Parker has
some designs entered. Please do vote even though the popularity has nothing to do with winning the contest. Some folks have gone in and just put low votes on anything that isn't their design.
(kinda like the people at rosity who have their non posering friends go vote for their graphic to get into the hot 20) It doesn't seem to bother Parker as he won't vote at all, but it irks me.
(most likely because of it reeking of the rosity hot 20 thing)To see all the styles click here. You can vote for each one by clicking on "more info".A few things have aggravated me while he's been working on these. For example, their html code isn't as clean as it could be and inconsistent. When Parker pointed out something that was inconsistent the person responsible for the online display responded with the code is W3C compliant and he felt there was no reason to add in the "extra tag". Never mind the fact that this was the only instance in the whole thing that they did not have the "extra tag". Incidentally the "extra tag" is used to clear a float so the div doesn't collapse. Again, it is the only page that doesn't have the "extra tag".
The most annoying thing however is mid contest these people decide to change the files they used at the beginning of the contest. They did this to accommodate the LJ whiners about not having LJ user pix. At the beginning they stated that when the contest was over they would work with the winners to code in the elements specific to each platform (LJ, Typepad, MovableType) as each one has different elements that are not needed by the other (like LJ user pix). That in itself wouldn't be so bad since Parker has downloaded the new file (which is the one that needs the "extra tag" to clear the float for the LJ user pic) and made adjustments to his designs. What makes it infuriating is that they haven't changed the code they are displaying the styles online to the new code. So some of the styles that have been updated and/or designed with the new files do not show as designed on the website.
I'm really of the opinion that once a contest had started they should not have changed the files they wanted you to work with. However now that they have they should FIX what they've broken properly and use the new code to display the styles.
I also think they should have been more clear about what they were looking for. They don't just want "skins" over the same old blog looking format, they are looking for people to do CSS Zen Garden type stuff. Which is another reason they should listen to designers when they tell them that moving a tag would open up the design possibilities and that an "extra tag" to clear a float is needed to not break designs... especially when the "extra tag" is already used on all the other pages.
I'm not entering. I was considering it till they changed the files mid contest. I'm already too pissed off about that and then CSS is something that pisses me off when I have to wrap my brain around it for more than just basic stuff. I can't take that kind of stress right now. I'm dealing with getting ready to go back down to Texas in about three weeks for my daughter's graduation and to bring the rest of our belongings from down there up here. Stressed doesn't really even begin to cover all that...
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