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1. Anonymous
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   Posted 1 year ago #

   Flashmint has just started a contest for designers and bloggers. I believe it will be interesting for the wordpress community.

   Here are the details:
   Create a wordpress theme for Flashmint Blog and win a $500 prize.
   All other participants' designs will be showcased at Flashmint blog along with links to authors' websites.

   Requirements:
   • 3 columns;
   • fixed width (1024*768 resolution) and widget support;
   • coded;
   • the colors and style of the theme should correspond to Flashmint design!

   Full contest rules, details and a submission form can be found here - Flashmint Contest

   Terms: August, 1 - September, 1
   Payment method: PayPal

   Hurry up! There is not much time left!

2. fp.darren
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   What SEO Company are you in? nice strategy... :)

3. RoseCitySister
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Sounds like fun! Great way of marketing too, not to mention a great way to get a custom design on the cheap!

   If they had a contest that didn't require such a wide fixed width, I might enter! Probably lose though, there are so many talented themers out there.

4. pkenjora
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Can I enter someone elses theme?

5. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 1 year ago #

   fp.darren,

   Thanks for your kind words. But we do not make use of any seo companies :)

6. Anonymous
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   Posted 1 year ago #

   pkenjora,

   I do not think that someone else will be happy if you use his/her theme for the contest :)

7. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 1 year ago #

   RoseCitySister,

   What is the matter with the width? Why does it prevent you from entering the contest?

8. chaoskaizer
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Win $100-$800 in Cash at Flashmint Contest!
   [...] Bring the largest number of visitors to our website from August, 1st till September, 1st! The prizes are $300, $200 and $100 for the bloggers who will have attracted the first, second, third largest number of visitors respectively. [...]

   I agree with fp.darren ↑ . This are more like marketing hype than design contest . good luck, I like the magic word$.

9. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 1 year ago #

   2 chaoskaizer,

   We just wanted to kill two birds with one stone :)

10. RoseCitySister
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    One of my pet peeves, is all. I don't like wide fixed widths - I never design a fixed width wider than 750px. Otherwise, with a smaller screen you get a sizeable horizontal scroll. Some people still use the smaller monitors, and laptops often have a much smaller screen.

    Like I said though, I probably would have no chance against the many, many talented artists the community has. But it would still be fun - maybe I'll enter a liquid 3-column design and see if it changes your mind? ;)

11. moshu
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    The OP offers pre-made site templates on their site and if you want modified them... the price is around $300.

    And now they want a custom coded WP theme for $500. I think the real price starts at 3 or 4 times that amount :)

    just my $0.02

12. Anonymous
    Unregistered
    Posted 1 year ago #

    RoseCitySister,

    It will be great if you enter your design.

13. Anonymous
    Unregistered
    Posted 1 year ago #

    moshu,

    As you could notice, Flashmint offers custom design services either. Therefore, this is not a problem for us to design the theme for our blog ourselves. The purpose of this contest is not to get a design for 3 or 4 times cheaper that it should, but to have fun and enliven design community.

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