Oke we need to help out here a hand i think ;-)
The website is moving lutz ;-) But still the logo on the top needs a hand..
I always prefer a fullheader width..
here is my example for the main page of www.newlisp.org
And sure... others have nicer examples..let them come ;-)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/logo-1024x200.png%22%3Ehttp://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/logo-1024x200.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/logo-1024x200-1.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/l%20...%20x200-1.png%22%3Ehttp://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/logo-1024x200-1.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/logo-1024x200-2.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/l%20...%20x200-2.png%22%3Ehttp://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/logo-1024x200-2.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/logo-1024x200-3.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/l%20...%20x200-3.png%22%3Ehttp://www.nodep.nl/downloads/newlisp/logo-1024x200-3.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
not better, not perfect, but I'm thowing it out here anyway.

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://perpetualnewbie.info/nllogo1.gif%22%3Ehttp://perpetualnewbie.info/nllogo1.gif%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Ah, more fun! And I'm pleased to see all that centred text on the way out... !:)
Tricky to design a banner with all that white - need some colour at the top I think ...
First thoughts - the original dragonfly has to stay - otherwise all other dragonflies don't make sense...? Is the slogan ("puts the fun back") too 'provocative'?
This:

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://unbalanced-parentheses.nfshost.com/data/images/newlisp-banner.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://unbalanced-parentheses.nfshost.c%20...%20banner.png%22%3Ehttp://unbalanced-parentheses.nfshost.com/data/images/newlisp-banner.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
needs to be on a coloured background that stretches to the edges though...
..or how about a faint background image with newlisp code scattered around? Also, I like designs that use all or most of the screen...
aaa nice folks ..keep 'm coming...
As for restirctions..there are none.. I only though to remove the slogan
but ofcourse a good slogan (quote 'xytroxon) is always welcome ;-)
Ps: i wanted the yellow dragonfly logo with a circle of text around it
quoting a slogan..Could not get it fixed ;-)
How about these:

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.newlisp.org/header-1.png%22%3Ehttp://www.newlisp.org/header-1.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.newlisp.org/header-2.png%22%3Ehttp://www.newlisp.org/header-2.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.newlisp.org/header-3.png%22%3Ehttp://www.newlisp.org/header-3.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
:-)
Yeah..nice move....
Il like the text by the logo...nice and simple..
Ofcourse the slogan must be ...
..well..depend on the public you try to attract or scare off..
But there must be FUN for sure ;-)
ah once I get started I don't want to stop..

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://unbalanced-parentheses.nfshost.com/data/images/newlisp-logos.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://unbalanced-parentheses.nfshost.c%20...%20-logos.png%22%3Ehttp://unbalanced-parentheses.nfshost.com/data/images/newlisp-logos.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
just tell me to stop! :)
Actually I quite like Lutz' previous idea... but I'm not sure which slogan would be the best.
SLICK!... (please (continue 'processing) )
Playing around at this site:
//http://www.xtvworld.com/free_logo_creator.html
I combined three images of:
(define
(newLISP)
(programming language) )
Into this.

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://i38.tinypic.com/11h52qb.png%22%3Ehttp://i38.tinypic.com/11h52qb.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Thinking about it more an idea for design is to add the links as an image
(define
(newLISP)
(Home)
(About)
(News)
etc...
)
So it would look something like:
logo (define (newLISP) ; to boldly... etc.
logo (Home)(About)(News)(Downloads) etc. )
----
Got to go now...
-- xytroxin
cormullion, the one fourth from the top rocks! I wonder: if the squiggles were actually left and right parentheses, would it look as cool? That's what I thought the squiggles were when I first looked at them. I also much prefer the dragonfly you used to the one inside the orange marble...but maybe that's just me.
I think cormullion mentioned opendesign.org in another thread and provided an example. Ok, in the same spirit,
a modified opendesign template (//http)
Just messing around, of course. The possibilities are endless.
The problem?

