>>> lighter variants), background color, menus color (darker and lighter
>>> variants).
>>>
>>> You can see some screenshots in the attachment. Note that I used the
>>> current school logos for both the school home page logo, groups
>>> sidebar logo, and that the sidebar width is set so the logo fits
>>> inside it. SoW requested the possibility of using different logos for
>>> the groups sidebar and the school home page. They are probably going
>>> to keep the current logo (I can remove the white background) and
>>> configure (or send us) another one for the homepage.
>>>
>>> Waiting for feedback :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>>    Zuzel
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Pippa Buchanan <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I'm planning on making the call tonight.
>>> >
>>> > At a first pass I can use the free text area to make sure there's a
>>> > prominent Mozilla logo and use the current SoW shield, but I also think
>>> > there's a need for a specific School of Webcraft logo / visual identity
>>> > and
>>> > brand. This is something I'd appreciate the involvement and guidance of
>>> > the
>>> > Product Manager in developing requirements for.
>>> >
>>> > Jay at MDN has offered assistance in this too and I think that the
>>> > Creative
>>> > Collective at Mozilla could be a very interesting way of crowd sourcing
>>> > some
>>> > visual identity assets.
>>> >
>>> > Technically some initial branding requests technology wise would be
>>> > support
>>> > for a larger School logo space and to maintain the current  logo
>>> > dimensions
>>> > for tagging groups with etc.
>>> >
>>> > And Tags. Tags would be VERY useful.
>>> >
>>> > Pippa
>>> >
>>> > On 9 June 2011 18:00, Philipp Schmidt <phi.schmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Would love to get some feature requests, both in terms of design
>>> >> (branding) as well as functionality from you. We are closing out
>>> >> migration related tasks, and making the schools product work is next
>>> >> ...
>>> >>
>>> >> I don't think that mozilla branding is strong enough in the current
>>> >> design.
>>> >>
>>> >> You don't have to participate in the call, but make sure your ideas
>>> >> are in the tracker - or share them with us by email.
>>> >>
>>> >> -- P
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> >> From: zuzel.vp <zuzel.vp at gmail.com>
>>> >> Date: 9 June 2011 04:16
>>> >> Subject: to school organizers about short term dev priorities
>>> >> To: p2pu-community at googlegroups.com
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> This is a message mainly for schools organizers, but I am sending it
>>> >> to the community list as agreed on the dev meeting today.
>>> >>
>>> >> During the dev meeting today (see a summary at
>>> >> https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta/wiki/Dev-Meetings-June-2011), Philipp
>>> >> expressed that making sure that schools have the features they need
>>> >> should be our main priority after the migration or besides the
>>> >> migration. This will be discussed tomorrow during the community call
>>> >> but in case you will not attending this call, it will be good if
>>> >> school organizers let us know their opinion, and which of the tickets
>>> >> proposed to support the schools are more important to you.
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >>    Zuzel
>>> >
>>> >
>>
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