Logo for the new extension-template-repository?

> Hi all,
>
> in the last days I get a new environment for a extension and template repository for
> LibreOffice working. You can find the new site currently at
> http://kermit.documentfoundation.org:9089/LibreOffice-Extensions-and-Templates/
>
> There is only a placeholder for a logo on the site at the moment. A short time ago
> there was a proposal for a logo for the new repo but the discussion stops. Maybe with
> the new site at the doors a discussion how the logo of the new site should look like
> is easier ;-)
>

> Hi,
>
> I just saw that you're currently using Plone for the Extension site. I
> don't l know if this is all fully functional today, anyway, if not,
> have a look at Mozilla's add-on page which is also fully open-source
> and probably well-tested:
> http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2009/05/08/amo-is-open-source/ .
>
> As for the icon, I support the idea with the clippy with scraps
> clipped to the TDF logo (it needed some refinement, though).
>
> Astron.
>

> Hi Andreas, all,
>
> Andreas Mantke schrieb:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> in the last days I get a new environment for a extension and template
>> repository for
>> LibreOffice working. You can find the new site currently at
>> http://kermit.documentfoundation.org:9089/LibreOffice-Extensions-and-Templates/
>>
>>
>> There is only a placeholder for a logo on the site at the moment. A
>> short time ago
>> there was a proposal for a logo for the new repo but the discussion
>> stops. Maybe with
>> the new site at the doors a discussion how the logo of the new site
>> should look like
>> is easier ;-)
>>
>
> Thanks for the reminder :-)
>
> I just designed a quick version based on the conference logo by Nik:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibO_Extensions_Templates_Logo.png
>
> I didn't add anything to the main logo (because I think the reasons not
> to do so for the conference logo are still valid), but replaced the
> conference addition by just the words "Extensions & Templates".
>
> Here we could add another graphic - something to be used as reference to
> extensions and templates inside the product an on our website/wiki.
>
> I stayed with the words, emphasizing the "X" in extensions (like Xtra)
> and the "T" in templates, creating "XT" as possible acronym.
>
> All: Jump in, comment, improve, propose better ideas!
>
> I consider it easier to provide other ideas when there is at least one
> visual proposal...
>
> Best regards
>
> Bernhard
>
> PS: I created another wiki page to collect the proposals:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Extensions_templates_site_logo
> using the gallery option of the wiki - quite easy to use, I think...
>

> Hi Andreas, all,
>
> nobody has any opinion on this topic?
>
> Even a "I don't like it" would be a reaction...
>
> Best regards
>
> Bernhard
>
> Bernhard Dippold schrieb:
>> Hi Andreas, all,
>>
>> Andreas Mantke schrieb:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> in the last days I get a new environment for a extension and template
>>> repository for
>>> LibreOffice working. You can find the new site currently at
>>> http://kermit.documentfoundation.org:9089/LibreOffice-Extensions-and-Templates/ 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There is only a placeholder for a logo on the site at the moment. A
>>> short time ago
>>> there was a proposal for a logo for the new repo but the discussion
>>> stops. Maybe with
>>> the new site at the doors a discussion how the logo of the new site
>>> should look like
>>> is easier ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder :-)
>>
>> I just designed a quick version based on the conference logo by Nik:
>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibO_Extensions_Templates_Logo.png 
>>
>>
>> I didn't add anything to the main logo (because I think the reasons not
>> to do so for the conference logo are still valid), but replaced the
>> conference addition by just the words "Extensions & Templates".
>>
>> Here we could add another graphic - something to be used as reference to
>> extensions and templates inside the product an on our website/wiki.
>>
>> I stayed with the words, emphasizing the "X" in extensions (like Xtra)
>> and the "T" in templates, creating "XT" as possible acronym.
>>
>> All: Jump in, comment, improve, propose better ideas!
>>
>> I consider it easier to provide other ideas when there is at least one
>> visual proposal...
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Bernhard
>>
>> PS: I created another wiki page to collect the proposals:
>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Extensions_templates_site_logo
>> using the gallery option of the wiki - quite easy to use, I think...
>>
>
>

