Layout Contest + new layouts for other Damned journals.
Well, isn't this long overdue? We've heard a share of complaints about the different layouts and it's about time for a change. Obviously the most pressing issue is the layout for the main community. Seeing how we currently have paid time for that account, we can have a custom layout for it. We decided the best way to get a new layout that's specifically made for Damned was by having a layout contest! That means any current player could design and code a layout for the game provided that it adheres to certain guidelines (more about that later).
The layouts would have to be submitted to us through email (or in some other secure way) and the whole thing would be anonymous -- the winner would be decided by a comm-wide vote, and the winner would get some kind of prize (most likely an LJ certificate or something along those lines).
As for what the layout should have on it, there have been a few things asked for by various people over on the suggestions post. There are a variety of things mentioned there, but there might be more things that people might see as a must-have. We don't want the guidelines to be too restricting, but we do want to get an idea of what aspects people generally would want to see on the layout.
So, what should the new layout definitely have?
Poll Layout Requirements
Note about having visible tags on the posts, though: remember that dayshift posts in particular have a ton of tags, so it would result in more scrolling. Just something to keep in mind...
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Now, we also have a share of other official journals with varying layouts. These layouts would need to be changed/customized using LJ's themes and such, since most of them aren't paid. We'd also be glad to find someone who would be willing to change these layouts around and tweak them depending on which themes are decided on, but we need to get some more basic questions out of the way before we get to that part. At the moment, some of these have nicer layouts than others and might not need changing, so... WELL, SEE POLL:
Poll Layout Changes
Keep in mind that what it means by same theme is that the theme would be the same with each journal having its own set of colors, so they wouldn't all look exactly the same or anything like that. (Or if you do want them all to look exactly the same, let us know that too.) Oh, and please be careful about how you answer. We realize it's a bit confusing, but double-check to make sure that you don't contradict yourself so that we can best organize this for you guys.
So yeah, once we... get more of an idea of how this is all gonna shake out, then we can take theme nominations and see if anyone would be willing to get down and dirty with fixing things up/color coding, etc. 8D;; As far as the contest, we'll be giving out more specific details once we've decided on the criteria from the poll.
Oh, as an added note, we got some new nurse icons from stopcounting a while back that we've been planning to upload, but that made us wonder if people wanted new icons for some of the other journals as well. If so, we can try to work out taking care of that too, probably also by appealing for more help from you guys. ;;
Thanks and keep it real!
P.S. My brain is officially broken after trying to figure out how to organize that poll orz
The layouts would have to be submitted to us through email (or in some other secure way) and the whole thing would be anonymous -- the winner would be decided by a comm-wide vote, and the winner would get some kind of prize (most likely an LJ certificate or something along those lines).
As for what the layout should have on it, there have been a few things asked for by various people over on the suggestions post. There are a variety of things mentioned there, but there might be more things that people might see as a must-have. We don't want the guidelines to be too restricting, but we do want to get an idea of what aspects people generally would want to see on the layout.
So, what should the new layout definitely have?
Poll Layout Requirements
Note about having visible tags on the posts, though: remember that dayshift posts in particular have a ton of tags, so it would result in more scrolling. Just something to keep in mind...
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Now, we also have a share of other official journals with varying layouts. These layouts would need to be changed/customized using LJ's themes and such, since most of them aren't paid. We'd also be glad to find someone who would be willing to change these layouts around and tweak them depending on which themes are decided on, but we need to get some more basic questions out of the way before we get to that part. At the moment, some of these have nicer layouts than others and might not need changing, so... WELL, SEE POLL:
Poll Layout Changes
Keep in mind that what it means by same theme is that the theme would be the same with each journal having its own set of colors, so they wouldn't all look exactly the same or anything like that. (Or if you do want them all to look exactly the same, let us know that too.) Oh, and please be careful about how you answer. We realize it's a bit confusing, but double-check to make sure that you don't contradict yourself so that we can best organize this for you guys.
So yeah, once we... get more of an idea of how this is all gonna shake out, then we can take theme nominations and see if anyone would be willing to get down and dirty with fixing things up/color coding, etc. 8D;; As far as the contest, we'll be giving out more specific details once we've decided on the criteria from the poll.
Oh, as an added note, we got some new nurse icons from stopcounting a while back that we've been planning to upload, but that made us wonder if people wanted new icons for some of the other journals as well. If so, we can try to work out taking care of that too, probably also by appealing for more help from you guys. ;;
Thanks and keep it real!
P.S. My brain is officially broken after trying to figure out how to organize that poll orz