One would think that the themes would have to conform to most of the basic stuff of IP and not be done in such a way that would render them useless to other websites - Whether they are meant to be available to others or not.

Anyway, no doubt the rules will change as they go along; because I've never seen any other forum software give awards for themes that don't comply with the functions of the base code.

But! it's your ball game.

I hope most of the styles we see are rendered useless to others.  A truly genius, stellar, and custom made style for a website really shouldn't be shared as it would have nothing to do with another website.  I'm sure some of the nominated webmasters may create styles for use by others, but I doubt they'll share all their best work.  It would be moronic to share their best style with anyone because they'd see it on a competitor's website.

We're not judging a website on MODS or functionality.  We're only judging the template.  We don't care if the site can do a somersault and make coffee while giving me a foot massage (although that would be nice).  We'll of course look around at some of the pages, but we're not requiring webmasters to give us log in information.

If this were a super serious contest, you better believe we'd require a lot more of webmasters if they were to receive an award from us.  The rules are pretty sturdy and I doubt they are going to change because we don't have a lot of time to meticulously dissect websites and styles.  The rules we have are straight forward, lenient, and very accommodating.  That's how we wanted this contest to flow.

Play ball everyone!  

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| Icy Phoenix ColorizeIt! |
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I think Gary already explained the most important points.

Anyway, just to recap.

• This is not a serious contest, we just want to stimulate users to customize their sites.
  
• We are not judging the template only, but the overall looking and customization.
  
• We will not deeply analise submitted sites... we have no time for that... we want only to highlight sites with an outstanding customization both in template and extra feature.
  
• We will not require any login credential... we will just check public content.
  
• Screenshots are not intended to judge the sites... they are just needed as a backup if the sites will go down or will change something in the future... of course also to have a quick preview, but nothing else!

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Icy Phoenix ColorizeIt - CustomIcy - HON

Can I register my site? If the answer is yes three poster screenshot

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You sure can!

Thanks!

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Chaotic wrote: [View Post]

You sure can!

 

Off Topic

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In Obama's way: YES, YOU CAN!

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~~~ Andrea ~~~
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"If you can't apt-get something, it isn't useful or doesn't exist!!"

That's right!  I just don't know what he CAN do because he hasn't done anything yet.  Owned.

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| Icy Phoenix ColorizeIt! |
Bipolar Disorder - Not good for you and definitely not good for everyone else.