> hi Klaus-Jürgen, *
>
> klaus-jürgen weghorn ol schrieb:
>> Hi Bernhard,
>> Am 25.06.2011 22:22, schrieb Bernhard Dippold:
>>> Hi Andreas, all,
>>>
>>> nobody has any opinion on this topic?
>>
>> Only a little thing: It is more a web banner than a logo, but very good.
>>
>
> Andreas' request has not been for a mimetype icon that represents the
> extension on the desktop, but for a logo at the extension / templates
> website:
>
> http://extensions2.libreoffice.org/
>

> Am 26.06.2011 02:23, schrieb Bernhard Dippold:
>> hi Klaus-Jürgen, *
>>
>> klaus-jürgen weghorn ol schrieb:
>>> Hi Bernhard,
>>> Am 25.06.2011 22:22, schrieb Bernhard Dippold:
>>>> Hi Andreas, all,
>>>>
>>>> nobody has any opinion on this topic?
>>>
>>> Only a little thing: It is more a web banner than a logo, but very
>>> good.
>>>
>>
>> Andreas' request has not been for a mimetype icon that represents the
>> extension on the desktop, but for a logo at the extension / templates
>> website:
>>
>> http://extensions2.libreoffice.org/
>>
>
> Ok, I thought it should be a single symbol like [1].
>
> [1] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List
>
> If we combine the "icon" and the "web banner" the page can look like:
>
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Ext-web.PNG
>
>> To stay consistent with the logo for the LibOCon already used on the
>> website, I kept the same sizes.
>>
>> http://conference.libreoffice.org/
>

> Hi Klaus-Jürgen
>
> Le 2011-06-26 11:14, klaus-jürgen weghorn ol a écrit :
>> Am 26.06.2011 02:23, schrieb Bernhard Dippold:
>>> hi Klaus-Jürgen, *
>>>
>>> klaus-jürgen weghorn ol schrieb:
>>>> Hi Bernhard,
>>>> Am 25.06.2011 22:22, schrieb Bernhard Dippold:
>>>>> Hi Andreas, all,
>>>>>
>>>>> nobody has any opinion on this topic?
>>>>
>>>> Only a little thing: It is more a web banner than a logo, but very
>>>> good.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Andreas' request has not been for a mimetype icon that represents the
>>> extension on the desktop, but for a logo at the extension / templates
>>> website:
>>>
>>> http://extensions2.libreoffice.org/
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I thought it should be a single symbol like [1].
>>
>> [1] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List
>>
>> If we combine the "icon" and the "web banner" the page can look like:
>>
>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Ext-web.PNG
>>
>>> To stay consistent with the logo for the LibOCon already used on the
>>> website, I kept the same sizes.
>>>
>>> http://conference.libreoffice.org/
>>
>
> I like the idea of the icon on the top-left with the "puzzle pieces
> logo". The colour should change though, it is too pale and difficult to
> see. Maybe pick a colour that is not already used by the other
> LibreOffice modules and from the LibreOffice colour set?[1]

> Hi Klaus-Jürgen
>
> Le 2011-06-26 11:14, klaus-jürgen weghorn ol a écrit :
>> Am 26.06.2011 02:23, schrieb Bernhard Dippold:
>>> hi Klaus-Jürgen, *
>>>
>>> klaus-jürgen weghorn ol schrieb:
>>>> Hi Bernhard,
>>>> Am 25.06.2011 22:22, schrieb Bernhard Dippold:
>>>>> Hi Andreas, all,
>>>>>
>>>>> nobody has any opinion on this topic?
>>>>
>>>> Only a little thing: It is more a web banner than a logo, but very
>>>> good.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Andreas' request has not been for a mimetype icon that represents the
>>> extension on the desktop, but for a logo at the extension / templates
>>> website:
>>>
>>> http://extensions2.libreoffice.org/
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I thought it should be a single symbol like [1].
>>
>> [1] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List
>>
>> If we combine the "icon" and the "web banner" the page can look like:
>>
>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Ext-web.PNG
>>
>>> To stay consistent with the logo for the LibOCon already used on the
>>> website, I kept the same sizes.
>>>
>>> http://conference.libreoffice.org/
>>
>
> I like the idea of the icon on the top-left with the "puzzle pieces
> logo". The colour should change though, it is too pale and difficult to
> see. Maybe pick a colour that is not already used by the other
> LibreOffice modules and from the LibreOffice colour set?[1]