[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

[Craig Peden]

We could easily use a JavaScript sildeshow to rotate images. Then
everyone (Well, not everyone) will be happy.

You could have a picture of London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast on
rotation.

I would reccomend http://smoothgallery.jondesign.net

- Craig

On 3 Jun 2010, at 13:44, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Philip Stubbs <philip at stuphi.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> On 3 June 2010 13:31, micheal harker <micheal.harker at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi Ubuntu UK Team!
>>> Last Night in the meeting It was decided we are going
>>> to re-brand ubuntu-uk.org so I have made some mockups. Each Mocup
>>> has
>>> different ideas but with similar layouts.
>>> Mockup 1: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup1.png
>>> Mockup 2: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup2.png
>>> Mockup 3: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup3.png
>>> Mockup 4: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup4.png
>>> Mockup 5: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup5.png
>>> Mockup 6: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup6.png
>>> lets narrow it down to 3 ideas. I will make live demos of the Site
>>> then we
>>> will vote for the final one.
>>> Micheal H
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>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>>
>> I vote 'no' to a London skyline.
>
> Why, because it's London?
>
> In that case, can you suggest some other imagery that is
> distinctively British?
>
> Personally I am not sure that any other British city is iconic enough
> to be internationally recognisable.
>
> Stonehenge? (Not very modern or forwards-looking!) Olympics stadium?
> (Not finished yet.)
>
> None of the UK mountains are particularly recognisable - I doubt I
> could tell Snowdon or Ben Nevis or anything from any other random
> mountain in temperate climes. Loch Ness? The Lake District?
>
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