[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

[Michael Wood]

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Craig Peden <cpeden at cogigo.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>> --
>>>> ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
>>>> 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?
>>
>> --

The compromise we came up with for the current site is to rotate[1]
images submitted to us for the header, something similar could be done
again.

[1] http://ubuntu-uk.org/dev/headerimages/rotate.php (refresh to rotate)