Better sphinx theme

[jbowtie at amathaine.com]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Martin Pool <mbp at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder if we should have 'Bazaar Home' for clarity; more generally whether
> this will raise some risk of people thinking they're looking at the Ubuntu
> site.  I think the association as a Canonical project is fine, but
> navigation should be clear.  We still sometimes get people posting bzr
> questions looking for Ubuntu help...
>

That's reasonable if we end up with the same navigation on the web site.

> I guess this will get rid of the typical sphinx side bar navigation?  That
> is probably ok.  Perhaps it should go into a third navigation ribbon?
>

Third level navigation is going to be for the breadcrumbs,
previous/next. Personally I think the sphinx sidebar is superfluous
but we do have the space to restore it if needed.

> There is a lot of white space and a lot of variation in font size.  It's
> quite a strong effect.  But it's quite readable.
>

Readability is the primary goal. That said there will probably be some
greater consistency in font sizing once I finish building the theme
stylesheet.

> I guess you've seen and are working from
> <http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/guides-for-websites/>.  It looks
> pretty close.  I think we should skew a bit towards the 'server and cloud'
> themes because like them, Bazaar is a bit of a technical tool, though still
> valuing approachability and friendliness.
>

Yes, that's what I'm working from. I know the color scheme needs
adjusting as well.

>
> I really like the approach of our design group and I'm so thrilled we can
> build on it.   Are you already in touch with someone there? Maybe they'd
> like to review it too?

I haven't worked with anyone on the design team yet; once I've knocked
off a few more TODO items (like integrating the third tier navigation)
it would be great to have it reviewed by an actual designer.