vBulletin.org Style Competition Deadline: 1st of May

[Logician]

Hey there,

As you know we have an ongoing style competition announced in this thread (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=54651).

I want to mention that deadline for the contest is May 1 so if you consider joining in, hurry! :)

You can read the rules in the announcement thread but to recap:
* You must have a valid vBulletin license to join
* The style you submit should be created by you.
* You can submit multiple Styles
* You have to submit the style.xml, buttons (names as on standard vb3), psd's of the buttons, a screenshot of how the style will look.

Some other points:
* The winner of the competition will get a vb license courtesy of Jelsoft. Runner up will get a hivemail license courtesy of Hivemail. Winner will also get a custom title here in vb.org and his username will be mentioned in the footer of his style.
* We'll use the winner style here in vb.org and we want it unique to our site so it shouldnt be resold or distributed by its author before or after the competition.
* We are not looking for something complicated or heavy in graphics! All we want is a nice HEADER, FOOTER and NAVBAR, as well as BUTTONS and COLOR SCHEME. It is even ok if you don't modify any other templates than header, footer and navbar.
* If we don't like any of the submitted styles, we will not choose a winner. (Jury is vb.org staff) :o
* You can submit your styles in the Style Contest Forum (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=43). In this forum you see only threads you started so forum's being empty does not mean you are the only competitor ;)

Good luck to you all!

[sabret00the]

1st of may, you gotta be kidding, the most anyone would need would be 2 weeks. :(

[Logikos]

1st of may, you gotta be kidding, the most anyone would need would be 2 weeks. :(
lol sounds like your in a hurry to see the new style :p

[BlackxRam]

I think its a good idea. It means people dont have the luxury of checking out other boards to top them. They submit what they have NOW and only now... i like the time limit. :) Good on ya Logician and crew!

[Logikos]

Its about time this ends soon. Been going on snice Jun 2003. :)

[Logician]

\[]emesis']Its about time this ends soon. Been going on snice Jun 2003. :)
I agree with you but considering the fact that gold is due recently, it would have been meaningless to have the style for beta versions.

[sabret00the]

\[]emesis']lol sounds like your in a hurry to see the new style :p
with all the errors dark blue is giving me, i just wanna get on a nice dark colour scheme with minimal images.

[Gizmo]

Is it possible to participate if the style is created by several people, I mean by our team, and not by just one person?

[Logikos]

I agree with you but considering the fact that gold is due recently, it would have been meaningless to have the style for beta versions.
Ya i understand were you comming from Logician.

[sabret00the]

my guess is yes although you'll have to submit through one individual who can collect on the prize

[Zachery]

my guess is yes although you'll have to submit through one individual who can collect on the prize
Anyone who thinks it takes less than 2 weeks to make a good unquie style is crazy :P

[Logician]

Is it possible to participate if the style is created by several people, I mean by our team, and not by just one person?
We would want one person to be responsible of this style so that he would allow us to use it here and agree to not to distribute it to other sites and collect the prize as well. As you can guess we wouldn't want several people showing up later and claim the style belongs to them ;) So as soon as one invidual holds the legitimate ownership of the style, I guess it is not important to us how many people gave an hand to create it.

[sabret00the]

Anyone who thinks it takes less than 2 weeks to make a good unquie style is crazy :P
i didn't say that, although i'm sure i could if i put my mind too it. but i was referring to the fact they've had months it shouldn't take more than 2 months to update the templates.

[Zachery]

i didn't say that, although i'm sure i could if i put my mind too it. but i was referring to the fact they've had months it shouldn't take more than 2 months to update the templates.
However only in the last 2 weeks has vB3 gone gold :)

[Gizmo]

We would want one person to be responsible of this style so that he would allow us to use it here and agree to not to distribute it to other sites and collect the prize as well. As you can guess we wouldn't want several people showing up later and claim the style belongs to them ;) So as soon as one invidual holds the legitimate ownership of the style, I guess it is not important to us how many people gave an hand to create it.

