Quote database CSS contest

whyamihere · July 2006

I find CSS boring, so I'm going to let one of you lot do it. The contest is to write a stylesheet and apply it to this page. There's instructions in the page source about how to change the code to apply your stylesheet.

Rules:
1. The only change allowed to the code of the html page is where you declare your stylesheet. Nothing else. I will be checking.
2. Your stylesheet must validate on the W3C CSS validator, located here. Any which do not validate will be disqualified. If you need to use a hack for IE, which you really can't get through the validator, don't use it.
3. In 2 weeks, (8th of August), entries will be closed. At that point, I'll make a topic for voting on each design.

Think that's it. I'll try to get hosting for the entries sorted by tonight, or you can use your own hosting if you like.

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Big Red S · July 2006

If people want to e-mail me entries, i can host, too. Might even get round to setting up anonymous FTP for you lot...

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whyamihere · July 2006

I can chuck together an upload script for you if you have php support Avi.

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XC Xadjez · July 2006

If Avi doesn't have php support, I do.

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Big Red S · July 2006

Yer, thart'd be cool.

I kinda skipped the 'file management' section of the O'Reilly PHP book...

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Big Red S · July 2006

go to ftp://ftp.lordandmaker.co.uk/

Username is mbu[url][/url]k@lo[url][/url]rdandmaker.co.uk
Password is password

create a directory in your name (real or forum, no spaces) an put your entry in that.

Then it'll be at h[url][/url]ttp:[url][/url]//lordand[url][/url]maker.co.uk/mbuk/your_name/your_entry.html

Don't delete or overwrite other people's, please. I *am* recording IP accesses, and i will ban offenders.

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whyamihere · July 2006

Thanks Avi, that's perfect.

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Big Red S · July 2006

Tis cool.

I have a feeling there'll only be two entries, though...

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whyamihere · July 2006

I would make an entry just to add variety, but I'm terrified I might somehow win and end up having to do the CSS for the entire site...

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Big Red S · July 2006

If I have time, I might do a couple, for the variety.

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XC Xadjez · July 2006

Could I use the forum to trial and improve mine within the 2 week period or is it only to be unvailed after 2 weeks?

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whyamihere · July 2006

Yeah, you can trial them and ask for improvements. The point of this is to find out who has the technical skill to make the best one, not as much who is the most creative.

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XC Xadjez · July 2006

I thought the point in this was that you couldn't be bothered?

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whyamihere · July 2006

Yes... Which is why I'm not going to enter. I can live with doing one, just to show off a bit with some flashy stuff, but if there's even a minute chance I'll win and have to do it for the site, screw it.

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Matt · July 2006

Avi, your ftp server doesn't appear to work? Says its unable to create a secure anonymous FTP.

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me_groovy · July 2006

that would probably be your firewall at fault matt

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Matt · July 2006

Cock. I have no idea what the password is to it. I'll probably email it to someone who'd be kind enough to stick it up for me, once I have something. I will actually have a go at this contest, although I will lose. Now that Google has taught which bit you want, I'll mess around with it. I figured it out in an hour, so I'm not exactly pro.

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whyamihere · July 2006

Got 2 weeks to get it sorted Matt...

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Matt · July 2006

The fact remains that every one will still be better than me.
EDIT: Shit, I only have till Saturday to get it done as well. Ok, it probably will be very crap. Hopefully I can get it at least qualifyable by then.
EDIT part 2: Gah, I just spent 20 minutes trying to find out why the W3 validator had a problem with part of the colours, and I eventually discovered that it was that I spelled 'colour' correctly, rather than without the u.

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NeillyB · July 2006

DO U GUYS ACCEPT VISA OR ELECTRON

Matt · July 2006

Visa will do.

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Big Red S · July 2006

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Matt Gray

Avi, your ftp server doesn't appear to work? Says its unable to create a secure anonymous FTP.
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That's be because you don't want an anonymous FTP session, secure or otherwise.

In IE go <File><Login As> then enter the login details. You'll have read and write access to that folder, in what'll look like a 'My Computer' window.
IIRC, Konqueror's similar....

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Matt · July 2006

Ah right ok. Don't worry about it though, I leave Sunday, and as the n00by-est of the entrants, theres no way I'll have it reasonable by then.

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Matt · July 2006

Actually, having seen Avi's entry, I see that it doesn't need to be that overly compicated. I figured you wanted something doing with the quotes, which was what I was having trouble with.

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Big Red S · July 2006

Mine's got work to be done on it yet, but I won't be using anything funny....

And I think I've just managed to break my FTP server, if anyone's having problems conencting to it.

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XC Xadjez · July 2006

I haven't started yet. Oh well.

Avi, what does yours look like?

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Big Red S · July 2006

http://lordandmaker.co.uk/mbuk/avi
http://lordandmaker.co.uk/mbuk/avi/avistyles.css for the stylesheet.

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Matt · July 2006

The only good thing about mine is that it is both CSS and HTML valid. However, since I wanted to be cool, I'm having trouble getting the links to fit. Damn my coolness.

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whyamihere · July 2006

You're in with more of a chance than Avi at the moment Matt. [;)]

brooklynsrule · July 2006

i wanna learn to write computer shiz.
but i cant be arsed.

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I WANNA WEAR A SKIRT!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Big Red S · August 2006

So where's everyone else's entries, then?

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