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standard wiki icon width is 135px.[[User:Michael|Michael]] ([[User talk:Michael|talk]])
standard wiki icon width is 135px.[[User:Michael|Michael]] ([[User talk:Michael|talk]])


:[[File:Portland Wiki_logo-170.png|thumb|135px|135px wide]][[File:PortlandWiki_logo_v2_paths.svg|thumb|135px|135px wide]]Yeah, that's true; I just made the logo wider (and had to adjust the wiki's skin to fit it) because its proportions are different from most wiki logos (wider and less tall). But it can pretty easily be any width. 135px wide (see pics) is still legible, though it doesn't really stand out at that size, like a logo should in my opinion... but it's a pretty easy fix if we decide it should be smaller. -[[User:Kotra|kotra]] ([[User talk:Kotra|talk]]) 04:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
:[[File:Portland Wiki_logo-170.png|thumb|135px|135px wide]][[File:PortlandWiki_logo_v2_paths.svg|thumb|135px|135px wide]]Yeah, that's true; I just made the logo wider (and had to adjust the wiki's skin to fit it) because its proportions are different from most wiki logos (wider and less tall). But it can pretty easily be any width. 135px wide (see pics) is still legible, though it doesn't stand out as much at that size... but that's not a big deal and it's a fairly easy fix if we decide it should be smaller. -[[User:Kotra|kotra]] ([[User talk:Kotra|talk]]) 04:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Revision as of 21:48, 24 December 2009

Colors

I feel that there should be only two colors besides black, as more tend to give a jumbled and chaotic impression. The rose/pink, while appropriate once you know the reason, may look red, and therefore angry (as pointed out by Arthur from the November WikiWednesday). Making it less red and more pink would solve that problem, but introduces the problem of being more, well, pink. Blue and green, as used in the flag of Portland, may be the solution. Teresa helped me research this; the City of Portland's explanation of the colors is the blue represents Portland's two rivers, and the green is for "the forests and our green City". Sounds fine to me, and they are aesthetically pleasing (if slightly dull) colors. Thoughts? -kotra 05:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Motifs

I'd like to include some sort of "confluence" motif, representing the disparate peoples and ideas of our city coming together. The first logo I think alludes to that, but not particularly strongly or obviously. Not entirely sure yet how to adapt it to emphasize confluence more, or what other ideas would better illustrate this, so suggestions are welcome. -kotra 05:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Text

Are we "PortlandWiki" or "Portland Wiki"? This is fairly crucial, since the first logo has them separated into two words. -kotra 05:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, judging by the main page and most other uses I've seen, it's probably "PortlandWiki". My next version will make it one word. -kotra 22:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


Width

standard wiki icon width is 135px.Michael (talk)

135px wide
135px wide
Yeah, that's true; I just made the logo wider (and had to adjust the wiki's skin to fit it) because its proportions are different from most wiki logos (wider and less tall). But it can pretty easily be any width. 135px wide (see pics) is still legible, though it doesn't stand out as much at that size... but that's not a big deal and it's a fairly easy fix if we decide it should be smaller. -kotra (talk) 04:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)