[Marketing] Quote on front page?
The Spirit page (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) has a quote on its front page, which I find appealing. So I stole the idea and added the C++ Coding Standards quote (which is, perhaps, the most flattering of the few we've collected) to the Boost front page header. The effect can be seen here: http://www.osl.iu.edu/~dgregor/boost/index.htm Opinions? Should this go into the front page? Doug
Doug Gregor <dgregor@cs.indiana.edu> writes:
The Spirit page (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) has a quote on its front page, which I find appealing. So I stole the idea and added the C++ Coding Standards quote (which is, perhaps, the most flattering of the few we've collected) to the Boost front page header. The effect can be seen here:
http://www.osl.iu.edu/~dgregor/boost/index.htm
Opinions? Should this go into the front page?
I like it. I know this is really Rene's department, but there are some graphical glitches. I mailed those to you. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com
David Abrahams wrote:
Doug Gregor <dgregor@cs.indiana.edu> writes:
The Spirit page (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) has a quote on its front page, which I find appealing. So I stole the idea and added the C++ Coding Standards quote (which is, perhaps, the most flattering of the few we've collected) to the Boost front page header. The effect can be seen here:
http://www.osl.iu.edu/~dgregor/boost/index.htm
Opinions? Should this go into the front page?
I like it. I know this is really Rene's department, but there are some graphical glitches. I mailed those to you.
I suspect that Doug would ask me to put the text in :-) (Especially given that the sample page doesn't pass XHTML validation) -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - Grafik/jabber.org
Doug Gregor wrote:
The Spirit page (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) has a quote on its front page, which I find appealing.
:-)
So I stole the idea and added the C++ Coding Standards quote (which is, perhaps, the most flattering of the few we've collected) to the Boost front page header. The effect can be seen here:
http://www.osl.iu.edu/~dgregor/boost/index.htm
Opinions? Should this go into the front page?
Definitely! I even suggest that we iterate on a list of quotes per refresh or when the user clicks at the quote. That was the original design idea of the spirit quote, although it was never implemented. Regards, -- Joel de Guzman http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net
On Jul 22, 2005, at 2:51 PM, Doug Gregor wrote:
The Spirit page (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) has a quote on its front page, which I find appealing. So I stole the idea and added the C++ Coding Standards quote (which is, perhaps, the most flattering of the few we've collected) to the Boost front page header. The effect can be seen here:
David Abrahams noted that this looks really weird when the window is too narrow. The HTML and CSS patch for my proposed change follows. Could someone with a better understanding of CSS (that means, "anyone with a pulse") take a look at it. Doug Index: index.htm =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/index.htm,v retrieving revision 1.227 diff -u -r1.227 index.htm --- index.htm 22 Jul 2005 19:21:57 -0000 1.227 +++ index.htm 22 Jul 2005 20:42:52 -0000 @@ -26,8 +26,25 @@ <div id="d3"></div> <div id="heading"> - <h1><span id="boost">Boost</span> <span id="cpplibraries">C++ - Libraries</span></h1> + <table> + <tr> + <td> + <h1><span id="boost">Boost</span> <span + id="cpplibraries">C++ Libraries</span></h1> + </td> + <td align="right"> + <cite class="quote">"...one of the most highly regarded + and expertly designed C++ library projects in the + world."</cite> + <br><br> + + <span class="quote_attr"/>-- <a class="quote_attr" href="http://www.gotw.ca/">Herb Sutter</a> and +<a class="quote_attr" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Alexandrescu">Andrei Alexandrescu</a>,<br> +<a class="quote_attr" href="http://safari.awprofessional.com/?XmlId=0321113586">C++ Coding +Standards</a></span> + </td> + </tr> + </table> </div> <div id="content"> Index: more/css_0/front.css =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/more/css_0/front.css,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -r1.1 front.css --- more/css_0/front.css 6 May 2005 19:01:38 -0000 1.1 +++ more/css_0/front.css 22 Jul 2005 20:42:52 -0000 @@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ #content h1, #content h2, #content h3 { white-space: nowrap; } +cite.quote { + font-size: 75%; + color: #FFFFFF; +} +.quote_attr { + font-size: 75%; + font-weight: 200%; + color: #FFFFFF; +} +a.quote_attr { + font-size: 100%; +} + /* - New browsers have the easy way to set this. */ .body-0 { min-width: 50em;
From: Doug Gregor <dgregor@cs.indiana.edu>
The Spirit page (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) has a quote on its front page, which I find appealing. So I stole the idea and added the C++ Coding Standards quote (which is, perhaps, the most flattering of the few we've collected) to the Boost front page header. The effect can be seen here:
http://www.osl.iu.edu/~dgregor/boost/index.htm
Opinions? Should this go into the front page?
I like the idea very much, but I don't like the vertical space it currently takes. Since "Boost C++ Libraries" doesn't require much horizontal space, the quotation can use more. -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;
On 7/22/05 3:51 PM, "Doug Gregor" <dgregor@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
The Spirit page (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) has a quote on its front page, which I find appealing. So I stole the idea and added the C++ Coding Standards quote (which is, perhaps, the most flattering of the few we've collected) to the Boost front page header. The effect can be seen here:
http://www.osl.iu.edu/~dgregor/boost/index.htm
Opinions? Should this go into the front page?
Neat idea, but its implementation is way too tall & narrow. The top area is over double (triple?) the height from before. I hope no-one minds the attached screenshot showing the problem. -- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com
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