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Layout of the week?

edited July 2008 in General Discussion
Alright guys and gals, need some input here. <br><br>I'm trying to figure out a way to get more players to put nice layouts on their kennels instead of using billions of icons and surveys and polls to fill their layouts. So what I'm thinking is some kind of prize for good layouts. I'd like to keep it limited to novices, since they seem to be the ones with the most difficulty with this.<br><br>What I need from you is input on if you think this might work or not and if not, why and what do you think might work. What might be a good prize for the winners without breaking my meager bank? What would be a fair way of selecting the layouts to keep it from turning into a popularity contest? What kind of criteria should be judged? (Outside the rules against personal info and videos etc) and anything else you can think of.<br><br>Thanks in advance for any input.
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  • Are you talking layouts they make themselves? Or just the layout displayed on their kennel that they may have bought from someone on the forums? <br><br><br>&& I'm sure people on VP wouldn't mind helping donate to the prize. :P<br><br><br><br>But, I like your idea. :3
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  • I don't think it should matter wether they "made" it themselves, bought it or downloaded a free one. I'm thinking one of the criteria should be that it be dog related though.
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  • Criteria to judge on possibly:<br>
    <br>Readable text (no txt tlk.)<br>Making sure there are no linked kennels ('cause novices only get one)<br>Use of Royalty free images/Copyrights to the appropriate people (ie. the person they got it from or the site)<br>Color Combos? (Obviously Orange, Green, and Purple don't match)<br>making sure the scroll boxes don't go sideways 80million feet?<br><br>might add more ideas later.
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  • lmao, I have orange/purple everything xD <br><br>But, this is a good idea ^^ Would get rid of graphics that arent needed on a kennel, and hopefully make kennels easier to look at.
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  • I support this idea xD When people have a lot on their kennels it take's long to load, and it's plain annoying, and it bugs me :P <br><br><br>But yes, I love Parker's ideas towards judging.<br><br><br>Maybe we should get donaters, and the price could be trainings/money.
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  • Those layouts really bug me, so I really like this idea. :D
  • I likes. <br><br>
    What might be a good prize for the winners without breaking my meager bank?
    How about entry into a monthly draw to win X amount of playcash which could be donated by various people, + entry into yearly draw to win upgrade?
  • I like it.<br>All the glittergraphics makes my computer lag/crash.
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  • I have your <span style="font-weight:bold">FULL</span> support. Those glittery, icon, and myspace layouts make my computer lag and they are hard to look at. Sometime the dogs don't even show up because the layout is so screwed up! It bothers me. Even a nice banner would make a plain kennel page look nice. Even though I don't know HTML myself, if we did start this program I would make banners for the layouts if needed. But thats just an idea. So, I hope this goes through. ;)
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