Thanx 4 your answer Logician :)

[Velocd]

Anyone who thinks it takes less than 2 weeks to make a good unquie style is crazy

Innovation to a small extent is important. What I would hate to see is another one of those styles that are so heavily modified around images, that it just glomps the whole page together in one messy compacted look.

Something simple yet professional appearing, and carefully designed, like the Sitepoint forums. Whatever style is made, I think there should be a light and dark version of it. Some people, like myself, enjoy high contrast colors (like the blue version of vB.org). Being a coder, and spending many many hours at the PC, bright colors just kill your eyes. On the other hand, others would find bright colors to be more appealing.

If I had the time, I'd give a shot into this contest..

[Xenon]

If I had the time, I'd give a shot into this contest..

:p
You're a member of the Staff, so now you have a voice in the jury, but cannot join the contest :p

[Salazar]

My style is nearly finished. :nervous:

The status icons are the only problem left. :ermm:

[Xenon]

You have one month left, so you should be able to finish them ;)

[WoodiE]

I didn't realize this contest was still going - man it's had to been up for months now.

[Gio Takahashi]

I still need to finish my style not sure wether to actually submit this or not.

[sabret00the]

hm, might actually submit my sites new vb3 style. have to think about that.

[Gio Takahashi]

erm, what if the style actually has major template modification, IE Postbit and userinfo?

[Logician]

erm, what if the style actually has major template modification, IE Postbit and userinfo?
well it is a choice of designer but I can say that such a style does not have much chance. We are looking for something simple and clean as announced. We are already hacked and have potential to be hacked more so a lot of changes in the templates is not something we are looking for.

[Xenon]

Or to be more specific: If we are not pleased by some changes we'll just overwrite them.

So the most important thing is the style / colors / buttons /header / footer part.
if you have an overwhelming postbit idea but we don't like it, your style can win as well, but we'll most likely remove the postbit-changes then

[WoodiE]

I agree with you but considering the fact that gold is due recently, it would have been meaningless to have the style for beta versions.

And no one thought about this prior to starting the contest?

[Xenon]

And no one thought about this prior to starting the contest?
we thought about it, but we never thought, the devs would need soo long time until gold is finished ;)

you may remember there were some dateline when gold should have arrived in the past ;)

[Logician]

And no one thought about this prior to starting the contest?
Actually noone knew gold would take this long to arrive.

[AshAbed]

I'll work on it... only problem is I normally get $250 for a skin lol, but since I have noone to do work for right now I'll probably enter... would you prefer the skin to be a darker themed skin or lighter one?
Thanks

[sabret00the]

i think the best option would've been to have finalists at the stage of gold and then give them 2 weeks to update templates.

[Xenon]

well, we decided to put the deadline to 1 May, so everyone get's a chance to start a new style as well now.

the more the better i'd say :)

[Xenon]

I'll work on it... only problem is I normally get $250 for a skin lol, but since I have noone to do work for right now I'll probably enter... would you prefer the skin to be a darker themed skin or lighter one?
Thanks
Well, you have to imagine the free advertising place you get.
as you will be mentioned with a link in the footer, i think it's worth ;)

as for preferences: everyone in the staff has different opionions about what is a good style and what isn't.
As we have two winning places, i think we'll choose one lighter and one darker, so every user on vb.org will be pleased, but of course, nothing could be said 100% sure, as it depends on all the netries :)

[sabret00the]

I'll work on it... only problem is I normally get $250 for a skin lol, but since I have noone to do work for right now I'll probably enter... would you prefer the skin to be a darker themed skin or lighter one?
Thanks the thought of paying more for an add-on than the actual product disgusts me for some reason, however i do beleive i might have to start making skins ;) :p

[Princeton]

* You have to submit the style.xml, buttons (names as on standard vb3), psd's of the buttons.
This should be required only if the entry is a winner.
A professional would never submit original work unless paid for (in this case, choosen as a winner).

