This draft guide is to help build consistent style for Mageia.org on the Web and in the printed world. It starts from the current charter of www.mageia.org and takes into account several other options that are available to this day.
Logo
Mageia official logo is .
Our logo still does not have a specific font - it would need to be forged.
No other logo must be used for official Mageia.org communication.
This logo must not be altered. We need a more comprehensive guide for it (use of cauldron alone, of "mageia" alone, availability of derivative logos and buttons for other uses).
Logo colours/gradients:
- white/transparent background
- from #252D42 to #485E82 (letters)
- from #2397D4 to #65E7FF (bubbles)
See /g/media/logo/ for higher resolution PNG and SVG.
Colours
Current colours scheme is a cold one, consisting of basically three major: white, black, blue.
Colour | Hex code | Usage | |
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#ffffff | background | ||
#000000 | body text, h3 | ||
#3494d3 | titles: h1, h2, h3 | Those two should be reconciled | |
#2383c2 | links: a | ||
orange | sub-title of h1 | ||
#555555 | preamble text, footer text | ||
#aaaaaa | table header/footer |
Web sites
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Favicon
Our favicon is . You may reference it through:
https://www.mageia.org/g/favicon.png
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Fonts
Page body fonts rule is:
font-family: Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
Titles (h1, h2, etc.) fonts rule is:
font-family: "Century Gothic", "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif;
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Page width and layout
Current:
- www: fixed 749px, centered
- blog: fixed 980px, centered
- forum: fluid 100%
- bugs: fluid 100%
- hugs: fixed ~700px, left-aligned
Preferred:
- Preferred: fixed 980px, centered
- Even better, using media queries:
- desktop, large screen > 1240,1400
- tablet
- phone
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Page background
Current background is built in three layers:
- plain white background:
html { background: #fff; }
- blue to white gradient with stripes:
html { background: url(https://www.mageia.org/g/images/bg_ln_4.png) repeat-x; }
- white cauldron mask placed:
body { background: url(https://www.mageia.org/g/images/cauldron_alpha_ln_1.png) no-repeat -20px 200px; }
- plain white background:
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www header
Mageia | Title Tag
background: linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 50%, #f0f0f0); border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #9db1ca; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #9db1ca;
The whole header may be redesigned along with the global nav bar: below:
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Global navigation bar
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Reference CSS
Our current reference CSS is based on:
- YUI reset-fonts-grids CSS
- YUI base CSS
- our own: screen.css
This can be dramatically improved, splitting into several CSSes for reuse through mageia.org.