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doublebeast wrote: Ever sort out better freedoms, or i will just make my own idea of what mambo should be turned into, as it is becomign annoying...

doublebeast wrote: this is what is understanden not, why does it say that it has to be a minimum size of 1 inch, but the favicon icon for joomla is much smaller on the firefox browser, isn't that violating that stupid thing

Aswell just bung it on the default template and allow users to remove it, however don't you have to have some where on your site the joomla logo? As i  thought you did with Mambo... As if it is optional to display it, but have powered by Joomla as the footer i am fine with it...

The hope being that the majority of peoples requirements will be met by what has been produced

bedet wrote: Can anyone pls give me some advise!!!??

bluesaze wrote:

bedet wrote: Can anyone pls give me some advise!!!??

Hi I think its fine just leave a bigger gap between Joomla and 4U i.e dont make it one word. That should solve your problem.

jmc wrote:

The hope being that the majority of peoples requirements will be met by what has been produced

And so they will, I am sure. Until you decide on the tagline. Then we'll be back here arguing.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but I was under the impression that the whole purpose of the Joomla! logo (and the Community's part in choosing it) was "brand identification"? I.E. for the CMS, not for our own sites. That seems to be the entire drift of the Brand Guide, after all (EXCELLENT work, btw!). I don't, in that case, see the point of all of this nit-picking. Surely, if you build your own (or a client's) site, you will have your own design/logo/colour theme for that purpose? What, then, is the point of plastering stock Joomla! logos all over it? Unless its some kind or narcissistic exercise?
I have no problem with adding (where appropriate) a discreet "Powered by..." badge, as a token of respect to the work done by many people in creating Joomla! for me to utilise as an end-user. But I would not even consider giving the Joomla! logo dominant positioning in a client's site. Nor (as has been pointed out), am I required to.
Of course, a large number of Joomla!/Mambo sites exisit purely for the purpose of disseminating mods/components/templates for the respective CMS's. They may feel it necessary to make heavier use of the branding imagery in their sites, if only to make it visually clear that they make their living pandering to the requirements of an Open Source Community. Personally, I go for content over graphical appearance every time! And I'm damn sure that these sites form a very small proportion of the total using this CMS out there! Most of whom probably don't mention Joomla!/Mambo except in the footer or code.
My 2c's worth, anyway.
John Mc

buzzlyhan wrote: about Joomla! New Logo EPS files

first .. thanks for a great work.

and, are these files formats by "illustrator CS" (version 11)?  ..maybe..
I couldn't open Logo files because my Illustrator is 9.0.(or is there a problem in my software?)

So, I think "Illustrator 9" format better than it. :-*
for many users and transparency okay.

cheers!

infograf768 wrote:

buzzlyhan wrote: about Joomla! New Logo EPS files

first .. thanks for a great work.

and, are these files formats by "illustrator CS" (version 11)?  ..maybe..
I couldn't open Logo files because my Illustrator is 9.0.(or is there a problem in my software?)

So, I think "Illustrator 9" format better than it. :-*
for many users and transparency okay.

cheers!

Hi,
It is indeed an Illustrator 11 file.
But the png should suit your needs for transparency purposes.
Otherwise, you just have to open at the size you want the eps in Photoshop.
Hope this helps.

MyJC wrote:

infograf768 wrote:

buzzlyhan wrote: about Joomla! New Logo EPS files

first .. thanks for a great work.

and, are these files formats by "illustrator CS" (version 11)?  ..maybe..
I couldn't open Logo files because my Illustrator is 9.0.(or is there a problem in my software?)

So, I think "Illustrator 9" format better than it. :-*
for many users and transparency okay.

cheers!

Hi,
It is indeed an Illustrator 11 file.
But the png should suit your needs for transparency purposes.
Otherwise, you just have to open at the size you want the eps in Photoshop.
Hope this helps.

the pngs don't seem to scale well in Macromedia products; they get bitty. Is there a way to make a vector png that will work with MM, eg, FireWorks?

Also, for those that don't use a graphics programs, could perhaps some official jpgs and gifs be reposited somewhere?

wr

MyJC wrote:
the pngs don't seem to scale well in Macromedia products; they get bitty. Is there a way to make a vector png that will work with MM, eg, FireWorks?

Also, for those that don't use a graphics programs, could perhaps some official jpgs and gifs be reposited somewhere?

wr

rhuk wrote: Thanks for all the great comments so far.  Have no fear, we are taking them all in and we are modifying the Brand Guide to address some of your concerns, and also clarify issues that seem to be causing some confusion.  This is a living document and it will evolve, ...

rhuk wrote:

MyJC wrote:
the pngs don't seem to scale well in Macromedia products; they get bitty. Is there a way to make a vector png that will work with MM, eg, FireWorks?

Also, for those that don't use a graphics programs, could perhaps some official jpgs and gifs be reposited somewhere?

wr

FYI, The PNGs were created in Fireworks and scale down great for me.  All the web work i've done has been in fireworks with the PNGs.  Just drag the PNG into fireworks and resize away!

shoffman11 wrote: Another problem I just thought of: you say on page 12 that the horizontal version of the logo should not be smaller than 1.375 inches, but the size that the logo will display on a user's screen is dependent on their resolution.  For example, I have my monitor set to 1280x1024 pixels, the logo on page 12 in the brand guide is exactly 1.375 inches (at 100% zoom); but, if my resolution is 800x600 pixels, the logo is 2.1875 inches.  You should remove this requirement all together.  As long as the aspect ratio doesn't change, the logo will look fine in all resolutions.  I don't have any problem with the core team asking for the logo to remain in the same proportion, but a fixed physical width presents too many problems.

Also, on page 11, you forgot to finish your sentence.  It says "Examples of tagline placement may be found on page #."  Fix this too

shoffman11 wrote: Another problem I just thought of: you say on page 12 that the horizontal version of the logo should not be smaller than 1.375 inches, but the size that the logo will display on a user's screen is dependent on their resolution.  [snip]  You should remove this requirement all together. 

doublebeast wrote: another thing i want to mension is, why do you call it a brand, it isn't a product or company, it is opensource software. I know it is apposed to sound professional, however it looks to formal, like a kid trying to act like an adult. I think that, it should just put these are guide lines what the joomla organisation expects from users. Not that they should force users, but the fact they are given respect back to the communtiy. As the rules are to specific, we should judge for ourselves, whether it doesn't explot it or not

doublebeast wrote: another thing i want to mension is, why do you call it a brand, it isn't a product or company, it is opensource software. I know it is apposed to sound professional, however it looks to formal, like a kid trying to act like an adult. I think that, it should just put these are guide lines what the joomla organisation expects from users. Not that they should force users, but the fact they are given respect back to the communtiy. As the rules are to specific, we should judge for ourselves, whether it doesn't explot it or not