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title: Go-Fed Site Redesign
summary: Taking Go-Fed's website from "yep, it has color" to "woo, looking super nice! :D"
author: "Abdullah Tarawneh"
date: "2020-12-27"
start: "Dec 2020"
end: "Dec 2020"
at: "Go-Fed"
position: "Website Remake"
tags: ["go-fed", "redesign", "website", "web", "responsive"]
category: "Work"
cover: "/images/cover/go-fed.png"
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<img src="/images/logos/go-fed.png" alt="Go-Fed logo">
<h1 class="title">I remade and simplifed Go-Fed's website on both the frontend and backend.</h1>
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<section class="section" id="about" style="background: #0e2333">
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<h2 class="title">about the client</h2>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 700;">Get Fedi Hired: Go-Fed Site Redesign</p>
<p>
I'm looking to pay from the Go-Fed OpenCollective to update the go-fed website.<br><br>
Both frontend & backend.<br><br>
<a target="_blank" href="https://go-fed.org/" style="color: #e4e6da">go-fed.org</a> design is "yep it has color". The backend is similarly a gigantic single golang template, a nightmare.<br><br>
The only real constraint is "preserve the existing content". Site design color scheme may need to reflect logo rework.<br><br>
DMs OK.<br><br>
The Open Collective
<a target="_blank" style="color: #e4e6da" href="https://opencollective.com/go-fed-activitypub-labs">https://opencollective.com/go-fed-activitypub-labs</a> <br><br>
The Work Tracker
<a target="_blank" style="color: #e4e6da" href="https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/go-fed-work-tracker-megathread/1170">https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/go-fed-work-tracker-megathread/1170</a> <br><br>
Boosts welcome. <a target="_blank" style="color: #e4e6da" href="https://mastodon.technology/tags/hirefedi">#hirefedi</a>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://mastodon.technology/@cj/105345893037769051" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 25px; color: inherit; display: block;">December 8, 2020, 12:06 PM</a>
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<h2 class="title">analyzing the old design</h2>
<blockquote class="quote">[The current] design is "yep, it has color".</blockquote>
<div class="attribution">
{{< people/cj >}}
<cite><em>CJ Slep</em><br>Go-Fed<br>author</cite>
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<blockquote class="quote">Woo, looking super nice! :D Looks amazing! :D</blockquote>
<div class="attribution">
{{< people/cj >}}
<cite><em>CJ Slep</em><br>Go-Fed<br>author</cite>
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<h2 class="title">rebuilding on a more manageable tech stack</h2>
<blockquote class="quote">The backend is similarly a gigantic single golang template, a nightmare.</blockquote>
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{{< people/cj >}}
<cite><em>CJ Slep</em><br>Go-Fed<br>author</cite>
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