cb submission standards Options

[micron]

i posted this in backstage aimed at staff members, just felt the community should know.


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im still making sure there arent any bugs in the submissions engine, but i want to say something about standards that i think is way over due.

i understand that many of you want cb to only have the highest of quality, but i personally think this is counterintuitive to bringing createblog to the masses. for example, lately (and one of the main reaons ive decided to seperate myspace layouts to div overlays and standard), is because increasingly i only see div overlay layouts. sure, div overlays are pretty and look great, but that only accounts for less than 1% of the entire myspace community. i think its a flaw in our logic to think that highering the standards even more will bring in more members. in fact, its just going to do the opposite. submitters will stop submitting their layouts, because they will fear (know rather) that it will be rejected. and without new layouts, people will visit createblog less often to check up on the new layouts, which means with less traffic theres just less opporunity for people to submit things. you see, its a downward spiral were going, if we maintain our current rediculous "standards" aiming to please only the measly 0.0001% of our potential audience. which says something especially if the staff members themselves dont have any quality layouts /graphics submitted to cb.

in anycase, im going to ask everyone to loosen up on teh standards. instead of accepting what pleases you, think in terms of the community. ask yourself, will someone out there use this layout / graphic ? if the answer is yes, accept the layout, no matter how you may feel about it. your perspective is very important, but only because you should be thinking behalf of the community, not yourselves.

i hope i made myself clear. if you disagree wtih my stance, feel free to tell me why.

[DemiArianna]

instead of accepting what pleases you, think in terms of the community. ask yourself, will someone out there use this layout / graphic ?

Exactly! I know for a fact that the layout I had rejected would have been liked by soo many people. Like seriously. And do you know the reason why it was rejected? The friends box was a teeny bit wider than the other boxes and the reviewer didn't like the fact that my custom contact table didn't have a border like the other boxes. Honestly! I made that layout the same way I made the one before it, which got accepted. So I went to the one that did get accepted to see what the hype was about my supposedly wide friends box, and it was like 10px wider at most! Thats like 5 on each side. Gimme a freakin' break! And that whole border thing is soooo a personal preference. The worst part is, I forgot to save the code for it. I still have all the images but I don't have the time to go re-coding and stuff. And I will NOT add a border to my contact table to please some starch-sprayed stuck up reviewer.

[freeflow]

Exactly! I know for a fact that the layout I had rejected would have been liked by soo many people. Like seriously. And do you know the reason why it was rejected? The friends box was a teeny bit wider than the other boxes and the reviewer didn't like the fact that my custom contact table didn't have a border like the other boxes. Honestly! I made that layout the same way I made the one before it, which got accepted. So I went to the one that did get accepted to see what the hype was about my supposedly wide friends box, and it was like 10px wider at most! Thats like 5 on each side. Gimme a freakin' break! And that whole border thing is soooo a personal preference. The worst part is, I forgot to save the code for it. I still have all the images but I don't have the time to go re-coding and stuff. And I will NOT add a border to my contact table to please some starch-sprayed stuck up reviewer.

For one they are giving you suggestions. If you feel that your layout is "OH SO GREAT!" You can PM other moderators and ask them for opinions. Give us a freakin break. Stop complaining over ridiculous things, and maybe try fixing your layout style. If it's the layout I think you're talking about it shouldn't of been accepted anyway in my opinion. If you're trying to get anywhere here you need to learn, things get rejected. GET USE TO IT.

We are not here to accept everything that comes our way. When crappy things get accepted, people complain. And then when your crappy stuff gets rejected... people complain. It's about time you get used to your stuff getting rejected, take it as feedback. Stop complaining. It's not going to get your layout accepted, so hun I don't see why you're even wasting your time. They are suggestions. Take them or leave them. If you don't want to listen that's your decision. IF you want to submit again..that's your decision. IF it gets rejected again maybe that means you really should work on your style.