A screenshot(s) should be enough to satisfy requirements.

If accepted, styles should be XHTML & CSS valid.

[Dean C]

I'm pretty sure that only the winner is required to submit the files... But as an entrant you should provide us with screenshots of all the areas along, or alternatively a live demo :) The more information you can provide us the better we can assess the style.

[Xenon]

You do not have to provide the psd's and xml's when you enter your style, but you have to when you win.

also screenshots are not "really" enough, so you better set up a testboard, or submit the xml and the jpgs, so we can test it in private

[Paris Holley]

Would love to get in this, but i think my skins are tooo complicated to your liking. I have been in the process of makin this nice pro and clean style, and created psd's of almost every page ( index, postbit, usercp ) and if I would have known that this was still goin on, I would have been tryin to code it awhile ago. But if you guys ever run another contest i might consider joining it :)

[sabret00the]

you should definately enter than skin, a dark version of that would be great :)

[Dean C]

Looks great Paris :)! You should submit it

[Admin]

Submit that skin Paris, it's very nice. With a bit more contrast it would be even better. :)

[Ghostspy]

lol. are these styles going to be free to the public.

[Paris Holley]

they said they were lookin for unique so i doubt it would..

[NTLDR]

lol. are these styles going to be free to the public.

No, the competition is for a style for use here at vBulletin.org.

[Logikos]

Wonder who deleted mine and Chens post :laugh:

[Logician]

\[]emesis']Wonder who deleted mine and Chens post :laugh:
That post was not sent by Chen and this is why it is deleted.

[Logikos]

That post was not sent by Chen and this is why it is deleted.
haXed? Yikes. Figured as much, didn't seem like him.

[rebelsrock06]

\[]emesis']haXed? Yikes. Figured as much, didn't seem like him.
yeah it totally didnt sound like something he would say. It was way to Casual and it was a useless post in a random thread ? ? ?

Yikes

[MrNase]

i think i'll join the contest :)

wouldn't it be nice to have a list of all styles that didn't win so we can ask the author to make a certain style public? I guess there are some great styles that users want to be made public :)

[Tradjick]

Would you mods mind change the deadline on Saturday evening, so that we all can profit to emprove our styles on 1 may???

I claim this mainly for myself, because I began very lately. But also, a lot of skinner may normally work on Saturdays and so they can profit from their free day.

2 pm for Eastern Europe and for America some time in the morning is a weird date for both.

In the end effect this only can increase quality.

[dstruct2k]

Well, May 10th and nothing has been posted regarding the results... Anyone want to comment? ;)

[colicab-d]

Gimme a week or so lol and i,lll submit one... jsut been too busy to give this a go recently

[Devirt]

i would like to know whos the winner aswell!

hope its a dark styled one

[Logician]

We are reviewing the submitted designs.. Your patience is appreicated :)

Gimme a week or so lol and i,lll submit one...
Sorry no new styles are accepted. You had 1 year to submit lol.

[Chris M]

Gimme a week or so lol and i,lll submit one... jsut been too busy to give this a go recently
Deadline: 1st May 2004
Current date: 10th May 2004

;)

Satan

[rebelsrock06]

Deadline: 1st May 2004
Current date: 10th May 2004

;)

Satan
when are we gonna get to see the winner or have all the entries been entered yet ?

[dstruct2k]

the only reason I'm asking is because you said the deadline was May 1st, and it's now May 12th and nothing has been posted regarding the style competition. I was thinking you might at least put a new news item saying that the competition was over and a winner was being decided. ;)

[Xenon]

well, if we have the winner, we will post it, but as long as we are voting, what should we post as a news?

[Floris]

well, if we have the winner, we will post it, but as long as we are voting, what should we post as a news?
I vote for everybody who participated. !!

[alkatraz]

I'm curious too... do we get to vote on the styles?

