Monday, March 01, 2004
Wahahahahahah! I'm flattered. See what I got in my email inbox:
Hi!
We at Whisk Technologies are embarking on a new feature - the Phlogger Templates
Library. We have received some suggestions from users to include a set of
starter templates for the benefit of new and existing users who have little
experience with web design or HTML coding.
As such, we are inviting some users to contribute their current or new templates
to form our initial templates library. You have been specially selected from our
pool of users for this invitation, because after viewing your phlog, we feel you
have the creativity and artistic skills required for this challenge, and also,
you have mastered the art of (or at least, are pretty proficient at) using your
customise.htm to create cool designs.
We are looking for designs for both the stand-alone phlog (the index.htm in your
Phlogger directory) and the embedded phlog (in a box using the write_phlog.js
file). If you look at your customise.htm, you will see two new features - to
Load and Save templates. These are what other users will eventually see once the
Phlogger Templates Library is launched, but for now, they are available to you
to assist you in making the templates for us.
To contribute your template to us, you can save the template, and then inform us
using the Feedback form. What is saved will be all the style files (*.sty) and
the html files (*.htm) that are currently used by your phlog. We will manually
screen through the files to remove any personal information, and then release
them in the Library, given by the combo box that lists all the available
templates. Of course, unless you request otherwise, credit will be given to you,
and we are thinking of doing it via the Library link where users can preview the
templates.
You may use pictures for your template, which we will then copy and host onto
our server. But please bear in mind that these pictures have to be original, and
preferably take up little space.
If you want to contribute a totally new template (to keep your current one
unique to yourself), you may still do so, just make full use the two slots
available for saving: Save your original template first into Slot 1, design the
second template and save it into Slot 2, inform us, and then reload your
original template again from Slot 1.
This idea is still rather open and flexible, hence we would like to gather your
comments, suggestions or any other feedback regarding this new feature, and how
to improve it. Any queries or doubts may be emailed to us as well.
At the same time, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to you should
you decide to take up our invitation. We hope that you continue to have a
pleasant experience using Phlogger.
Patrick Tay
Whisk Technologies
Singapore
http://www.whisktech.com
My reply:
Dear Mr. Tay
Thank you for the invite but I simply have no time to design templates for those lazy members out there who don't even try to design their phlog page. Unless you pay me to do so. That's a different story all together again. So, no money no talk.
Regards
IniQx
(I'm kidding. I didn't send him that reply. I couldn't be bothered to do so. Besides, I really have no time to design. So, when I am feeling free & happy & kind & benevolent, I will)
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