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.dragonflybsd.org/about/images/FullLogo.gif%22%3Ehttp://www.dragonflybsd.org/about/images/FullLogo.gif%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org
Quote from: "Kazimir Majorinc"
The problem?
what do you mean?
I mean that the same symbol (circle and dragonfly) in the same industry is trade mark violation, probably their ...
the one I like doesn't have a circle and is made of parentheses, and the one that looks like a marble doesn't even look close to the same, so I think we're ok.
Here are some designs Melissa and I worked on this weekend. There are four variations in three color schemes.

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-cream-right.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20-right.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-cream-right.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-cream-center.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20center.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-cream-center.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-cream-left.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-cream-left.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-cream-parenfly.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20renfly.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-cream-parenfly.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-blue-right.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-blue-right.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-blue-center.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20center.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-blue-center.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-blue-left.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-blue-left.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-blue-parenfly.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20renfly.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-blue-parenfly.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-orange-right.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20-right.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-orange-right.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-orange-center.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20center.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-orange-center.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-orange-left.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20e-left.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-orange-left.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-orange-parenfly.png%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banne%20...%20renfly.png%22%3Ehttp://neglook.com/images/newlisp-banner-orange-parenfly.png%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
m i c h a e l
nice nice!.. smooth color choise ! ;-)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Retro1.png%22%3Ehttp://www.instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Retro1.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://www.instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Retro2.png%22%3Ehttp://www.instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Retro2.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Aaa nice Kazimir...! nice combination...
'but' the Colors & font here do remind me of Marlboro sigarettes ;-)
PS: I like the dragonfly mirroring !
I modified the opendesign template I found with my favorite one of Michael's banners. I think the template looks pretty good, myself :)
Quote from: "Lutz"
How about these:
...
:-)
Hmm, that makes me want to see a random motto from the 101 motto thread (//http) every time I load the page :)
Yes, tom - if you could make the blue colour expand to fill up that top box (and so that it resizes properly :) - I think that would be a great design. Always a pleasure to watch masters (and mistresses) at work...!
Why not:
"(cons nil)"
ok, I messed with the template some more. Now I think it resizes ok down to 800x600, and one of the 101 mottos pops up on every page load...
this is fun.
Another slogan:
(set 'flight "to your programming ideas...")
-- xytroxon

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo6.png%22%3Ehttp://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo6.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo14.png%22%3Ehttp://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo14.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo10.png%22%3Ehttp://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo10.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo12.png%22%3Ehttp://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo12.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo23.png%22%3Ehttp://instprog.com/newlisp-logo/Newlisp-logo23.png%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
all this creativity bursting to get out - we should have had another competition this year, like last year...
...I feel some provocation here ;-)
:-)
still puzzling over (cons nil)...
yeah me too..
First i Though Jeff ment it negative, because of nil, but then I though that cant be..But indeed whats the source (or root of all causes..) of (cons nil) = nil ?
PS: I like that SpaceInvader hiding in the newlisp Banner, kazimir.. ;-)
(which could be replaced with flying Toilets from Jet Set Willy...)
PPS: Kazimir, can you remove that green vertical line from the middle of the banner?
I like them but that line is blocking the construction actualy..
Quote from: "newdep"
yeah me too..
First i Though Jeff ment it negative, because of nil, but then I though that cant be..But indeed whats the source (or root of all causes..) of (cons nil) = nil ?
Guys, your're digging too deep... No need to actually evaluate it.
'cons' means 'negative'
'nil' means 'none'
(cons nil) == "negatives--none!" or "No negatives"
I removed green line in last banner.
For those who might need font with dragonfly: http://www.dafont.com/wminsects.font
Kazimir, what editor you're using ?
The layout is ... interesting.
Text editor is Scite. It is small but customizable and export to HTML is perfect, see my blog.
Quote from: "DrDave"
(cons nil) == "negatives--none!" or "No negatives"
:) I have no excuse for being so stupid - I never connected Lisp cons with pros and cons cons before.