[Ryan Ashbrook]

No it's a staff thing I think...

[Xenon]

exactly.

[Paris Holley]

id be willing to give vb.org a skin soon, i dont really care about winning any prizes its just i would hate to see a ugly skin for a site as good as this one......

[Velocd]

Some of your works aren't bad Paris, but the staff decision has been long made to use a style from this contest.

[Xenon]

Pss, mike, if it is a nice present, noone would say no :)

[Synicide]

I'd love to do one. I know I can't submit it into the contest. But it'd be a breath of fresh air to do a skin that wouldn't be used on one of my sites. ^_^

[colicab-d]

Hell theres an idea.. donating one :)

[Royal]

Any updates?

[DrkFusion]

............................:dead: ?

[Kwak]

June 1st. :)

[Dean C]

Patients young obi-won :p

[Logikos]

June 1st. :)
I won't hold my breath

[mmw]

The winner has been selected and I believe we're waiting for him to provide the style (and exclusive rights).
From another thread so be patient ;)

[sonic3d]

June 1st. :)


today is june 1st!!!!

[Xenon]

Well, as said, we are waiting for the Style author currently, so i cannot give you a specific date, right now.

[Trigunflame]

any updates?

[Ryan Ashbrook]

He just said, in the thread in Lounge, the style author is on Holiday, and can't be contacted at the moment.

[Sam FT]

He just said, in the thread in Lounge, the style author is on Holiday, and can't be contacted at the moment.
I wonder who it is. Because the only designer I know that can't be reach at the moment is vBmechanic. He did my site design and wanted to get some extra images.

[Logikos]

Well i hope it wasn't him seeing as i use Mozilla and your site is all out of wacked on Moz.

[Xenon]

Well, all i can say, is that vbMechanic didn't participate in the contest ;)

[bigk]

so when will we see results of this contest or when is deadline

[Sam FT]

Well i hope it wasn't him seeing as i use Mozilla and your site is all out of wacked on Moz.Looks fine in Firefox since that is what I use. And the default style is set for 1024x768 resolution.

[sabret00the]

screwed for me @ 1280*1024 too :(

[Sam FT]

screwed for me @ 1280*1024 too :(
Well it works fine in Firefox and IE and I have two styles one for 1024x768 and 800x600. So I don't know what you guys are talking about.

[insanctus]

Seems fine on my pc, IE

[Sam FT]

Seems fine on my pc, IE
Thank you....at least someone agrees with me.

[sabret00the]

it's the right hand side of your layout, it's all off the pageish

[Ghostsuit]

Well it works fine in Firefox and IE and I have two styles one for 1024x768 and 800x600. So I don't know what you guys are talking about.

Nope it's screwed on Firefox As 1280*1024 right side is off on the main page. Forums fine though.

[colicab-d]

Is it a custom skin? cause if it is Id love to know how much he charged you. No offence to you or vbmech but theres some really basic photoshop work in there

[Dean C]

Guys this isn't the place to be talking about vBmechanics work or critiquing Sams site :)

[colicab-d]

aye true sorry my bad, roll on the new style so we can all critiqueit

[DirectPixel]

I wonder who it is. Because the only designer I know that can't be reach at the moment is vBmechanic. He did my site design and wanted to get some extra images.
I hope the design will be up very soon. :)

[Royal]

Same here ... almost 2 months now

[Xenon]

Well, as said, we have to wait for the author currently, but we are getting closer.

sorry that i cannot say more.

hmm, maybe somtheing, it's possible that the winner already posted in this thread, but he kept it secret ^^

[sabret00the]

for how long this has taken, maybe it'd be good to seek out the runner up

[Osterling]

i sort of agree with sbret00the... if you guys still haven't got the okay from the designer, i'd say start going with the next best..

