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beez templatedetails.xml has been updated.
I suggest you have a look.
All can now use language.ini files for admin parameters as well as for strings in index.php, thus for admin and site.
It is suggested to provide the language files in English at least.

Code added

This might be a strange question but where do people post the templates? Are WIPS/Finals posted here?

MarkV wrote:This might be a strange question but where do people post the templates? Are WIPS/Finals posted here?

Try the 'Template Contest forum' http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board ... html 

Just a random question... since we can submit more then one template does that mean its possible to win more then one prize pack? or only the best one of that author goes into the finals...

what I can see in template contest forum is Nothing...

Well a number of people are still building, I've mostly finished one. Heres the demo: http://www.speedingpc.com/demo/index.php just waiting on feedback, and any bug reports.
And now I'm building my next one, which currently is looking great. I might make another after this one too if I get time.

I know of a few people/groups who are designing a template for the contest, myself included. Just waiting to get all the tweaking done etc...

Heres my current demo http://muffindcc.com/demo/whyld/

Hi,

I have been hard at work designing a template to enter into your contest.

However I believe that there is a problem with your competition - your sample data for the joomla template is not actually valid HTML. The problem is caused by the javascript that adds a caption to images with the classname 'caption' - the javascript is in the file includes/js/joomla/caption.js which is automatically included in the document head.

You have such an image in your sample data. The problem is that this image is enclosed with paragraph 'p' tags. However when the script adds the caption to the image it inserts another paragraph element and you end up with a paragraph inside a paragraph. I don't think that this is valid HTML. It causes problems for the display of my template in both Opera and Firefox.

I think that you need to do something about this. I don't want to have to re-design my template, I have put a lot of work into it and I believe it achieves a good, largely table-less design, and the problem is not with the template anyway, it is with your data. I would also point out that your default template for joomla 1.5 includes a claim that it is valid XHTML, so it really ought to actually be valid.

To be honest I don't know why you want to include the caption script anyway, it seems like a bit of a gimmick really. If users really want captions for their images they can add them themselves with little extra effort. And the script potentially will cause problems with the XHTML whenever the image is contained inside a paragraph or other block-level element.

At the very least, if you insist on including it, there should be some way of over-riding the template for the document head to drop the caption script.

Template looking good MuffinDCC.
I also found some pages weren't valid HTML from the sample data, 1 was the image on the links page and some kind of ? symbol on the front page.
Anyway, I'm sure my template is valid which is the main thing.

I have not checked the forums much but if there is a thread about content and validation, please redirect us - wouldn't take long to produce a list and get it fixed

Update:
Posted thread at http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic ... #msg991585

fcoulter,

Please post any issues with the sample data in the 1.5 Q&T forums, we will try to address them as soon as possible. If you have any development/design related question you can post those in the 1.5 Dev forums. Links :

Q&T : http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board,199.0.html
Dev  : http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board,231.0.html

Johan

Question. Default J1.5 instalation comes with only 3 module positions published. Left , right and user3 . Do we have to design template with only 3 module positions? Can we add more? I am asking this since we canot move anything around according to rules

bennieblanco wrote:Question. Default J1.5 instalation comes with only 3 module positions published. Left , right and user3 . Do we have to design template with only 3 module positions? Can we add more? I am asking this since we canot move anything around according to rules

There are more positions that are active

-left
-right
-top
-banner
-user1
-user2
-user3
-user4
-footer
-syndicate

I have added more positions but are just not active due to the sample content. Hope that helps

Until this moment a really poor Contest, I believed that there more participation from Designers

vistartony wrote:Until this moment a really poor Contest, I believed that there more participation from Designers

Only 3 submissions, but more to come, probably on release date I imagine. The people who have submitted (not myself) are people I did not know where submitting

Give it time

Yeah, they're coming. I know of a few people who are getting ready to submit theirs.

their problem is the time... 

I wanted also to participate, but few new projects are eating my time

Perhaps I will make one for Joomla 1.6

I just want to thank you all for your entries and wish you good luck. The contest templates are awesome.

We are lucky enough having such talented designers among us, sharing their time and work. Thank you.

there are a lot of good templates!! It'll be very hard to choose The One.

newart wrote:there are a lot of good templates!! It'll be very hard to choose The One.

Or the top 5 for that matter.. I thought at first I was gunna get the top 5 but now.. wow, there's too many good ones up there!

wow, there's too many good ones up there!

Ah indeed. Dam pro's and them working in groups!
But we still have a chance...
It depends on how they rate the templates?, maybe its not just all looks...

zammbi wrote:

wow, there's too many good ones up there!

Ah indeed. Dam pro's and them working in groups!
But we still have a chance...
It depends on how they rate the templates?, maybe its not just all looks...

ahaha I know. I'm personally going to continue making free templates, what about you guys? Still going to do it?

Hm maybe, I guess it depends on where I rank in the contest...