[IPython-dev] Website

[Brian Granger]

Thomas,

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 June 2011 19:55, Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'll fiddle with the layout a bit, and let you know when I've got a
>> preview.
>
> http://takluyver.github.com/ipython-website/
>
> Using the banner Klonuo posted, and drawing inspiration from the page he
> posted. Brian, is this closer to what you were expecting?

Awesome, I am really starting to like how this is shaping up!

> Specifically:
> - The dark background to the header is gone

This, along with the new banner design is a *massive* improvement!

> - Five links to pages on the same site have been brought up into a nav bar.

Yep, I like the formatting of these links as well and the "dot" separator.

> - The sidebar is divided by thin grey lines, and the bottom section of links
> has its own heading

This too looks fantastic - I like the thin grey lines.

> - The overall page width is reduced to 75em
> - Headings are in the same font as the body text

Again both of these are great as well.

Some minor comments:

* reduce max-width to something closer to 68-70.  With the current
font sizes, the page still looks slightly too "full" at 75em width.
* reduce the padding on sphinxsidebar to 1em and increase width to
14em to give us a bit more room to content in the sidebar.
* reduce div.document max-width to something around 55em.
* Overall I like the partition of link in the R sidepanel.  But I
think the "Links" section should only contain external links as it is
a bit odd to see a "link" to "Home" here.

I think we need to get Fernando's thoughts (hopefully tonight) and
then start to figure out a good color scheme and make final decisions
on the logo.

But this is a huge step forward - thanks everyone for putting time into this!

Cheers,

Brian

> Thanks,
> Thomas
>



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Brian E. Granger
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
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