Re: [boost] [Marketing] Quote on front page?

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-22 15:44:48

On Jul 22, 2005, at 2:51 PM, Doug Gregor wrote:

> The Spirit page (http://spirit.sourceforge.net/) has a quote on its
> front page, which I find appealing. So I stole the idea and added the
> C++ Coding Standards quote (which is, perhaps, the most flattering of
> the few we've collected) to the Boost front page header. The effect can
> be seen here:
>
> 	http://www.osl.iu.edu/~dgregor/boost/index.htm

David Abrahams noted that this looks really weird when the window is 
too narrow. The HTML and CSS patch for my proposed change follows. 
Could someone with a better understanding of CSS (that means, "anyone 
with a pulse") take a look at it.

        Doug

Index: index.htm
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/index.htm,v
retrieving revision 1.227
diff -u -r1.227 index.htm
--- index.htm   22 Jul 2005 19:21:57 -0000      1.227
+++ index.htm   22 Jul 2005 20:42:52 -0000
@@ -26,8 +26,25 @@
          <div id="d3"></div>

          <div id="heading">
-          <h1><span id="boost">Boost</span> <span id="cpplibraries">C++
-          Libraries</span></h1>
+          <table>
+            <tr>
+              <td>
+                <h1><span id="boost">Boost</span> <span
+                id="cpplibraries">C++ Libraries</span></h1>
+              </td>
+              <td align="right">
+                <cite class="quote">"...one of the most highly regarded
+                and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
+                world."</cite>
+                <br><br>
+
+                <span class="quote_attr"/>-- <a class="quote_attr" 
href="http://www.gotw.ca/">Herb Sutter</a> and
+<a class="quote_attr" 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Alexandrescu">Andrei 
Alexandrescu</a>,<br>
+<a class="quote_attr" 
href="http://safari.awprofessional.com/?XmlId=0321113586">C++ Coding
+Standards</a></span>
+              </td>
+            </tr>
+          </table>
          </div>

          <div id="content">
Index: more/css_0/front.css
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RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/more/css_0/front.css,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 front.css
--- more/css_0/front.css        6 May 2005 19:01:38 -0000       1.1
+++ more/css_0/front.css        22 Jul 2005 20:42:52 -0000
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@
  #content h1, #content h2, #content h3 {
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
+cite.quote {
+  font-size: 75%;
+  color: #FFFFFF;
+}
+.quote_attr {
+  font-size: 75%;
+  font-weight: 200%;
+  color: #FFFFFF;
+}
+a.quote_attr {
+  font-size: 100%;
+}
+
  /* - New browsers have the easy way to set this. */
  .body-0 {
    min-width: 50em;