[Kolab-devel] Redesigning Kolab's web presence

[Paul James Adams]

Hey all,

Over the past few months of dealing with (potential) users of Kolab it has 
become clear that Kolab has a particular image:
- rock solid
- highly secure
- scalable
- looks and feels dated

So whilst as a community we have produced some awesome software, it clearly 
has an image problem which needs correction. This is why, recently, myself and 
Jeroen had started a thread on analytics for www.kolab.org. These analytics 
would give us a good idea of how we can improve the layout of our website 
content. That said, it will not help us with the design of the website of 
course.

To help with this I have asked if Nuno Pinheiro and the Oxygen team could 
donate time to help with this. For those of you who might not know, Oxygen is 
a team of designers who created the artwork,  icon set and web presence 
(including www., planet.) for KDE 4. 

To get the conversation started, Nuno has produced a clean new design idea and 
created a couple of mock-up based upon this design, for your comment:
- http://i.imgur.com/VDbSz.png
- http://i.imgur.com/l1lnJ.png

The idea with this project is to create a more modern look for *.kolab.org 
which can easily be used over our entire web presence. That is www, wiki, 
issue tracker, SCM. We also intend to create a PlanetKolab and probably user 
forums. Moreover, the same design elements can be used to update the web 
presence within Kolab itself (e.g. webadmin).

Now Nuno has produced some food for thought, it is time for everyone in the 
Kolab community who wants to take part to come and join in. The first meeting 
on this issue will take place in #kolab on freenode at 18:00 GMT on Friday 
19th.


All the best,
Paul

-- 
Dr. Paul J. Adams
Chief Operating Officer

Kolab Systems AG
Zürich, Switzerland

e: adams at kolabsys.com
t: +447745 133 285
w: http://kolabsys.com

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