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We had a lot of entries to the theme contest, but I'm afraid they were only made by a limited number of people.  Because of this, we're asking you to vote based on author, not on theme.

Please vote for the author of your favorite theme from the list below (in alphabetical order):

• Babylonking - Soothe (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=28)
• Bloc - Apollo (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=10)
• Bloc - Helios (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=5)
• Bloc - Juno (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=16)
• Bloc - Mercury (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=12)
• Bloc - Themis (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=6)
• Golden_Helmet - DPTheme (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=7)
• KIKA - Pippi (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=29)
• Mystica - Loon Blue (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=8)
• Mystica - Loon Green (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=9)
• Mystica - Loon Peach (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=31)
• Mystica - Loon Purple (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=13)
• Mystica - Loon Red (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=14)
• Mystica - Loon Turquoise (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=15)
• Mystica - Puzzle BW (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=17)
• Mystica - Puzzle Dark (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=18)
• Mystica - Puzzle Light (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=19)
• Mystica - Season Spring Light (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=23)
• Mystica - Season Spring Dark (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=22)
• Mystica - Season Summer Light (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=25)
• Mystica - Season Summer Dark (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=24)
• Mystica - Season Autumn Light (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=21)
• Mystica - Season Autumn Dark (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=20)
• Mystica - Season Winter Light (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=27)
• Mystica - Season Winter Dark (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=26)
• Wissi - WST Default Theme Blue (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=30)

Make sure to look at all submissions *before* you vote.

Remember to look around a bit, and rate them based on more than just look (but also on valid xhtml, whether they added options, etc.)

Thanks for your input, and moreover thanks to those who submitted themes!

-[Unknown]

Bloc's Themis is my favorite...

Bloc i picked, though graphically intensive they are clean and flow well

Mystica is i would say a close second, with alot of choices in a clean format - they seem a little generic though (thats nice too!) but not as unique as Blocs

Babylonking has a nice theme as well, though beautifully done, a little to frilly for me   ;)  sorry

KIKA's hurts my eyes   :'(

Golden Helmets is a little too dark..  Blocks Helios theme is dark, but not black.. the lighter colours spark it some

Wissi's was another nice one, though with bad image links i had to vote it down (top right corner - next to stats)

/me votes without telling anyone what his choice is

I voted for Mystica, I think their themes were really good. With Bloc coming in a close second.

I like the Mystica - Puzzle BW theme a lot

http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=17

ive hunted the site, and have not found the "Soothe" theme available for use, is it not publicly available?

I voted for Bloc.
Apollo and Helios are great themes  :)

Quote from: KIKA on November 07, 2004, 04:42:48 AM
I voted for Bloc.
Apollo and Helios are great themes  :)

For what it's worth, KIKA, thanks for entering the contest.  The color scheme you used isn't exactly everyone's favorite, but I for one don't think it looks bad.

Everyone submitted wonderful themes, generally, and hats off to all of you ;).

-[Unknown]

[unknown] you are right, and i may have come off as insensitive or cruel.  the red is blinding to me, though it may not be to everyone.  the theme itself is good, except i have problems with red and with this being a new community for me, not everyone knows that.

KIKA, the theme is good, but the problem is mine, not yours. and if you feel slighted, i am sorry.

Babylonking was my favourite, despite me being a boy  :P j/k. Although it wasn't valid XHTML, I don't think it matters at all and so I based my vote on looks and nothing else!

Bloc - Helious

But i loved KIKA's if only they were different buttons it would look great.

Maybe email all members about this, it was only by chnace i seen it.  :o

Quote from: Trekkie101 on November 07, 2004, 05:58:54 AM
Maybe email all members about this, it was only by chnace i seen it. :o

I also think so.

The SMF members should all be emailed by this contest poll !!

We only take suggestions from members who made a submission.  :P

i love babylonkings theme! blocs a very close second, i use apollo and helios on my own forum

I made a theme (ish)

Didnt finish does that get have a suggestion point  :)

Bloc's themes are very nice

but i loveeee babylonking's
looks very PRO and fit's for many sites  ;D

the rest are nice too, very well done everyone   :)

Quote from: Kender on November 06, 2004, 09:31:18 PM
Wissi's was another nice one, though with bad image links i had to vote it down (top right corner - next to stats)

I changed too much and the theme isnt finished yet, thats the reason why  :( ::) I should not take part with unfinished themes  :-[

Wissi

Quote from: Wissi on November 07, 2004, 08:40:50 AM

Quote from: Kender on November 06, 2004, 09:31:18 PM
Wissi's was another nice one, though with bad image links i had to vote it down (top right corner - next to stats)

I changed too much and the theme isnt finished yet, thats the reason why  :( ::) I should not take part with unfinished themes  :-[

Wissi

The theme was great, I would have voted for it had it been complete  :) Will you be releasing it for people to use?

i agree

There are so many good ones, it was very hard to select one author. I wish I had the tallent they have. On my forum, women out number men 5-1. Im very sure they would like all of mystica's themes.

I would like to have all of the entries...   :D guess Im just greedy!

First, to all authors that entered the contest for money or pride, good work.  ;)

Now the critics  :'( ;D

Babylonking's good and bad highlights
-There are touches of originality here and there.
-The three info boxes at the top are excessively apart from each other.
-The colors are simply to pastel, which is not good for the general audience.
-When reviewing, the xhtml validation showed 16 errors.

