With the release of the eagerly anticipated Joomla! 1.5, the time has
come to allow one of the skilled designers in our midst to become a
part of the success that will be Joomla! 1.5. The Joomla! 1.5 Template
Contest is open to anyone with a passion for design and a desire to
have their design seen and used by millions of people globally as they
download and install the stable release of Joomla! 1.5.
Contest Prizes
The five finalists will each receive a Joomla! prize package that
includes a Joomla! laptop bag, Joomla! shirt, Joomla! hat, and a
Joomla! 256MB USB memory stick.
The grand prize winner will have his/her template added as the third
template to the Joomla! 1.5 core distribution to be downloaded in every
Joomla! 1.5 package.
Contest Timeline
The Joomla! 1.5 Template Contest procedure will be very similar to
the Joomla! Logo Contest from 2005:
Contestants will have until the 22nd of September 2007 to submit their
designs via a contest thread set up in the Joomla! forums.
Entries are submitted by way of a post titled "Template Contest
Entries" which includes a brief introduction to your design and a link
to the template package. The template package must be available without
registration and must be available until the five finalists have been
announced.
At 23:59 GMT on the 22nd of September 2007 the thread will be
locked and no further entries will be allowed.
The Core Team will go through all contest entries and create a short
list of their favourite 5 designs that meet the design and technical
requirements of the Template Contest.
At 23:59 GMT October 6th 2007 the contest finalists will be
revealed in a poll thread on the Joomla! Forums and all five templates
will be made available via a demo site provided for the duration of the
voting period.
Forum members will have exactly one week, until the 23:59 GMT October 13th 2007 to cast a vote for their favourite design.
The winner of the competition will be revealed in the final release of Joomla! 1.5.
Contest Rules and Requirements
Template packages must be installable via the Joomla! 1.5 extension installer.
All template files must be licensed under the GNU/GPL version 2.
Templates must be an original work of the person making the design entry.
Templates must run natively in Joomla! 1.5. They must not require Legacy Mode in order to function.
Templates must use the Joomla! sample content as-is and not require any moving/modifying of modules/content.
Templates must utilize at least one Joomla! 1.5 template parameter.
Templates must provide an example of custom module chrome or template overriding.
Templates must be valid XHTML 1.0 and CSS.
Templates should look and function similarly in Internet Explorer 6+, FireFox, Safari, and Opera.
Templates should not break with any of the sample content.
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