We should update out logo everywhere

[mitar]

We have currently around the black old P logo, which should be updated to new book logo. So on Twitter, GitHub, Gravatar, favicon, everywhere.

[kevincfz]

@mitar I would like to do this, any insight on how to get access to all the accounts?

[mitar]

Great. Can you first list all the accounts where we have to change things? You can look under the IT services wiki page for some ideas. I think Gravatar + things listed there, but please check.

[kevincfz]

I need Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, since the logos on these sites all needed update. @mitar

[kevincfz]

@raaswol will give me the access of the accounts. I don't think we already have a Gravatar account, do you want me to make one @mitar ?

[ciaobrian]

I give you access to linkedin if you add me on linkedin.

[ciaobrian]

I added you

[kevincfz]

@raaswol i don't see it ..try Fangzhou Chen... I somehow deleted your comment..omg wut just happened

[raaswol]

@FZSS done again

[ciaobrian]

Added u to linkedin admin for PeerLibrary

[raaswol]

@FZSS let me know when you have a tumblr. everything else is taken care of :-)

[kevincfz]

@raaswol I got my tumblr, my id is fzss. I accepted your Facebook friend request, can you get me the Facebook clearance? Also, I realize probably we should update our github account as well

[mitar]

You are already admin of the Facebook page.

[mitar]

I made a version of logo to use around, which is a bit cropped already: https://github.com/peerlibrary/outreach/blob/master/identity/logo/with-title/PeerLibrary-cropped.png

Use this everywhere.

[kevincfz]

@mitar, this is the version with title (the current black one doesn't have a title), do you want to use this everywhere?

[kevincfz]

@mitar I've updated the LinkedIn page using the above logo, check it out https://www.linkedin.com/company/peerlibrary?trk=company_logo

[mitar]

I would use it with title for now, because logo is not yet as known. We can remove the title in a year or two. :-)

[kevincfz]

okay sounds good

[mitar]

I updated GitHub and Gravatar.

[mitar]

Do you have access now to the rest?

[kevincfz]

yes, except tumblr

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[mitar]

You have access to AngelList?

[kevincfz]

Nope, I'll ask brian @ciaobrian, can you update the angle list logo or give me access?

[mitar]

Do you have account there?

[ciaobrian]

Ok Mitar was one minute faster than me! :)

[kevincfz]

@mitar I photoshoped two 16px favicon, one from the svg and the second resized from the existing 150px png, do you think they are okay? or I can ask @Retronator for help

[kevincfz]

@mitar I am done with most except for Tumblr. I don't find a way to update the Tumblr blog, member seems only be able to post blogs, but not change any settings, can you help?

[mitar]

Try now. I promoted you to admin.

[kevincfz]

@mitar okay i updated our group's avatar, whereas the one on the actual blog is from Gravatar

[mitar]

I photoshoped two 16px favicon, one from the svg and the second resized from the existing 150px png, do you think they are okay?

Where can I see that?

whereas the one on the actual blog is from Gravatar

Updated.

[mitar]

But I now see that we are using wrong image. The image I linked above and cropped is not the best for what we are using it now. Transparency should be just around the book, but inside the book it should be always white. Otherwise on sites which respect transparency, logo is without the pages, just lines.

[mitar]

Can you make such file image instead?

[kevincfz]

this is the new png with white background. https://github.com/peerlibrary/outreach/blob/master/identity/logo/with-title/PeerLibrary-cropped-white.png.
I will update it to all our accounts

[mitar]

So now a 16x16 icon is the only thing which is still missing.

[MatejJan]

I made one on the flight today. :)

[kevincfz]

@Retronator Thanks lol!

[MatejJan]

Oh wait, a bit more symmetric version:

I'll upload the png and ico to the repo.

[mitar]

Thanks!

I moved files around and named so that it is clearer what is what.

@FZSS: Do you think we should create now an .ico file with multiple sizes in? Or just use the png file?

[MatejJan]

I noticed on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, that you have been using the image with the title as avatar. You should use the one without the title. It's not legible at small sizes, the name PeerLibrary is already written in text next to the avatar and the PeerLibrary-icon-* files are specifically optimized for small sizes (bigger radius, less lines, thicker lines). Right now in small sizes the logo with title doesn't look good.

[mitar]

The issue is that you can upload there only one version of the logo. And because they are showing also the big version in some places, we had to upload the big version. We are currently using this: https://github.com/peerlibrary/outreach/blob/master/identity/logo/with-title/PeerLibrary-cropped-white.png

So there is not really a way to import icon versions. :-(

But we could do the one without the title. I proposed that we are using the title for now because our logo is not known enough, so that we link the name with the logo better. In a year or so we can then simplify to only logo.

Or are you suggesting that we should be using large version, but without a title already now?

[MatejJan]

Or are you suggesting that we should be using large version, but without a title already now?

Yes, exactly. If you go to the Facebook Page or Twitter profile, the name PeerLibrary is written in text as the name of the account. It does not need to be written in the avatar; you still get the logo-name connection. Same when it appears in the feed, you have avatar + PeerLibrary in text.

The only place I see that this is not the case is on blog.peerlibrary.org, but there you can simply switch the theme to include the big logo instead of the now small avatar.

I'll make you a highres version of the icon since the current max is 150px, but for example Twitter shows it at 200px on the profile. And when I upload it, you can switch it in those places.

[mitar]

OK. Thanks.

Also, what we made is that logo was a white backgound internally. Completely transparent logo didn't look good.

[MatejJan]

Completely transparent logo didn't look good.

Yeah, it looks good only on light backgrounds (like on peerlibrary.org, when the animated background is pretty light).

[mitar]

OK, but then do we need a high res of the icon? I would just use then the https://github.com/peerlibrary/outreach/blob/master/identity/logo/with-title/PeerLibrary-cropped-white.png, but remove the title.

[MatejJan]

No, because when it gets zoomed down (as an avatar in the news feed, how people see it 95% of the time) it looks just as bad as it does now. That's why you need to upload the icon version. Yes, on the profile page it'll be a tiny bit big and not the same as the full logo, but I think it's a way better compromise.

[mitar]

OK. You prepare whatever you think it is the best and we will use it. So We also have Gravatar.

Do you think we should have for favicon an .ico file with multiple sizes?

[mitar]

@Retronator made a version of the logo which is more suitable for social media: https://github.com/peerlibrary/outreach/blob/master/identity/logo/without-title/PeerLibrary-icon-700px-transparent.png

It scales better when is made smaller. So let's do the last iteration on this and update everywhere to it. And then close the ticket.

[Klarster]

Hi,

I updated the logo on Angellist, Facebook and LinkedIn. Could somebody do the same with Tumblr and Twitter?

[gar-bear]

Twitter and Tumblr are done now. =]