Comments on: Showdown Series (Season One): Week 5

By: Adii Rockstar

Adii Rockstar — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:30:21 +0000

Indeed you do… Dropped you an e-mail just now.

By: Strategic Blend

Strategic Blend — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:44:18 +0000

Thanks for the votes everyone. Do we actually win anything? No one has contacted us so just checking…

By: Enk.

Enk. — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:43:39 +0000

haha yeah right.. I wish I could ! :/

By: Adii Rockstar

Adii Rockstar — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:38:56 +0000

What’s validation!?

Must admit that we don’t consider that when we feature a website in the Showdown.

By: Adii Rockstar

Adii Rockstar — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:38:34 +0000

Oh hell yeah, Mark definitely did amazingly well to use *that* colour palette… But you can see from his own blog that he loves the vibrant, bright & colourful!

By: Jakob

Jakob — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:04:58 +0000

SA really rocks! And they got balls, using that color scheme. They got my vote.
The other website looks awesome too, but plays it too safe – which is fine, actually.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:31:16 +0000

I picked Quarterback as i don’t like SARs navigation bar. For me, it looks to old-style. QB is well designed, clearly. But there are still some tiny validation errors, aren’t?

By: Jarrod Skeggs

Jarrod Skeggs — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:20:49 +0000

I like QB Records myself. Although I really liked SA Rocks too. While I understand that QB Records may not be a huge mod, there background really drives the name and brand home for me. Good work on both.

By: Rob Schultz

Rob Schultz — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:14:24 +0000

Overall, I find the design of your site to be more pleasing. Good luck in the competition. It’s actually pretty hard to pick between all of these awesome designs from week to week, but, you’ve got my vote!

By: Stephan

Stephan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:14:48 +0000

Thanks! That really means a lot. I’m just a novice at messing with CSS and these themes are a great tool to help me learn.

I did try a page color bg but ended up liking the depth that the swirly image brought to it. I know it kinda makes everything overwhelming but I can’t help but taste chocolate when I look at it lol.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:13:29 +0000

That is really nice! Chocolaty swirlishish. I wasn’t sure if I liked the background competing so much for the content, but it does add a mouth-watering richness. I suppose you’ve tried a version with a page color background?

By: Adii Rockstar

Adii Rockstar — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:55:13 +0000

Indeed it does! You really need to visit our shores some time!

By: Adii Rockstar

Adii Rockstar — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:50:17 +0000

WOW – That’s really nice! Added to the backlog of modifications to be added to the Showcase.

By: Adii Rockstar

Adii Rockstar — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:49:44 +0000

This is really well said (imho):

While it’s really fun to see the customizations that really break far from the original look of a theme,I find it more useful to see a rendition of the theme that breathes character into the structure. After all a major reason we do buy these themes is because the bones are so close to what we need for our own sites.

I think it’s a case of taking the default theme and making it your own. And yes, the Showdown is definitely not only about being able to rip the default theme apart completely; it is also about taking what’s already great about the default theme and by adding your unique ingredients, you make it even greater (relative to your brand / identity).

By: Adii Rockstar

Adii Rockstar — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:47:31 +0000

Dare I say that you may just get surprised by the way the votes look at this stage!?

By: Artur Kim

Artur Kim — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:42:52 +0000

I use avast! and I’m getting the virus alert as well.

By: Cesar Quinteros

Cesar Quinteros — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:37:55 +0000

SA Rocks! Viruses? You guys are crazy. I just didn’t see the connection of quarterbacks and record companies which left me a bit confused. Anyways both are very nicely designed but my vote goes to SA Rocks.

By: WP Themes

WP Themes — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:52:12 +0000

We are probably the only 2 people who installed Avast Virus Software.

By: Jeevan

Jeevan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:58:37 +0000

I am also getting virus alert for SARocks. BE ALERT. My vote goes to Quarterback Records.

By: Kentucky Woman

Kentucky Woman — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:01:18 +0000

Quarterback wins…by a touchdown!