[TYPO3-UG US] New Design for TYPO3.us

[Michelle Heizer]

I am going to have to disagree here. Yes, we want to showcase what TYPO3
can do, but if we add every bell and whistle, we will just look
unprofessional. You should build a website for your audience based on
well-written content and good navigation, not with the intent to
showcase a piece of software. We will make TYPO3 look good through
strong references, well-written content and comprehensive case studies.
That will impress more people than if we had hundreds of extensions
installed and an unconventional design. You need a design that
complements what this site should be -- an information portal about
TYPO3. It's not meant to be a demo site or a portfolio piece. We need to
"look" in the same league with other high-end CMS websites because TYPO3
is *technically* at the same level as any of them. So let's leave the
flashy look to our reference section.

Michelle

On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 21:52 +0100, Elmar Hinz wrote:
> Alex Heizer wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest examples of what you *do* want instead of just what 
> > Ruven's design *isn't*?
> > 
> > It helps more to know what we *should* have, rather than what we don't 
> > have.
> > 
> > Alex
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> if you ask for everybodies expectations, you will end up in the middle 
> of the boring mainstream. That would be just the opposite what TYPO3 
> offers to us. The advantage of TYPO3 is the possibility to build very 
> individual designs. As Reuven did it, a would expect a "typical Reuven". 
> So if you ask for examples I must point to Reuvens personal homepage and 
> portfolio, which is this I think:
> 
> http://www.ruv.net/PORTFOLIO.1092.0.html
> 
> Elmar
> 
> 
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