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[synatribe]

should we just have a pinned topic where people can come to see if webmasters or webmistresses need help on their site? kind of like a craiglist?

so I'll start, Im looking for a co-owner for my up coming site


except there is not advertising allowed, just state your need and people reply :]

[synatribe]

okay to tell the truth when it comes to website templates Im completely uinoriginal, why? because you have to get every page to look nice and every page has different content, but myspace is different, the sections are already laid out for you , so when I see nice concepts I would call it more like inmitation practice, besides this is my first domain and my first site, whatever, have your own opinion but express it to me through pms please because I already admitted to being unorigianl and I already took down the layout at least I say Im sorry instead of making up lies like some people, but dont get my submissions into this cause they are 100% original :]

[Melissa]

dont get my submissions into this cause they are 100% original :]

i really don't mean to single you out, but i just checked out your submissions and i'd have to say that they're more like 50% original. i probably wouldn't have thought twice about it if i hadn't known that you got your "inspiration" from Roxanne, but seriously, how many trees with birds and cityscape backgrounds layout variations can you have? it's like you took this idea that was derived from her portfolio and practically beat it to death with a blue paintbrush and a few adjustments.

i'm not going to argue that anything be taken down because it is a theme that is used and overused, but how many of her concepts are present in your layouts? i'm noticing the borders, the tree, the cityscape, the birds, and the jumping people... am i missing anything?

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/preview.php?id=2636

what you do is not jocking, but rather, a form of imitation that would be acceptable for beginners still getting the hang of designing. but you've submitted, what, 4-5 layouts already? don't you think it's about time to break out of this shell and actually start being creative and thinking up ideas that are really original (or as "original" as "original" can get these days)?