Like a broken LP
8/10
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Bloc's good and bad highlights (mercury theme only)
-There are touches of originality here and there as well.
-The user info, the search and the forum buttons seem all mixed up together.
-The colors are okay, yet not enough punch.
-When reviewing, the xhtml validation showed NO errors.
-Mercury is a bad name.

The name is bad
8/10
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Golden_Helmet's good and bad highlights
-The header is very compact, good, but the buttons are too small for the dark environment.
-The colors look like it is trying to hide something, maybe a YaBB SE skin.
-The login at the bottom reminds me of YaBB SE.
-Speaking of YaBB SE, it is a pure duplicate, not good this is SMF.
-When reviewing, the xhtml validation showed NO errors, no wonder.

Démodé
5/10
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KIKA's good and bad highlights
-The colors are not shaded enough.
-An effort could have been made to match the buttons with the theme.
-And I have nothing else to add.
-When reviewing, the xhtml validation showed 5 errors.

Pippi is not innovative
4/10
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Mystica's good and bad highlights (Puzzle themes only)
-I like the logo's position.
-The "Welcome, Guest. Please login or register" message is well placed, in the middle that is.
-For the color, I like the Puzzle BW, a little bit more punch, and bingo.
-The letters on the buttons are a bit too wedged on the left, and having those words non-capitalized makes it worst.
-The news area is implemented very well, and everything is nice and clear.
-Yet the search is missing, I would like to see where it would go.
-When reviewing, the xhtml validation showed NO errors.

Great gob, punchier grays thought
8/10
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Wissi's good and bad highlights
-This theme is probably the ugliest of them all, but do not get me wrong, the theory is sound.
-The blue sections of the theme are the part that makes it look bad.
-The Logo is how it should be, excellent for a great number of us.
-In the right top corner, the stats and calendar buttons are not necessary, but okay.
-When reviewing, the xhtml validation showed a whopping 70 errors, not sound, but fixable.

Wisdom, but no practice
8/10

It was hard to decide, but I like wissi (http://www.four-walls.net/community/index.php?theme=30), the blue is horrible, and I don't like the stats and calendar, but I like the simplicity of the rest.

Good Luck to every author!

Even though I voted for Bloc (his Themis theme is awesome), I realy liked Wissi's theme.
Although, I agree with GiNi3D with the point about blue.

Wissi - You're theme, in my opinion, would be so much better if the logo banner and the bottom blue bar matched the rest of the site  theme - say a creme or white colour.

Also, I'm a sucker for fixed-width, and I would totally use it on my site if it was...For some reason I have too much trouble making themes fixed width - I can't seem to figure it out...

Thanks so much you guys!!! ;D
Great work. (Just wish there were more submissions....)

I just read the first part of the topic!

isn't the contest somehow unfair?  :-\
don't get me wrong, i was one of the first ppl who was going to join the contest since i love design but i didn't have the time for it.

anyway, if i did and joined the contest it would have been 1 THEME only!

but the poll is for author!
which means if the author have submited 5 or more and someone only 1
= the first person get 5 times more chances for votes then the second person?

correct me if i'm wrong here!

So many great templates to choose from. And much better than anything I could ever drag on to the screen.

Well done to everyone who entered.
I think this is a great example of the flexibility we have been given with the SMF templating system.
Thank you to everyone who entered - I am seriously impressed and inspired by every single one of the entries.

Quote from: bunny on November 07, 2004, 02:05:02 PM
I just read the first part of the topic!

isn't the contest somehow unfair?  :-\
don't get me wrong, i was one of the first ppl who was going to join the contest since i love design but i didn't have the time for it.

anyway, if i did and joined the contest it would have been 1 THEME only!

but the poll is for author!
which means if the author have submited 5 or more and someone only 1
= the first person get 5 times more chances for votes then the second person?

correct me if i'm wrong here!

Yeah I agree. That's exactly what I though when I came into the contest. I've seen many people saying that one of Bloc's themes is their favourite, and so they've voted for him, it's not fair for people like Babylonking who created 1 great theme, but is hardly getting any votes for it... although I believe that this poll doesn't pick out the winner, the staff will have a private poll, which should hopefully be fairer.

Quote from: [Unknown] on November 06, 2004, 09:23:27 PM
Please vote for the author of your favorite theme from the list below (in alphabetical order):

Looks like another line was edited out of my original post, which said to please only vote based on theme, but for the author of the theme you most prefer.  But maybe I'm just remembering wrong.

-[Unknown]

I voted for Babylonking. but sheesh, I can't even read the text in Golden helmet's theme.......... >:( :)

Quote from: [Unknown] on November 07, 2004, 06:00:18 PM
But maybe I'm just remembering wrong.

That's it. I only added the "in alphabetical order".

Quote from: bunny on November 07, 2004, 02:05:02 PM
isn't the contest somehow unfair?  :-\
don't get me wrong, i was one of the first ppl who was going to join the contest since i love design but i didn't have the time for it.

anyway, if i did and joined the contest it would have been 1 THEME only!

but the poll is for author!
which means if the author have submited 5 or more and someone only 1
= the first person get 5 times more chances for votes then the second person?

Strongly disagreed here. Exactly because of this it says in the first vote to look first closely at all 26 themes *before* you vote. It is up to you to place a fair vote!

The contest rules say clearly that each author can submit several themes but win only 1 prize. It is up to the authors how many themes they submit.