New FreeBSD Foundation Website

[jrm@]

https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/

Let's bikeshed.

 

[tingo]

I like it. No need for bikeshed'ing, IMHO.

 

[ab2k]

It's clean and nice good work.

 

[jrm@]

I like it. No need for bikeshed'ing, IMHO.

I like it too. By bikeshedding I just mean chiming in on less technical topics.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

It's a canned Wordpress theme but it still looks sharp. Usually I can pick them out but this one looked pretty good.

I wish I could get hold of the main site and rewrite it but I can't even find the time to rewrite my own.

 

[protocelt]

<bikeshed>
It looks too modern and colors are horrible.
</bikeshed>

 

[wblock@]

I'm still willing to help anyone who wants to work on the FreeBSD.org site's appearance. As inspiration, I found this recently: http://mdipierro.github.io/stupid.css/themes/random.html.

 

[jrm@]

This template might be useful as well, but in a different way.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

wblock@ Can't whoever did the foundation web site work on this one using the same theme?

 

[wblock@]

wblock Can't whoever did the foundation web site work on this one using the same theme?

Maybe. I have not talked to them about it, but it would probably be a very different and much bigger job.

 

[ronaldlees]

Very nice looking page! The full width theme looks great at 1280x1024px ... which reminds me that I need to change some of my older WP sites to us the wide theme, to be not so 90s looking ...

Great color contrast, vibrant but not overdone.

 

[kpedersen]

I'm not a fan of the current FreeBSD logo (shiny red ball with cones) but I like the FreeBSD Foundation logo at least

 

[cpm@]

https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/

Let's bikeshed.

I think that they did a good job

 

[NewGuy]

In general, I like it. The new site is pretty well laid out and looks like on my screen. My only issue is the dynamic top bar. I find it really distracting when a website changes the position or size of elements while scrolling. Not a huge issue though and, overall, I think the new website has a good look.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

I'm not a fan of the current FreeBSD logo (shiny red ball with cones) but I like the FreeBSD Foundation logo at least

Agree on all counts. I love Beastie, though.

 

[Deleted member 9563]

The logo looks really good. The page is good. I'm with NewGuy about the dynamic top - not a big deal but and unnecessary distraction.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

All the cool kids are doing it. I'm not cool.

 

[jrm@]

I like the http://tarsnap.com site. It's an example of a site that does it right. It's easy to navigate, it small so it loads fast, it doesn't use intrusive javascript, and you can actually read the source HTML.

One quibble: https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=tarsnap.com

 

[PacketMan]

In my humble opinion, very nice, very professional.

https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/

 

[kpedersen]

Just noticed today that the logo for the RedHat developers site is suspiciously similar to the FreeBSD foundation logo.

http://developers.redhat.com/

... obviously because the logo is so good that even RH got jealous and copied... *ehem*

 

[drhowarddrfine]

Let's sue 'em and tie them up in court for 25 years.