Thank you all for proposing so many wonderful designs for Yii! It has been a fun watching how Yii could look differently in different people's eyes.
Finally, we have to make a decision and choose one of the designs to be applied to this site. We are reluctant to give up the others, but we have to. We hope our site can take the new look before the highly anticipated version 1.1 is released.
We will keep this board open. You are welcome to post your new design and let others know how you perceive Yii.
And here is the finalist, Fred Wu, who proposed the following logo and design:
Concept 3
Please let us know if you have any suggestions or advices on this design.
Yes, we will change all relevant styles, including those in demos and skeletons, so that they have the same color scheme. This will only be done in 1.1 so we can keep 1.0 backward compatible as much as possible.
Yes, we will change all relevant styles, including those in demos and skeletons, so that they have the same color scheme. This will only be done in 1.1 so we can keep 1.0 backward compatible as much as possible.
Honestly, not big on the big green box at the top of the page. To me it overwhelms the other colors. I think the Green Box and Grey Box should be switched, personally.
This logo looks like a mouse or… a smile or it means that Yii is more easy than extensible and efficient (1/2 of black + 1/2 green & orange)? I didn’t get it But Fred’s design is better than the current one, good job
Yes, we will change all relevant styles, including those in demos and skeletons, so that they have the same color scheme. This will only be done in 1.1 so we can keep 1.0 backward compatible as much as possible.
Please don't do that. Coloured backgrounds are hard to deal with. Skeleton's current theme with its white and clean background is easier to customize.
Great idea to change site design with 1.1 release, we always need to rethink ourselves! But I agree with others here; this is a great design (great job for the designer) but it is very far from the original idea of Yii and its colors. I guess we'll get used to it and in a couple of weeks we'll love it!
The followings are Fred's interpretation of the new logo. I think an additional interpretation is that the new logo implies components and extensibility, which is the spirit of Yii.
The design philosophy is simple and elegance. The logo is a simplified and enhanced version of the original Yin Yang / Mouse shape. The mouse shape in the new logo is made intangible intentionally so that people won't be mistaken the project with computer hardware companies.
The hidden 'Y' is a feature of the logo.
Two vivid colours (orange and light green) are used to represent creativeness and energy, along with a dark grey to represent stability.
A regular Myriad Pro typeface is used for the logo, with rounded edges to enhance the connection with the graphic.
But Fred’s design is better than the current one, good job 
