Teflpedia talk:Logo test

It reminds me of RW and WP somewhat. I think it's the transparency, rather than having a solid block of colour. Phantom Hoover 20:00, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I like it, although my opinion is of little value on a matter like this. Bob might want to wait until the other teflers are back from their sabbaticals and bounce it off them? Human 20:38, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * We can always make changes based on your suggestions. Phantom Hoover 20:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That looks pretty cool. The existing big block of blue is too heavy I think.  I'm still not too sure about the tassel linking to the text though.  Might it not look better with more space between the image and the word?--Bob M 06:54, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, move the tassel over one letter to the, um, double up/down arrow thing. And leave an em of whitespace so it doesn't so much "point" at the text. Or even to the right more, so it's between the darts and the "d"?  And, yeah, the current logo is only lacking an umlaut or three to finish it off. Hi Bob :) Human 07:17, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I think that Pi and Nx were working with a pre-existing image with tassel included. I'm not sure how much scope for chopping and changing it they have. But the more opinions the better. Hi Human. --Bob M 07:37, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * What did Pi have to do with it? It was me! Me! Anyway, we were both manipulating an SVG image, which is basically a lot of editable lines, so there's a huge amount of scope for change. Phantom Hoover 07:54, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've moved the tassel to the right and separated the text completely. Nx 08:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * As I said, that makes the tassel look unnaturally thin. Phantom Hoover 08:22, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've added my version to my userpage. Phantom Hoover 08:33, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry Ph. Yes I know you did the work.  Half asleep when I wrote Pi.  Looking at the two of them they both look quite good.  PH - how did you manage to change the logo on your userpage?  Cute trick.--Bob M 09:33, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * check out MediaWiki:Common.css. MediaWiki puts special classes on the body tag of pages, so you can style them based on their namespace or title. You can, for example, have a different logo for different namespaces, or a different background etc, or you can style individual pages like we did with this one and PH's userpage. Nx 09:52, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool tricks indeed.--Bob M 10:04, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Anyway, I'm still torn between the to logos. More feedback would be nice - but perhaps we need to wait till the US wakes up. I'm wondering if another dash of colour would be a good idea. Make the end of the tassel a different colour for example.--Bob M 10:09, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure how to do that. Nx might know. Phantom Hoover 10:29, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah. Your comment above made me think that it was infinitely flexible, but perhaps I'm asking for too much. Anyway, I was wondering about the possibility of changing the whole tassel colour to make it a bit more lively - but that could be over the top.--Bob M 10:38, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, it's possible, but I hadn't used Inkscape until yesterday, so I have very little experience. Phantom Hoover 10:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * One way to do it is to edit the gradient and create an almost instant color change by adding two stops close to each other. Nx 11:32, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Interesting. How about changing the whole tassel colour from where it comes out of the hat?--Bob M 11:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks for that.  What do others think?--Bob M 11:52, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a golden tassel to contrast with the grey background. Genghis Khant 12:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably keep the oval the tassel comes from blue. Phantom Hoover 12:23, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

(ec) I used D9D919FF. It looks good in high resolution, but doesn't contrast well with the background at this size. Nx 12:25, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice idea, but it's a bit lost against the background.--Bob M 13:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Though the hi-res is nice.--Bob M 13:43, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe a brighter shade? Alternatively red might present more contrast. Genghis Khant 14:35, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Making the background red would lose the advantage of not having a solid block of colour; furthermore, the logo stil contrasts pretty well against the background when used as a logo. Phantom Hoover 15:19, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I meant the tassel, not the background. Genghis Khant 15:27, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, orange or red might be good I imagine. We had that once didn't we?--Bob M 16:43, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Orangified it here. Phantom Hoover 16:48, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That looks quite nice. Can you do that trick to put it on your userpage?--Bob M 16:51, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've added it here, though you may need to clear your cache to see the changes. On Firefox it's ctrl-shift-r. Phantom Hoover 16:55, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm starting to quite like it. Simple, elegant, blue colour goes with the site, IPA text is good "in joke" for an English teaching wiki. But I'm no expert in these things.  I really would like some more opinions.--Bob M 17:05, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * What I would like is for someone who knows IPA to make sure there are no errors in the text. The other advantage is that because it's an SVG image, it can easily be modified later. Phantom Hoover 17:09, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

(UI) I'm really liking the version I'm seeing now (orange tassel, doesn't touch letters). I think the IPA is an awesome in joke, all your normal tefflers will get it right away, right? Do you have some regulars out there who are just "away" right now that you coulod email for their opinion, perhaps? Human 20:44, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

By the way, to change the image just upload the file to Image:Logo2.png, which is the current one. Phantom Hoover 20:52, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The orange color looks great. Nx 21:11, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I tried the complementing colours thing Bob pointed out on IRC. Phantom Hoover 21:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The lighter grey of the MediaWiki background gives much better contrast than the darker grey slab. Looks pretty good now IMHO. Genghis Khant 22:32, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Something weird here. It won't seem to overwrite the existing one. Do I need to fix something in local settings?  Got to go out now though.--Bob M 08:52, 26 August 2009 (UTC)