Discussion: GBPVR + nPVR online presence [webpage/wiki/forum]

[Hairy]

Hey Folks,

I was hoping to start a discussion on where we, as a community, might go with the current GBPVR webpage and wiki and the possibly of a nPVR webpage and wiki.

I'll start with my 2c. At the start of the year I had a pop at designing and putting together a new webpage to replace the current one. Around the same time myself and steeb were discussing updating the current wiki with a new modified theme (using the same colour palette as the new webpage). Now with nPVR on it's way and people discussing a separate wiki for nPVR. I thought it might be a good opportunity to start a discussion on perhaps tackling GBPVR and nPVR's web presence altogether.

Here's what I think is completely do-able from a community pointy of view (with sub's blessing obviously - I just think we can take care of it so he doesn't have to worry about it).

• Replace the current webpage and update the wiki with a new look.
  
• Based on those, we add a nPVR webpage and wiki - with a slightly different colour scheme to differentiated it.
  

What I think we'd need to do to tackle this:

• The new webapge is pretty much ready to go, I would just have to modify the colour scheme to fit better with gbpvr's default skin.
  
• I've tinkered with the pmwiki skins a little and I think, with the help of more experienced heads, we could easily modify one of the free templates to match the webpage colour scheme.
  

For me, the nPVR side of things would need:

• A confirmation on the name
  
• A logo
  
• A confirmation on the default skin nPVR will use - from there I can put together a complimentary colour scheme.
  
• Content, for both the webpage and the wiki.
  

[Hairy]

So presuming that nPVR stays nPVR, and taking my cue from the current app icon. Here is a suggestion for a simple logo:



Alternative:

[Hairy]

It would be simple enough to modify the proposed GB webpage for nPVR and use a modified colour scheme to help differentiate it.

Basic example below:

[Hairy]

So what do you guys think? Is it feasible, desirable, needed?

[Azimuth]

I like the second logo and the layout looks good.
I would have thought this was Sub's call though.

[Hairy]

I would have thought this was Sub's call though.

No absolutely. I'm more trying to see if we can (completely with sub's go ahead) take care of some of the ancillary stuff, as he's got more than enough on his plate as it is.

[Azimuth]

can I have the source image for logo2? I'm trying to use it for my NMT "start page".

[mvallevand]

I really like the n inside the remote power symbol. It's cool and professional and actually it makes me like npvr as a name for the first time.

Martin

[pcostanza]

I agree with Martin. That one looks like something a huge corporation has......hope that isn't bad for sub.

[sub]

I do quite like that second logo...but... I'm still thinking a bit about names a bit. There is a slight possibility I'll change the name when we come out of beta.

I'm was generally happy with 'NPVR' but there is a couple of things I dont like about it, lack of available npvr.com (I do have NextPVR.com), and googling NPVR turns up a zillion hits for "network pvr"s.

Its hard to come up with a good name.