[IMC-US] banners, and width, and some visioning questions

[deva]

I agree - with the text heavy site, it should expand as wide as a 
persons screen

also agree with the gradient so there is not a cut line

deva



On Dec 29, 2004, at 10:23 AM, john duda wrote:

> i agree with bht here. we need as much screen space as possible, the
> syndicated wire really needs to expand out.
>
> i like bannerb, i.e.
>
> http://rumpus.rackhost.net/bannerb.png
>
> it would look even better if whoever expands the banner does it such
> that the edges of the two images had a bit of gradient fading to black
> to make the transition smoother.
>
>
>
> i almost have the us-imc syndication back to normal(running off the
> contact db)
>
> when this is done, i will make a faq about getting your imc syndicated.
>
> john
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 10:16:48AM -0800, bht wrote:
>> the reason i would like to expand the site to the full page width 
>> rests
>> mostly with the syndicated feature wire.  some rss feeds import the 
>> images
>> with the features, this is great, it makes the site look very dynamic.
>>
>> however, the text next to the image is usually crammed and odd 
>> looking, i
>> think by expanding the width it would also espand the width of the 
>> synd.
>> newswire.  if I am wrong about this I will digress and just look to 
>> get it
>> centered.
>>
>> however, i remember from before changing of the page to match the 
>> banner
>> the synd. newswire was wider.
>>
>> also, in the mail that dan has responded too were questions of vision 
>> and
>> such.  i think that if folks would rather not discuss the vision of 
>> the
>> site that they have and help to form a common vision for the site, it 
>> is
>> relatively useless.  so i do ask as nicely as possible that folks 
>> respond
>> to it.
>>
>> and as i stressed before, i would love to hear from the folks that 
>> were at
>> the allied media conference this summer where we talked about this 
>> and the
>> site that exists now came from.  i will send another mail in a few
>> minutes.
>> bht
>>
>> ahhh! daniel scott
>>> sup yall,
>>>
>>> remember that if you expand the site you are looking at putting a new
>>> stretch of uniform color somewhere in the banner.  I agree the best
>>> place to do this would be where the ((i)) meets the image. But even
>>> here i think it throws off the balance of the banner, and makes it 
>>> look
>>> a little broken.
>>>
>>> ex. of two places to expand the banner
>>> http://rumpus.rackhost.net/bannera.png
>>> http://rumpus.rackhost.net/bannerb.png
>>>
>>> i think we should center the site and leave the expandable option 
>>> alone.
>>>
>>> dan
>>> nyc imc
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> On Dec 18, 2004, at 5:49 PM, deva wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can be a variable width site if the indy (((i))) is separated from
>>>> the rest of the banner and the rest justifies right
>>>>
>>>> adding to the discussion, one thing that stands out to me is that 
>>>> the
>>>> majority of content is from a handful of local imc's - 
>>>> proportionally,
>>>> there is too much portland stuff, (or conversely, not enough other
>>>> stuff)
>>>>
>>>> one priority would be to get other local imc's syndicated
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>> deva
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 18, 2004, at 9:31 AM, Ana wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> also, i know there are folks who have argued that we should keep 
>>>>> the
>>>>> site
>>>>> this width becuase it is friendlier to folks with small screens. 
>>>>> they
>>>>> dont
>>>>> have to scroll across to read the site. one solution was to just
>>>>> center the
>>>>> site so that there is a white border on both sides, not just the
>>>>> right side.
>>>>> would that improve it for you enough, bht?
>>>>>
>>>>> i think it would be great if we could have an irc meeting soon. i
>>>>> will be at
>>>>> a family reunion from wedensday to wednesday but could do it before
>>>>> that or
>>>>> in 2005. thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> peace
>>>>> ana
>>>>> nycimc
>>>>
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