The WWW of PostgreSQL
Hi all,
I don't want to create a polemic, but is it possible to make a recovery
of the previous
WWW interfaces of the postgreSQL.org site? What does an elephant do on
the
home page? Probably you have been hacked :-)
The previous logo was the good one., If you need help to design a new
interface
perhaps I can contribut or some others better designer than me. As I
understand
the site need a professionnal way for the support, so now it really
doesn't take this
highway but seems to be a student site.
I'm sorry for the person who's doing this work, but I think he or she
will be agree
with me that graphism is not its best way :-)
Use Blender to draw 3D text, I think it can do a better job !
Good day to all,
Gilles Darold
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, darold wrote:
Hi all,
I don't want to create a polemic, but is it possible to make a
recovery of the previous WWW interfaces of the postgreSQL.org site?
What does an elephant do on the home page? Probably you have been
hacked :-)
The elephant surrounded by the diamond has been adopted as our official
logo...we've really gotta come up with a short 'explanation' of the logo
though, too many ppl are confused.
Basically, the elephant represents the strength of the server...the
ability to hold itss own and more...to go the distance. There was a
better description of it posted while we were deciding, but I can't
remember what it was :)
The previous logo was the good one., If you need help to design a new
interface perhaps I can contribut or some others better designer than
me. As I understand the site need a professionnal way for the support,
so now it really doesn't take this highway but seems to be a student
site.
Actally, Vince and Dmitry are working on improving that...see
http://devnull.wplus.net/pub/postgres for an idea of the direciton its
going...they aer just working out some issues.
I'm sorry for the person who's doing this work, but I think he or she
will be agree with me that graphism is not its best way :-)
Actually, I think the work that Jan has done so far as been top
notch...you are welcome to improve (or try to) on what he's done, but the
logo design itself has been decided upon, and I really don't see how you
can make it any better then it is.
Again, the logo at the above site is more 'crisp' then what we currently
have...Vince did a 'blow up' of it, which has resulted in it being just
slighty more grainy then it had to be :(
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
The Hermit Hacker wrote:
I don't want to create a polemic, but is it possible to make a
recovery of the previous WWW interfaces of the postgreSQL.org site?
What does an elephant do on the home page? Probably you have been
hacked :-)The elephant surrounded by the diamond has been adopted as our official
logo...we've really gotta come up with a short 'explanation' of the logo
though, too many ppl are confused.
Well, I like the new logo. I think the last logo looked too
70s/early-80s and this one is great. And I don't mind the new web-page
design either.
Just mentioning it, because the people who like something usually stay
quiet....And it is good that the logo doesn't look like all the other
rectangular box-logos that have become so common.
Just my 2p
Adriaan
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Adriaan Joubert wrote:
The Hermit Hacker wrote:
I don't want to create a polemic, but is it possible to make a
recovery of the previous WWW interfaces of the postgreSQL.org site?
What does an elephant do on the home page? Probably you have been
hacked :-)The elephant surrounded by the diamond has been adopted as our official
logo...we've really gotta come up with a short 'explanation' of the logo
though, too many ppl are confused.Well, I like the new logo. I think the last logo looked too
70s/early-80s and this one is great. And I don't mind the new web-page
design either.Just mentioning it, because the people who like something usually stay
quiet....And it is good that the logo doesn't look like all the other
rectangular box-logos that have become so common.Just my 2p
Adriaan
I like the new logo but the page was broken - on NS 4.51, Winfozed 95, the
menu appeared at the bottom and only the tops of each item were visible -
and there was no scroll bar in that frame. (I take it that's a frame down
thar). In fact some of the menu items were barely visible at all. :(
Si.
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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Adriaan Joubert wrote:
The Hermit Hacker wrote:
I don't want to create a polemic, but is it possible to make a
recovery of the previous WWW interfaces of the postgreSQL.org site?
What does an elephant do on the home page? Probably you have been
hacked :-)The elephant surrounded by the diamond has been adopted as our official
logo...we've really gotta come up with a short 'explanation' of the logo
though, too many ppl are confused.Well, I like the new logo. I think the last logo looked too
70s/early-80s and this one is great. And I don't mind the new web-page
design either.Just mentioning it, because the people who like something usually stay
quiet....And it is good that the logo doesn't look like all the other
rectangular box-logos that have become so common.
You are soooo right, from the 'stay quiet' point of view. As anyone that
has known me since day one will *hopefully* attest, I generally try and
say nothing unless it is something that stands out to me...I can't do
better, so why critic unless they finally hit on something I like :)
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
better description of it posted while we were deciding, but I can't
remember what it was :)
An elephant never forgets...
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 03:56:35PM -0400, Simon Drabble wrote:
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Adriaan Joubert wrote:
I like the new logo but the page was broken - on NS 4.51, Winfozed 95, the
menu appeared at the bottom and only the tops of each item were visible -
and there was no scroll bar in that frame. (I take it that's a frame down
thar). In fact some of the menu items were barely visible at all. :(
I like the new logo and layout as well, but the page renders
incorrectly under NetPositive, as well.
I think its too Republican...not that I'm partial to either party...
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From: Kaare Rasmussen <kar@webline.dk>
To: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] The WWW of PostgreSQL
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better description of it posted while we were deciding, but I can't
remember what it was :)An elephant never forgets...
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On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, K.T. wrote:
I think its too Republican...not that I'm partial to either party...
That's okay...PostgreSQL is a Canadian based project, so the concept of
Republican is in-applicable...we dont' have a Republican party up here :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Kaare Rasmussen <kar@webline.dk>
To: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] The WWW of PostgreSQLbetter description of it posted while we were deciding, but I can't
remember what it was :)An elephant never forgets...
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, K.T. wrote:
I think its too Republican...not that I'm partial to either party...
That's okay...PostgreSQL is a Canadian based project, so the concept of
Republican is in-applicable...we dont' have a Republican party up here :)
I beg to differ Marc - you have the Tories. They are afflicted with the
same brand of dementia. Not that Labour is much better. ;-)
Pray tell how `Canadian Based' is postgres really? I always
assumed it had more Berkeley ties (geographically) than anything else.
Guess I misapprehended the situation (again ;-)...with the FreeBSD
project being based (loosely, I admit) in Concord, CALIF, I thought
hub.org was the northern spur of a rather large project...
Cheers,
Tom
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On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Thomas Good wrote:
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, K.T. wrote:
I think its too Republican...not that I'm partial to either party...
That's okay...PostgreSQL is a Canadian based project, so the concept of
Republican is in-applicable...we dont' have a Republican party up here :)
freakin kommies!
[snip]
Cheers,
Tom
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steve
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Thomas Good wrote:
I beg to differ Marc - you have the Tories. They are afflicted with the
same brand of dementia. Not that Labour is much better. ;-)
Okay, I'll giv eyou tha tone... :)
Pray tell how `Canadian Based' is postgres really? I always
assumed it had more Berkeley ties (geographically) than anything else.
Guess I misapprehended the situation (again ;-)...with the FreeBSD
project being based (loosely, I admit) in Concord, CALIF, I thought
hub.org was the northern spur of a rather large project...
Based as in the development server is in Canada..."geographically", the
project itself has no location...hell, we have this major island floating
out there in Russia, with alot of the developers being Europe based...
FreeBSD is "based" in Concord, CALIF, as PostgreSQL is "based" in
Thornhill, Ontario...
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org