A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by olasitarska » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:16 PM UTC

A redesign of the Django websites
djangoproject.com

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by chhantyal » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

Looking great. Thanks for great Christmas gift :D

On the other hand, I feel like I am going to miss old design - is there archive somewhere?

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by sailfast » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:24 PM UTC

This is a lot more readable and approachable - nice work! Cool to see that the designers managed to stick to the green template while making it work for a bunch of different content types. Thanks for the update!

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by arthursilva » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:26 PM UTC

The old design was/is awesome, I'll miss it.

I didn't fell comfortable with the new one, looks too bright to my eyes.

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by rossk » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:26 PM UTC

Nice work!

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by glofish » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:28 PM UTC

I like the new design but IMHO there was nothing wrong with the old one.

There was something very warm and reassuring about the old colors and I feel there was more information filled.

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by glofish » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:30 PM UTC

sailfast wrote: post #3

This is a lot more readable and approachable - nice work! Cool to see that the designers managed to stick to the green template while making it work for a bunch of different content types. Thanks for the update!

I think it has too much empty space ...

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by scrollaway » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

Good job on the redesign. I think it looks great.

How about getting rid of Trac now? There's really no worse issue tracker...

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by bbx » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:36 PM UTC

For comparison: http://i.imgur.com/U2p3BEU.png

It's always difficult and probably unfair to express an opinion right after having seen the redesign.

As with any complete overhaul that keeps close to nothing from the previous version, it's very hard to improve the experience without losing any sense of identity. In this case, the Bootstrap vibe is quite prominent.

It does makes sense for the documentation, but the main page is less appealing. I'm not a developer, but the previous design actually got me intrigued by the framework and encouraged me to look deeper.

I guess a redesign was probably needed. I just hope it's a design they will iterate over.

Re: A redesign of the Django websites

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Post by avolcano » Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 4:37 PM UTC

Funny how, even after a redesign, I can still recognize the layout of the docs after occasionally looking at them a few times a year :) https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/