I’ve gotten a number of requests for this, so I’ve decided to extend the deadline for the dasBlog Theme Contest until July 22nd, 2007. That gives 2 full weekends before the themes are due.
As a reminder, there is a $100 shiny Amazon gift card with your name on it if you can submit a slick-looking theme that impresses us more than the rest. So far the response has been lower than expected, which means your chances of winning are better!
Creating a theme is easy. It takes about 2 hours to get a fully working theme when you get used to the macros and the page layout, and maybe a few more to make sure that the site looks good in all major browsers.
I’ve also received a number of similar questions, so I’ll answer them here:
The rules for the contest state ‘no licensed material’ — does that mean I can’t use images under GPL, BSD, or Creative Commons?
No. I wrote that more as a CYA requirement. Basically as long as there are no restrictions in distributing the artifacts along with dasBlog we’re OK with it. Just be sure to ask permission where warranted and always give credit.
I love the ________ theme from WordPress|MovableType|blogger|Subtext. Can I just port that?
Absolutely! As long as you follow the rule above, we’d love to see some familiar professional themes on dasBlog.
I don’t have a .NET environment to test out dasBlog… can I still participate?
I will help out as much as I can. If you can provide me with a solid HTML template with all of the required pieces in place, I will try to help out getting it on dasBlog.
Any other questions?