Plasma Themes Contest writeup

[Thomas Georgiou]

2008/3/19 Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic at gmail.com>:
> On Wednesday 19 March 2008 01:12:36 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>  > On Tuesday 18 March 2008, Ivan Čukić wrote:
>
> > > As I see it we have a couple options:
>  > > * kde-look
>  Ok, so be it :) - look the nre rule 1.
>
>
>  > > The KDE Plasma team is inviting everyone to participate in the contest to
>  > "in a contest"
>  Ok, I revoked my s/a/the/ change... but I'm still in favour of the /the/ (just
>  to say :) )
>
>  So, should we 'Ship It!'? :)
>
>  Announcement RC1
>  ========================
>
>
>  Announcement:
>  Plasma Themes Contest
>
>  The KDE Plasma team is inviting everyone to participate in the contest to
>  create Plasma themes from which a select few will be chosen to be included
>  as a part of the upcoming KDE 4.1 release. This is a great opportunity to
>  contribute to a very visible component of the KDE project - the Plasma
>  desktop.
>
>  A great feature of Plasma is the ability to theme components of the
>  desktop using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs). This means there is no need
>  for you to know C++ or any other programming language to create a
>  great looking theme.
>
>  You only need to know how to use one of many graphics tools (e.g.
>  Krita, Inkscape, The GIMP, Karbon, etc.) and that is all. Depending on your
>  prowess with such tools, you can create great looking plasma themes in as
>  little as an hour.
>
>  You can find a quick guide to creating Plasma themes here:
>  http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Development/Tutorials/Plasma/Theme
>
>  Rules:
>  1. Submit your work in the 'Plasma Themes' section of the kde-look.org
>  website. Put a notice '(for theme contest)' in the title of the theme.
>
> 2. Submissions will be accepted as a tar.gz file of the theme folder.
>  3. Submission deadline is 9th April, 2008 18:00 UTC. Themes submitted after
>
> the deadline will not be considered for this release.
>  4. Winners will be announced by 18th April, 2008.
>  5. All artwork must be original or otherwise meet the requirements for
>  distribution as part of a GPL licensed project. Preferred license is LGPL.
>
>  Guidelines:
>  1. Consistency. All theme parts should fit nicely with each other.
>
> 2. Completeness. Although Plasma automatically loads required images from
>  the default theme when they are not present in the active theme, it is
>  suggested to create replacement SVGs for all theme elements.
>  3. Uniqueness. The unique always stand out in the crowd; --(semicolon
>  works better) so should your theme.
Remove the --(semicolon works better)
>
>  Contestants *who are* not selected should feel free to make their
Remove the **
>  themes available to the community (via KDE-Look or similar websites).
>
>  Have fun!
>  The Plasma Team
>
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