Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:36:00 GMT
Thanks to the work of Patrick Lenz and Dave Minor, the Typogarden blog is back!
A crew of gardeners is busy pulling weeds and grafting a Venus flytrap onto a daffodil in order to decorate the new Typo theme directory site currently under development.
On my own blog I try to stay away from profusely linking to other sites (there are enough linkblogs already). But it seems appropriate here, so I’ll be posting about new themes and interesting Typo installations. Here are the first three:
- Brighthouse Theme—Not enough neon green in your life? This theme has more color than you can shake a stick at. Already in use on a few sites!
- ScottRaymond.net—In addition to developing the engine behind Blinksale and Icon Buffet and appearing on the Rails Podcast, Scott Raymond shows that he can wrangle a div tag with the best of them. He recently redesigned his site with a nice medieval look. Check out the ornamented characters and clean design.
- BusyAsHell.com—But not too busy to modify Origami with a more…hellish look.
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:05:00 GMT
UPDATE Thanks to all who responded! I have 10 gardeners who are going to start cultivating some roses, petunias, and man-sized venus flytraps real soon. UPDATE
Thanks to the work of dozens of graphic artists, the world is now a more beautiful, more diversely themed place. Where before I saw a sea of azure blue, I now see a cornucopia of red, yellow, black, and green.
However, this site still needs to be maintained. Links have gone dead. Some fantastic themes are no longer available at their original sites.
If anyone would like to help the Typo community in a big way, send email to boss@topfunky.com
At minimum, you would post new themes developed for Typo. If you have the time, you could also save local copies of all theme so they will always be available in some form (in case the original site is no longer available).
A few articles about how to update themes for newer versions of Typo would also be useful.
This job would only take a few hours of work per month. Hosting is provided by Planet Agon along with the rest of the official Typo sites.
You will be compensated with instant fame and that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you make the world a happier, more colorful place.
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:02:00 GMT
Yes, this post deserves quadsclamation, and much more.
After two months and one day, this contest comes to an end. There will be tears of joy. There will be tears of sorrow. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And yes, it is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you. I wish I could give a brand new PowerBook to every one of the participants in this contest.
You have given an incredible gift to the Rails community. These themes will be used all over the world and in many languages. For that I thank you.
I thank our judges for taking the time to look through so many themes. Now go buy yourself a copy of Mint or hire one of our other fantastic judges to design for your next project.
Finally, I thank our generous sponsors for digging deep and providing prizes that truly make people froth at the mouth in anticipation. Go buy their products!
For everyone else, this site will continue to be maintained as a source for fresh Typo themes for years to come. I saw many themes that were never submitted in time for the contest, and I hope we will see those here in the next few weeks.
Without further ado, here are the final results as determined by the judges…
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:07:00 GMT
Fuzzy clock says “five afta’ twelve,” and I’ve posted the last theme that made it in before the deadline!
The final tally is over 120 new Typo themes! Wow.
I’ll send voting info to the judges tomorrow.
I also owe one year Rails blog hosting packages with Planet Argon to the first ten themes from way back in October. I’ll send those out tomorrow.
Good luck, everyone!
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:14:00 GMT
I’m sitting down to post the final 24 themes in my inbox, fueled by a glass of stout and an organic raspberry thumbprint cookie.
While I’m thinking of it…TypoGarden.com will be maintained as a repository of Typo themes even after the contest is over. Several people have written in with ideas for rewriting a custom theme directory in Rails, so feel free to keep sending any themes you’re working on (after a week or two).
And while you’re waiting, go hear my interview with Chad Fowler!
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:57:00 GMT
Thirty four more themes are sitting in my inbox. I’ll post them later today.
I’ll try to get the final list to the judges by Wednesday night. I want to give them at least a week to return their final votes, so expect a verdict late next week.
Until then, enjoy!
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:49:00 GMT
The themes are pouring in now!
I’ll post them as quickly as possible, but if you don’t see yours here it’s because I’m digging myself out from under this mountain of email I’ve just received.
Thanks for your patience…
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:30:08 GMT
Over 25 themes showed up in my inbox over the weekend and I’m busy posting a few now (the rest will be posted this evening).
There was some confusion, so I should clarify: You have until the end of today to send me your themes (November 28 at 11:59 pm, using the time zone of wherever you are in the world).
My goal is to get a voting package out to the judges by the end of Tuesday and give them a week to do the judging. You can also comment on themes during that time.
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:09:00 GMT
I thought it would only be appropriate to match the quality of our sponsors and our entries with a panel of top-notch judges.
Next week, the following individuals will be handing out glory to some and defeat to most of the rest.
Again, the general rules are here and the remainder of the judging will be up to the judges and your creativity.
Over 50 themes so far. Keep ‘em coming!
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Posted by Geoffrey Grosenbach
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:41:04 GMT
I received over a dozen new themes over the weekend and will post them this evening.
In the meantime, you might want to debug your theme by taking a look at it in different browsers. BrowserShots is a free site for getting a peek at your theme in Firefox, IE, and Safari.
My current wait was 30 minutes, but at least you can catch any glaring errors in your theme.
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