YOUR STANDARDS Options

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This is something that was brought to the design staff's attention:
While the mods are the people who decide which layouts and graphics make it to the site, the members are ultimately the ones who use them and decide which ones are popular amongst users.

It would be greatly appreciated to take some time to fill this out. You can choose to fill out whichever sections you feel comfortable with. Feel free to use examples and express any concerns you have.

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[center][b][size=3]My Standards[/size][/b]
[i][b]Layouts Submissions[/b][/i][/center]
[u]Myspace Layouts:[/u]
[u]Xanga Layouts:[/u]
[u]Blogger Layouts:[/u]
[u]Livejournal Layouts:[/u]
[u]Website Layouts:[/u]
[u]General Comments:[/u]

[center][i][b]Graphics Submissions[/b][/i][/center]
[u]Avatars:[/u]
[u]Banners:[/u]
[u]Photos:[/u]
[u]Backgrounds:[/u]
[u]Wallpapers:[/u]
[u]General Comments:[/u]

Don't mind if I pin this, at least temporarily..
} Azarel

This post has been edited by StanleyThePanda: May 4 2007, 11:45 PM

[flaymzofice]

I didn't think to look at the number of times a layout has been favourited, but it doesn't matter to me because it doesn't change my opinion, which I guess, is the problem. Graphically, layouts are difficult to judge because everyone likes something different - personally, I take a somewhat violent objection to OmarGarcia.net's layouts, but that's me. And then, I really love the wackiness and "messiness" of O Amazing's work. I am certainly surprised that the layout I mentioned has been favourited though.

Secondly, Lanochka is right; sugar coating of opinions really does annoy me too. Hopefully nobody thinks I put things too diplomatically, after all, it's meant to be constructive criticism, but I do also try to deliver on that as much as possible. The problem is, because I'm not a layout maker and have never submitted anything to cB, if I am too critical, my fear is designers will take it the wrong way and be offensive about the fact that, because I haven't submitted anything, I have no merit upon which to judge others. At the same time, I am genuinely keen to offer improvement based on my opinion of a layout so that hopefully the designer can build on it. It's tricky though because you never know how each designer will react.

I've commented a lot on blaqheartedstar, Mike's, Marksters and a few others' layouts, so they're probably used to the way I put my comments, but others may not be so welcoming.