CONTEST GUIDELINE (Updated, January 20, 2008)
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If you like Multiflex-5, but didn't find your favorite color, you can participate in the Multiflex-5 Color Scheme Contest. The webdesign community at OpenDesigns will vote for five winners which will receive linked credits in the template.

The graphic elements and CSS files of the five winning contributions will be made available as downloadable color scheme add-on packages on my homepage. Users of Multiflex-5 can come in and check the color scheme gallery, choosing the color scheme they prefer. As time goes on, we can add new color schemes. In this way users of Multiflex-5 can change their color themes without having to touch their HTML content codes. The only thing they do, is to replace image and CSS files.

CONTEST RULES

Rule 1: Number of participants and winners
A minimum of 25 design contributions must be made, of which five are chosen as winners.

Rule 2: What to modify
In order for the color schemes to be available as template add-on packages, where the user downloads a package and replaces current image and CSS files with the add-on package, we must keep the code and styles separated. Therefore, no changes allowed for HTML code, but only for images and CSS files.

Rule 3: What to provide
Your color scheme must include the same elements found in the default template, that is:
+ Rounded corner graphics
+ Header graphics (if needed)
+ Other background graphics (if needed)
+ Logo, icons and bullet graphics
+ Font colors (CSS)
+ Border colors (CSS)
+ Background colors (CSS)

Rule 4: Source graphics
If you want to use the original graphic elements as found in the default template, download the Graphics Package. You can also introduce your own graphic elements, if you feel you have some really nice looking stuff, as long as it fulfills the requirements above.

PREVIEWS
To get a quick feeling of your scheme, post a screenshot of your page, or a link to your demo.

FILE FORMATS
Graphic elements must be offered in these two ways: 1) High-resolution PNG with transparencies for editing. 2) Operational format as implemented in your color scheme.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Go to the Multiflex-5 Color Contest Forum.

VOTE DATE
July 1, 2008

MULTIFLEX-5 has just now been uploaded and submitted to Open Designs.
Read instructions in the template regarding the Color Scheme Contest.

It is superb template !

Maybe something along these lines:

http://cmssandbox.com/Multiflex-5/

@jrochman

doesn't look good in Firefox and IE 6 - broken (resolution 1024x768)! Or is it not finished?

@jrochman,

Great to see you experimenting around. You know, there is a way to proceed with your design ideas without having to alter the HTML. Actually two ways:

Method 1: Keeping border graphics:
Take the rounded border graphics, that come at the beginning and end of each content box, and make them transparent in a graphics program or make them have the same color as the grey background of the page. If you want to minimize their size, just size them down to 1px height and change the CSS-statements for the rounded corners accordingly to "height:1px". Then take your general container background as you showed in your demo.

Method 2: Drop out border graphics:
Go to the CSS statements for the border graphics and just remove the file reference to the border graphics name in "background:url(....)", and instead just use the RGB value and give the color needed, for your case white would be the best. Also here you can reduce the height 1px if you prefer. This method saves you the hassle of having to use a graphics program to recolor the rounded border graphics. Now you put in your background as indicated in your demo.

I wasn't aware myself how flexible Multiflex-5 really is. Seems we can do a lot with this template.

How about that? Could that work?

i cant open any of the grafics what file types are they....?

I've been playing around with the code and reckon this would help use the .pagetitle H1 tag elsewhere, otherwise a bottom border makes it look a bit out of place... i've added...

border-bottom:solid 0px rgb(215,215,215)

to

.main h1.pagetitle {margin:0 0 0.5em 0; padding:1px 0 1px 32px; background: url(../img/icon_pagetitle.gif) no-repeat; background-position:center left; color:rgb(42,90,138); font-weight:bold; font-size:220% !important /*Non-IE6*/; font-size:200% /*IE6*/; }

Posted By: conartistdesignsi cant open any of the grafics what file types are they....?

Files saved with:

- CorelDraw 11 (.cdr)
- Photoshop Elements 2.0 (.psd)
- Portable Network Graphics (.png)

Hi, I just wanted to look at the images but the link doesn't seem to work (http://mf5_tutorial.html/#anchor-package) ... is it only me ?

Posted By: bluecafeHi, I just wanted to look at the images but the link doesn't seem to work (http://mf5_tutorial.html/#anchor-package) ... is it only me ?

It is not an error, but a link from one page of Multiflex-5 to another, namely to the tutorial page, and there on that page to the section on packages, which was what you were looking for. In that section you have the download link.

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to post this in here or not, but @jrochman I love the start of your new design. I'm currently looking to pay someone to skin Wolfgang's (thanks for the themes by the way) multiflex 5 to integrate our colors and company concept....and I really want it to have a different feel than the original (why I like @jrochman's so much). If anybody is interested or already working on the contest and wants to get paid along the way, message me back. Thanks.

That looks quiet nice although i'd recommend that you sort out the corners of the images as they look awful at the minute and perhaps try changing the font colour on the breadcrumbs and nav links to something a little lighter, white might work, or perhaps just a lighter tone of what's already there.

So whatever happened to this contest???

owwwie wowwie ... bummer = ( Maybe extend the deadline til after the new year? give people who are swamped a chance to spend some time over the holidays playing with colors and images ...?

It is a disappointment but there is nothing to stop anybody doing a multiflex-5 colour, contest or not, if you really want to.

If you do, you could still submit them here as long as they have the proper credits