[hungry4knowhow]

Originally Posted by Winterfell

My Rural Spirit forum using a custom theme I created.

. . . and then this. . .

http://vbcustomz.com/board/index.php

Whoever runs vbcustomz was apparently hired by this guy, who wanted a theme like Rural Spirit, but said he couldn't afford what I was charging to create a similar theme for him, so went to a "designer" who would rip off my theme for cheap.

Grrr . . .

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vBcustomz just went down. Regardless, they were doing a 1 to 1 lifting of my theme, even hotlinking to the images on my server.

As the person looking for a design, yes I initially hired Akdmks. But let me plainly state Winterfell that it was never my intention to lift and rip your design. I dont see how you could even believe those are my intentions by looking at my ad for a designer, and my forums currently. I could not use your rustic skin.

I just told the two designers I hired that I like the overall look and feel of ruralspirit, and wanted to use images and gradients instead of solid colors. Like you did with ruralspirit.

Akdmks showed me no work but an icon, ,and when I put in a request for refund with paypal he showed me his "updated design" which was an exact rip of yours. At that point I stopped working with him and continue with my request for refund.

For all who are interested, my first designer and current designer is Fewskii. and his work so far can be seen here:
http://hawns.com/index.php

I think we can alla gree that is not a rip.

I would appreciate it Winterfell if you would have taken this up with me and waited for my response before blasting me as someone who just wanted to get a designer to rip your site.