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Dear sythe.org gfx enthusiasts,
Our transition to VB4 is being held up by style issues. In short we cannot import our existing style into VB4, and efforts to convert it manually have been largely unsuccessful.
Therefore I propose a competition to redesign the nextgen lite style (the default sythe.org style) for VB4. We're not looking for a direct port of the style, but rather a re-envisioning of it; new and shiny. Everything you always hated about the style can be remade, and everything you always liked can be made better.
Winner's style will be used on sythe.org after transition to vb4. Winner will also receive a competition winner rank and their name on the style (so instead of nextgen it will be 'your name' style, provided your name isn't obscene.) Depending on the quality of submissions there may also be runner up prizes.
I'm not sure if you guys are able to provide your own infrastructure for working on vb4 styles. If you can't, let me know, and we can post some tutorials on how to set up a local copy of vb4 to work on styles. Although I'm sure you guys can post eachother tutorials equally well.
We'll run the competition for two weeks until the end of September, unless people generally think this is too short a time, in which case we'll extend it to mid October.
When the competition is up we'll put all the submitted styles on a public copy of VB4 and have a site-wide vote on which style is the best.
You can post your interest, questions and submissions in this thread.
Cheers,
Richard
Our transition to VB4 is being held up by style issues. In short we cannot import our existing style into VB4, and efforts to convert it manually have been largely unsuccessful.
Therefore I propose a competition to redesign the nextgen lite style (the default sythe.org style) for VB4. We're not looking for a direct port of the style, but rather a re-envisioning of it; new and shiny. Everything you always hated about the style can be remade, and everything you always liked can be made better.
Winner's style will be used on sythe.org after transition to vb4. Winner will also receive a competition winner rank and their name on the style (so instead of nextgen it will be 'your name' style, provided your name isn't obscene.) Depending on the quality of submissions there may also be runner up prizes.
I'm not sure if you guys are able to provide your own infrastructure for working on vb4 styles. If you can't, let me know, and we can post some tutorials on how to set up a local copy of vb4 to work on styles. Although I'm sure you guys can post eachother tutorials equally well.
We'll run the competition for two weeks until the end of September, unless people generally think this is too short a time, in which case we'll extend it to mid October.
When the competition is up we'll put all the submitted styles on a public copy of VB4 and have a site-wide vote on which style is the best.
You can post your interest, questions and submissions in this thread.
Cheers,
Richard
If this isn't possible, please let me know. 
