[RFC]: New design and layout 2025

[arhimede]

RFC

Goal

Continuation of the past year RFC related to design and layout, as stated in this RFC 162
Also including the layout of Laminas Ecosystem (temporary name).
It is only a new proposed design , a bit different colors , font, header and footer.
RIght now is missing the proposed design for Sponsors-Vendors-Become A Sponsor section on index page .

Preview

[settermjd]

On the package maintenance status page, instead of an endless list, how about some form of scrolling within the four major blocks so that they have a fixed length?

[arhimede]

On the package maintenance status page, instead of an endless list, how about some form of scrolling within the four major blocks so that they have a fixed length?

In my opinion , this page is supposed to be used with "ctrl-F" and find quickly in page the status of a certain package
Is not supposed to be read or scrolled .
The page is already live for few months now: https://getlaminas.org/packages-maintenance-status/

[Xerkus]

Might be worth adding input field to filter column contents. eg type "router" to show only router packages.

[arhimede]

Might be worth adding input field to filter column contents. eg type "router" to show only router packages.

There is a separate PR about that "ecosystem" page
#226

[froschdesign]

Here is a short list of what I have noticed:

• remove the references on "Blackpoints AG"
• remove the API tools from the footer
• sort the entries in the footer by their importance and not by their length: Mezzio, Components, …
• Where does the star in the background come from? We don't have it anywhere, so why introduce such a boring element? Can we find something better?
• There are buttons for "Back" and "Next", why not for "Back to blog posts"?
• Different fonts are used in the footer, but I think that is only due to the draft. Right?
• The copyright is given more importance than the reference to the Linux Foundation, this should be changed.

[arhimede]

@froschdesign yes, is only a draft
when we will implement it, we will fix all those content related issues
you are right about the star, we will find something else .
Thanks for feedback 👍🏻

[arhimede]

Updated design

Homepage , with stripes in background

[froschdesign]

@arhimede
Is a dark mode planned?

[arhimede]

@arhimede Is a dark mode planned?

Not at this stage.
But if you think that would be usefull, you can the draft item from Redesign project as issue

[froschdesign]

@arhimede
It was pure interest. For the documentation, I will implement it via Bootstrap.

Another question: The cards on the Commercial Vendor Programme page have shadows, but these shadows are not found anywhere else. This is inconsistent. What is the plan here?

[arhimede]

Another question: The cards on the Commercial Vendor Programme page have shadows, but these shadows are not found anywhere else. This is inconsistent. What is the plan here?

Yes, i noticed that those cards does not fit in the general design layout, but will be redesigned at implementation time.
I am expecting during implementation to see various problems.

[froschdesign]

@arhimede
Can we get a detailed overview of what the implementation of the redesign includes?
For example, will the build process (JS/CSS) be reworked, which libraries will be used or replaced, or will the redesign be done page by page?

[arhimede]

@arhimede Can we get a detailed overview of what the implementation of the redesign includes? For example, will the build process (JS/CSS) be reworked, which libraries will be used or replaced, or will the redesign be done page by page?

The redesign is planned to be done page by page.
Build process will stay the same, no libraries are planned to be added, maybe will be removed some if is the case .