Who Makes the Winners?
People have been asking about how the themers have been matched up with the winning entries.
Max Rudberg will be doing Paul Johnson's NickelCobalt.
Harlan Lewis will be doing the second place winner, Harold Harmon's Pro LCD.
Calabi by Sascha will be done by Joe of fearplatinum.
Half Life by Xanthic will be done by Mike of guistain.
Simple Grey by Ric Zito will be created by Kevin Husted.
Finally, Sweet Slumber by Daniel Goffin will be realized by Joe Kohlmann.
There are reasons behind each match up, and cares were taken to have each themer matched up with an entry they enjoyed.
In other news, this contest page will remain up for several more days as the rest of the site receives a face lift. However, I will begin to post theme news here, so come back soon!
Winners Announced
Thanks to everyone for a wonderful first theme mockup contest. To recap, we had 46 entries, 25,000 visitors on the first day of user voting, over a thousand dollars of software and cash prizes donated by sponsors, and now, we have six winners.
Please proceed to the winners page to view and comment on the winning mockups. We are expecting the construction of these entries into themes to take about two months.
There were many great entries, and many that did not make the top 6 still deserve to be made into a theme. That having been said, I am working as always to secure more themers, to have these great ideas turned into reality. Feel free to comment here on reflections, suggestions, and general comments, and use the winners page to comment on winning mockups. All entries now display the final score, and that page will remain up for some time.
Again, thanks to everyone for making this contest a success.
Schedule
The plan is to let user voting finish off through Saturday night. Sunday, the user ratings will be taken as the final numbers, and added to the panel scores. That night, the winners will be announced. Good luck everyone!
Panel Starts Voting
The other half of the entries' scores will be coming from our 10 panelists. Adam Betts, Jan Van Boghout, Steve Streza, and myself from the staff, Harlan Lewis, Joe Kohlmann, Bill Bart, Max Rudberg, and Kevin Husted as themers, and Jason Harris as our software developer representative will be voting on each entry out of 10 points. For those interested in getting a rough idea of how this will work, you can download this Excel spreadsheet. User ratings will be updated at the end of the voting period when I calculate final scores.