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Hey, thank you to all of you guys for another great contest, voters and contestants alike! You all did an awesome job, even if you didn't win! So, now for the results... Third place... Rose Template by the talented Booklover with 1 vote! Second place... Sunset Crosses by the amazing me with 5 votes! And first place... *drumroll* Up In the Stars by Cornflower the cool, with 6 votes! Give a big round applause for our contestants! Since my grandpa is in town until next Wednesday I will put off the contest until July 7, unless I notify you guys otherwise. Hey, and since it's going to be July 4, if any of you think about it you could donate an American flag themed template and I will make it an American themed contest. I'll need at least two templates though for it to work (I've got one I've made.) I'm sorry that I'm not replying to comments/PM's, it's busy with grandpa here. And, Cornflower, I haven't made your award yet, sorry! I will try to finish that soon when I have time! Hope you don't mind! Happy early July 4th! Have a great time! |
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Well good people, the votes are in and there is a winner! In third place is.... Ocean Wave by the outstanding zactlin with 2 votes! In a close second place is... Cityscape by the incredible SAMIAM with 3 votes! In first place is *drumroll*... Black Flowers by the remarkable Renee with 6 votes! *applause* I would like to thank everyone who participated in this contest, everyone who voted and everyone who has made templates for RecycledTemplates... you guys are all great =) All the templates are amazing, even the ones that didn't win. Great job! If you would like, go congratulate the winner and runner ups on their blogs (or right here)! Here is your award Renee, make sure you upload it to your HSB account or whatever because I will have to delete it from mine in a week or so. Let me know if it is too wide for your sidebar and I will make a thinner one. 
Hey, my grandpa is coming into town this Wednesday and he will be staying for two weeks. I will still do the contest this week but I will have to see whether I can do it next week or not, I have no idea how busy I will be! This weeks contestants are: Please go take a look! Voting starts on Tuesday June 17 and ends after Sunday June 22 (note: you may still vote on Sunday). Any votes cast before or after those dates will be ommitted! |
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Hey ya'll, well this is the start of the contest! Below are the links to the three templates that are being entered. Each of them have a post with the rules and such so... go read! Voting for the templates begins TUESDAY JUNE 10, and ends SUNDAY JUNE 15, any votes cast before or after those dates will be omitted! |
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What happens in this contest? In this contest several templates compete to become the Template of the Week. This means that your template gets free publicity, you will get HTML advice from others and bragging rights and a banner if you win. Winners of the Template of the Week will be entered into the Template of the Month contest. How do I enter? Every template that is submitted to Recycled Templates will automatically be considered, you do not have to send them in. I will choose several templates that I think will do well together and enter them in the contest. I will PM you if I choose to enter your template. What is Recycled Templates? Recycled Templates is a website where you contribute old templates that you won't use anymore and 'recycle' them for other people to use. How do I vote? You can either PM or comment me your vote. PMing is advised it you have friends in the contest, that way nobody's feelings are hurt. No anonymous comments will be counted. If you are going to comment your vote please comment on the template you are voting for (template of the week 1-2-3) NOT on my RecycledTemplates blog! And... let's say you are PMing me, please tell me the TITLE of the template for instance: template of the week 1-2-3 OR Cool Template by HTMLpro1 (example) instead of 'that cool template by what's-their-face. lol Is it okay if I tell the contestants what I think of the templates in a comment? That is perfectly fine, as long as you are nice and don't JUST tell them the things that could be changed, tell them what you like also. May I tell others about this contest? Yes! You may post this post on your blog to let people know. Please do not just tell your friends to go vote for you. You might have more friends that vote for you then other contestants do. What sportsmanship do you require? I ask that if you win, please don't put anybody else down. I would like it (but it isn't required) if you went to the other contestants blogs and congratulate them if they win or tell them that it was a good try if they lost. If I were entered into this contest can I vote for myself? No. You may however vote for somebody else who is participating. Will I be entered multiple times? You could be. Right now there's only a few templates that have been contributed to Recycled Templates. Every time you contribute a template you increase your odds of being entered. At some point in time I will have entered everybody who has contributed. What if I don't want to contribute something to Recycled Templates, could I still enter? At the moment I am only entering templates that have been contributed to Recycled Templates. My reason for this is: I don't know how many (or few) templates I'll have flooding in and I don't want to forget which ones are for Recycled Templates and which ones are for the Template of the Week contest. This will make it easier on me, but I might change this after a few weeks. My other reason for doing this is so that your template will be recognized as a good quality one and more people will use it one their blogs. Let's say I have contributed several templates to Recycled Templates but there is a certain one I would like entered in the contest. Can I ask you to enter it? Yes! I'm not saying I'll do it right away but at least I know you would like it to be entered. How often will this contest be held? Every Tuesday voting will end for the past three templates and the winner will be announced. At this time three new templates will be entered. Every three weeks the past winners of said three weeks will be entered into a Template of the Month contest. I may stop this contest in the fall because I will be starting school again and I have no idea how busy I will be. If I do quit in the fall I will start again next summer. Is there anything else you would like me to know? Please remember that this is a HTML contest, not a popularity one. Please don't vote for someone just because you know them. Please be on your honor system at all times and please remember to have FUN!!! |