[Xenon]

we have the ok from the designer, but the designer has been away for a long time.

but he's back now, and we are expecting the last things be sorted out end of the week.

just stay patient, it may take even longer as we have some other plans to do, and are considereing to do all at the same time, rather than one by one

[Logikos]

May 1st was the deadline. Its now July 1st. I'm started to get flashbacks of Cory from Ravio. ^^

[rebelsrock06]

May 1st was the deadline. Its now July 1st. I'm started to get flashbacks of Cory from Ravio. ^^
OMG i know..COME ON

[Dean C]

Don't worry. The designer is in touch and it should be done shortly. Be patient ;)

[rebelsrock06]

Don't worry. The designer is in touch and it should be done shortly. Be patient ;)
thanks

[Ryan Ashbrook]

I can't wait. :)

[sonic3d]

i just hope we are not disappointed with the new style.

l8er
sonic

[Ryan Ashbrook]

i just hope we are not disappointed with the new style.

l8er
sonic
I doubt we will, the one released at vBT was very well done.

[sabret00the]

Don't worry. The designer is in touch and it should be done shortly. Be patient ;)
i think 2 months is more than patient, i appreciate all that you're all doing, but we've been very very patient, give us a pacifier, screenie :p

[rebelsrock06]

i think 2 months is more than patient, i appreciate all that you're all doing, but we've been very very patient, give us a pacifier, screenie :p
:D i concur

[Xenon]

ok, here you are.

one page, using with cookie set to use the new style :D

[mmw]

* mmw slaps Xenon for being a tease :D

[rebelsrock06]

Grrrrr not funny

[sabret00the]

* sabret00the screams

OMG that's so sexy

* sabret00the drools

thanks stefan :p

[Tony G]

XD. ^^;

Great job! :p

[Ryan Ashbrook]

Nice one, Xenon. ;)

[Xenon]

I knew you'd like the style :)

and to treat you a bit more:
f440c1ec0d4548566c6e725930fb56ae

that's the md5 hash of the winners name. :p

(i know i am mean, but hey, i like to be ;))

[Ryan Ashbrook]

I knew you'd like the style :)

and to treat you a bit more:
f440c1ec0d4548566c6e725930fb56ae

that's the md5 hash of the winners name. :p

(i know i am mean, but hey, i like to be ;))
He's cruel. Lmao!

[DirectPixel]

I knew you'd like the style :)

and to treat you a bit more:
f440c1ec0d4548566c6e725930fb56ae

that's the md5 hash of the winners name. :p

(i know i am mean, but hey, i like to be ;))http://www.passcracking.com/

I hope the queue line isn't too long... :(

[Synicide]

http://www.passcracking.com/

I hope the queue line isn't too long... :(
Yeah, it's pretty damn long at the moment.

[Xenon]

hehe, i entered a lot of hashes before i posted that hash here *evilgrin*

(j/k)

[Xenon]

Update: The style has been installed on vb.org successfully.

We are currently doing the debugging with installed hacks and such.
If everything runs as we expect, you'll be able to see the new style in action in 7 Days (depends on the time i need to write another feature, which i'd like to present at the same time as the new style :))

[sabret00the]

oooooh sounds sexy, thanks stefan :D

[MrNase]

oooooh sounds sexy, thanks stefan :D
good news Stefan :)

[Ryan Ashbrook]

Update: The style has been installed on vb.org successfully.

We are currently doing the debugging with installed hacks and such.
If everything runs as we expect, you'll be able to see the new style in action in 7 Days (depends on the time i need to write another feature, which i'd like to present at the same time as the new style :))
That's good to hear, I can't wait. :)

[DirectPixel]

Any updates? ;) *cough*

[RDX1]

The MD5 is still waiting to be cracked. :(

[DirectPixel]

The MD5 is still waiting to be cracked. :(The style, I mean. Not the username. ;)

[Xenon]

Yeah, i see you don't care about the name much :p ^^

[Logician]

And finally here is the end of this long and old thread:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=67240&styleid=13

:)