The website of BRL-CAD is undergoing significant changes. We have a design mockup at http://cpp-tricks.com/brlcad/ and http://beta.brlcad.org but there are various aspects that we know could use improvement. One of those is the main page that will be presented when someone goes to http://brlcad.org
This style guide can be use for consistency or you can try to impress us with something different: http://www.google-melange.com/gci/work/download/google/gci2013/5844328496758784?id=5649050225344512
Redesign the front page of our web site. The only requirement is to adhere to a consistent visual style and make it impressive. Be creative. The output should be 2 design files, one for large screen, and one for small screens (e.g., mobile). The format can be images or html/css/javascript mockup.
Submit your design in whatever raw editable format you used along with a screenshot in png format. Also submit a brief write-up (this can be a txt file upload or detailed in a comment) telling us why is it an improvement over existing design.
References:- Existing/old site design: http://brlcad.org
- Updated/proposed new site: http://cpp-tricks.com/brlcad/ and http://beta.brlcad.org
| File name/URL | File size | Date submitted | |
|---|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/winghouchan/BRL-CAD-GCI | n/a | December 10 2014 21:17 UTC |
I would like to work on this task.
This task has been assigned to Wing-Hou Chan. You have 100 hours to complete this task, good luck!
Howdy!
Just a query regarding a the specification.
"The output should be 2 design files, one for large screen, and one for small screens (e.g., mobile)."
I'd like to only output one HTML page, instead of one for large screens and one for small screens. To do this I will make the page responsive which has a vast amount of benefits.
Is this alright?
Howdy!
Just to let you know work can be found in a public GitHub repository. Here is the link: https://github.com/winghouchan/BRL-CAD-GCI
Heyo!
I've began setting up the necessary files I need and started brewing some coffee for the night! While I'm doing this I'd like to discuss some aspects of the project and get a better idea on what you'd like. I'm going to list some topics and describe some details below. Please comment on them! They will help me set goals on what to design and what content to input. Maybe it could be turned into a fully functioning site ;)
Background
BRL-CAD is an open source modeling system
USPs
Free and open source
Cross-platform
Powerful
Since 1979
Used by the US military
Primary Objective
Get visitor to download BRL-CAD
Secondary Objective(s)
Give info on how to use BRL-CAD (documentation, FAQs)
Give info on the story behind BRL-CAD (about page(s))
Provide human support (forum?)
These points are just starters to a discussion. We'll see what comes out of it and hope it's insightful!
I just saw your comment now. Sorry for late response.
Thanks for the reply!
I may need more time, but I will push up all my work before the time is up, at around 17:00 (GMT +0).
I'm gathering image assets at the moment and that's being quite troublesome.
You don t need to worry if you don't finish in time. It's something we control entirely, and if you need more it will be extended with no issue.
The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.
I haven't been able to find any of the images I'm looking for so at the moment all of the section backgrounds are just a bland #1a1a1a :(
Still looking for them in the meantime, but the site is complete enough for review and can be modified to include images later.
Forgot to do the write-up but will complete it tomorrow as I'm off for the night.
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Wow, this looks great even without pictures. I can see you've put a lot of work into it. Awesome job!
Hope you're enjoying Google Code-in!
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Thanks Mihai!
Ya! I'm enjoying Google Code-In. It's certainly fun to work on interesting projects from wonderful open source organizations!