Enhancement: higher-resolution screenshot.png

[benlk]

The WordPress default themes use an 880x660 screenshot.png for the the 421x329 theme preview image, but Largo's 300x225 screenshot gets stretched and appears blurry.

[rnagle]

Should probably show one of the shiny new homepage layouts, too.

[benlk]

Had to zoom out a bit to show the new layouts, but here are options:

Full width with featured:

Blog format:

Refreshing the old screenshot:

[aschweigert]

I defer to @kaeti, #1 looks the most sane to me though

[aschweigert]

We could also just use the logo.

[kaeti]

Yeah, I'd vote for #1. That image seems a little cruncy still — can you get a bigger screenshot?

[benlk]

880x660 is the official screenshot size, so we're limited to that aspect ratio. I could zoom farther out, which makes everything smaller but shows more stuff below the image:

Or I could use a featured image for that post with a more-horizontal aspect ratio, but that seems misleading because we don't crop the featured images:

[aschweigert]

How do we feel like using a logo? It seems like any homepage screenshot we use is somewhat deceptive since there are so many homepage options...using a logo would mean we wouldn't have to update it when we add features/change the design/etc.

[kaeti]

Everyone else has a screenshot of the theme.

[aschweigert]

those are the WP default themes (which, we can assume, represents what THEY think we should do) but I've seen logos used before for other commercial themes, etc.

[benlk]

If we're going to publish this on the WP themes repo, I think we should have either screenshots or links to member sites. Using our logo isn't bad if potential users can see somewhere what it looks like in use.

[aschweigert]

OK, let's just go with #1 for now then and just pick a photo/headline/excerpt for the lead story that makes it look as clean and representative as possible

[kaeti]

Yeah for the themes repo, especially, I think we'd want to show the theme vs. just a logo.

[benlk]

Slightly wider view than #1, to show top story in list, and a better title for the hero story. The hero story is made up and uses a WordPress stock photo.