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Thank you guys so much for the input! #1 Comment/PMing/Polls Most of ya'll agreed that commenting or pming would be best, and the people who suggested polls thought that everybody should be on their honor system. I personally think that commenting and pming will be best but I still would like everyone to be on their honor system! PMing is advised if you have friends in the contest and no anonymous comment votes will be counted. I just don't want to spend a lot of time looking up IP codes =) #2 Who should vote? Well, a lot of you said that anybody should vote, not just my friends. I think this is a good idea. Brittany of brittanystemplates had a great idea, why don't I write a post announcing my new contest and then people can post it on their blogs. That way when telling people you don't say to them 'go over to RecycledTemplates and vote for me.' #3 Should the contestants be allowed to vote. Almost everyone seemed to think the the contestants could vote for another person but not themselves. I agree. At the moment I am only entering templates that have been contributed to Recycled Templates. My reason for this is: I don't know how many (or few) templates I'll have flooding in and I don't want to forget which ones are for Recycled Templates and which ones are for the Template of the Week contest. This will make it easier on me, but I might change this after a few weeks. My other reason for doing this is so that your template will be recognized as a good quality one and more people will use it one their blogs. If you think I should change this please let me know. So here are the new and improved rules: ~~~~~~~ Recycled Templates (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/RecycledTemplates/) is hosting a Template of the Week contest. Below is a description and the rules! What happens in this contest? In this contest several templates compete to become the Template of the Week. This means that your template gets free publicity, you will get HTML advice from others and bragging rights and a banner if you win. Winners of the Template of the Week will be entered into the Template of the Month contest. How do I enter? Every template that is submitted to Recycled Templates will automatically be considered, you do not have to send them in. I will choose several templates that I think will do well together and enter them in the contest. I will PM you if I choose to enter your template. What is Recycled Templates? Recycled Templates is a website where you contribute old templates that you won't use anymore and 'recycle' them for other people to use. How do I vote? You can either PM or comment me your vote. PMing is advised it you have friends in the contest, that way nobody's feelings are hurt. No anonymous comments will be counted. Can I tell others about this contest? Yes! You may post this post on your blog to let people know. Please do not just tell your friends to go vote for you. You might have more friends that vote for you then other contestants do. What sportsmanship do you require? I ask that if you win, please don't put anybody else down. I would like it (but it isn't required) if you went to the other contestants blogs and congratulate them if they win or tell them that it was a good try if they lost. If I were entered into this contest can I vote for myself? No. You may however vote for somebody else who is participating. Will I be entered multiple times? You could be. Right now there's only a few templates that have been contributed to Recycled Templates. Every time you contribute a template you increase your odds of being entered. At some point in time I will have entered everybody who has contributed. What if I don't want to contribute something to Recycled Templates, could I still enter? At the moment I am only entering templates that have been contributed to Recycled Templates. My reason for this is: I don't know how many (or few) templates I'll have flooding in and I don't want to forget which ones are for Recycled Templates and which ones are for the Template of the Week contest. This will make it easier on me, but I might change this after a few weeks. My other reason for doing this is so that your template will be recognized as a good quality one and more people will use it one their blogs. Let's say I have contributed several templates to Recycled Templates but there is a certain one I would like entered in the contest. Can I ask you to enter it? Yes! I'm not saying I'll do it right away but at least I know you would like it to be entered. How often will this contest be held? Every Tuesday voting will end for the past three templates and the winner will be announced. At this time three new templates will be entered. Every three weeks the past winners of said three weeks will be entered into a Template of the Month contest. I may stop this contest in the fall because I will be starting school again and I have no idea how busy I will be. If I do quit in the fall I will start again next summer. Is there anything else you would like me to know? Please remember that this is a HTML contest, not a popularity one. Please don't vote for someone just because you know them. Please be on your honor system at all times and please remember to have FUN!!! ~~~~~~~~ You can post the above on your blog to get the word out if you would like. Here is what the award will look like. You will have to upload your award to your HSB account or whatever other photo account you have, I do hope that will be okay! I will try to center the text on the next one. And of course, if this were for a guy I'd make it blue. 
The contest will begin next Tuesday (June 10) unless something happens. If I enter your template in the contest I will PM you. Please let me know if you do NOT want your template entered. Comment me with any questions or anything! NOTE: I will be entering my own templates too =) Not every week but occasionally. Mostly because at least half of the templates were created by me. Everyone will be entered eventually.
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