<!DOCTYPE html> <html dir="ltr" lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Mageia style charter</title> <meta name="description" content="Charter for Mageia"> <meta name="keywords" content="mageia, charter, graphic, style, design, layout, font, colours, logo, favicon, identity, web"> <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nosnippet,nofollow,noarchive"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/g/style/all.css"> <link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Rock Salt&subset=latin" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/g/favicon.png"> <style> #abtlg { display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 500px; } </style> </head> <body class="release about"> <script src="/_nav/js/"></script> <h1 id="mgnavtitle"><span style="font-family: Rock Salt;">Style charter</span></h1> <div id="doc" class="yui-t7"> <div id="bd" role="main"> <div class="yui-g"> <div class="para"> <p>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 <a href="http://www.mageia.org/">www.mageia.org</a> and takes into account several other options that are available to this day.</p> <ul> <li><a href="#mlogo">Logo</a></li> <li><a href="#mcolours">Colours</a></li> <li><a href="#mwww">Web sites</a></li> <li><a href="#next">What's next?</a></li> </ul> <hr> <div id="by-role"> <h2 id="mlogo">Logo</h2> <p>Mageia official logo is <img src="/g/media/logo/mageia-2013.png" id="abtlg" alt="Mageia logo">.</p> <p>Our logo still does not have a specific font - it would need to be forged.</p> <p>No other logo must be used for official Mageia.org communication.</p> <p>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).</p> <p>Logo colours/gradients:</p> <ul> <li>white/transparent background</li> <li>from <span style="background: #252D42; color: #fff; padding: 0.3em 0.6em;"> #252D42</span> to <span style="background: #485E82; color: #fff; padding: 0.3em 0.6em;"> #485E82</span> (letters)</li> <li>from <span style="background: #2397D4; color: #fff; padding: 0.3em 0.6em;"> #2397D4</span> to <span style="background: #65E7FF; color: #000; padding: 0.3em 0.6em;"> #65E7FF</span> (bubbles)</li> </ul> <p>See <a href="/g/media/logo/">/g/media/logo/</a> for higher resolution PNG and SVG.</p> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="mcolours">Colours</h2> <p>Current colours scheme is a cold one, consisting of basically three major: white, black, blue.</p> <table class="dlt2"> <thead><tr><th>Colour</th><th>Hex code</th><th>Usage</th></tr></thead> <tbody> <tr><td style="background: #ffffff"></td><td>#ffffff</td><td>background</td> <tr><td style="background: #000000;"></td><td>#000000</td><td>body text, h3</td></tr> <tr><td style="background: #3494d3"></td><td>#3494d3</td><td>titles: h1, h2, h3</td><td rowspan="2">Those two should be reconciled</td></tr> <tr><td style="background: #2383c2"></td><td>#2383c2</td><td>links: a</td><tr> <tr><td style="background: orange;"></td><td>orange</td><td>sub-title of h1</td></tr> <tr><td style="background: #555555;"></td><td>#555555</td><td>preamble text, footer text</td></tr> <tr><td style="background: #aaaaaa;"></td><td>#aaaaaa</td><td>table header/footer</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <hr> <h2 id="mwww">Web sites</h2> <ul class="contrib-list charter"> <li id="favicon"> <h3>Favicon</h3> <p>Our favicon is <img src="http://www.mageia.org/g/favicon.png" alt="Mageia favicon">. You may reference it through: <code>http://www.mageia.org/g/favicon.png</code>.</p> </li> <li id="fonts"> <h3>Fonts</h3> <p>Page body fonts rule is:</p> <code class="term">font-family: Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;</code> <br> <p>Titles (h1, h2, etc.) fonts rule is:</p> <code class="term">font-family: "Century Gothic", "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif;</code> </li> <li id="width"> <h3>Page width and layout</h3> <p>Current:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mageia.org/">www</a>: fixed 749px, centered</li> <li><a href="http://blog.mageia.org/">blog</a>: fixed 980px, centered</li> <li><a href="http://forums.mageia.org/">forum</a>: fluid 100%</li> <li><a href="http://bugs.mageia.org/">bugs</a>: fluid 100%</li> <li><a href="http://hugs.mageia.org/">hugs</a>: fixed ~700px, left-aligned</li> </ul> <p>Preferred:</p> <ul> <li>Preferred: fixed 980px, centered</li> <li>Even better, using media queries: <ul> <li>desktop, large screen > 1240,1400</li> <li>tablet</li> <li>phone</li> </ul> (tools to test: http://quirktools.com/screenfly/) </li> </ul> </li> <li id="bg"> <h3>Page background</h3> <p>Current background is built in three layers:</p> <ul> <li>plain white background: <code class="term">html { background: #fff; }</code></li> <li>blue to white gradient with stripes: <code class="term">html { background: url(<a href="http://www.mageia.org/g/images/bg_ln_4.png">http://www.mageia.org/g/images/bg_ln_4.png</a>) repeat-x; }</code> </li> <li>white cauldron mask placed: <code class="term">body { background: url(<a href="http://www.mageia.org/g/images/cauldron_alpha_ln_1.png">http://www.mageia.org/g/images/cauldron_alpha_ln_1.png</a>) no-repeat -20px 200px; }</code> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <h3>www header</h3> <div id="hd" role="banner"><h1><a id="logo" href="/en/"><span>Mageia</span></a> <span class="lsep">|</span> <span class="subh">Title <em class="tag">Tag</em></span></h1></div> <br> <pre class="term">background: linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 50%, #f0f0f0); border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #9db1ca; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #9db1ca;</pre> <br> <p>The whole header may be redesigned along with the global nav bar: below:</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="/_nav/">Global navigation bar</a></h3> <p><a href="/_nav/">See documentation</a>.</p> </li> <li id="css"> <h3>Reference CSS</h3> <p>Our current reference CSS is based on:</p> <ul> <li>YUI reset-fonts-grids CSS</li> <li>YUI base CSS</li> <li>our own: <a href="http://www.mageia.org/g/style/screen.css">screen.css</a></li> </ul> <p>This can be dramatically improved, splitting into several CSSes for reuse through mageia.org.</p> </li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="next">What to do next?</h2> <ul> <li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>