Plasma Themes Contest writeup

[Jamboarder]

Unfortunately, I hadn't heard from anyone last night, so I made the announcement submission on the dot.  It has not yet been approved though, so if there are more changes to the wording maybe we can have Sebastian hold off on any approvals until we're done.  Be aware though that as the days go by, we may have to adjust the deadlines to allow a reasonable time for themes to actually get created.

Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help,
Andrew


----- Original Message ----
From: Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic at gmail.com>
To: panel-devel at kde.org
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:35:46 AM
Subject: Re: Plasma Themes Contest writeup

Raiccardo,
when you're done with the application, just add it in the text below. (And add 
anything else you seem fit - like the IRC contact)

Concerning the submitting infrastructure, I have to say that kde-look seems a 
bit better solution (at first I didn't think so) because of potential user
feedback that may be considered while judging, and the second is that the non-
winners' themes will be available for installation via GHNS.


Announcement RC2
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Announcement:
Plasma Themes Contest

The KDE Plasma team is inviting everyone to participate in a 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; so should your theme.

Contestants who are not selected should feel free to make their
themes available to the community (via KDE-Look or similar websites).

Have fun!
The Plasma Team

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