New Site Idea

I was thinking of starting a new site, and was wondering what your thoughts were on it. Is it worth the effort, and would you actually visit it??

StyleSuites

Based on MaXus' great idea here, StyleSuites would bring together similiar themes for lots of different apps. For example, it would have links to Milk skins for trillian, msstyles, icons, loginUI, wallpapers, dock backrounds, browser skins etc. But there would also be links for Cappuccino and Brushed, and any other style's if they are requested enough. It would be useful for people new to app-skinning, and also be helpful to people who wanted to have all the same style on their desktop.

The pros are:

Good place to find a lot of similiar themes
Easy to find links, which actually work
Would avoid a lot of questions on this and many other similiar forums
Help out new members
Helpful to any member who wanted to have the same style through-out on their desktop
Screenshot's for all the skins

But the cons are:

It would take me quite a while to collect together all the links, and make sure they work. If not, I'd have to find the author's email and ask for the file my self. This would take weeks.

So, do you think it's a worthwhile idea? :unsure:

#30161

Originally posted by Simon@May 31 2003, 12:54 AM

[*]I would be linking to all the creator's work, but I'd have to email all of them, because technically I'm stealing their bandwith

Not really stealing if you link it to their webpage.

I also think that if you link it directly to the downloading file, its ok a well - however on this one im not sure. Again, i am positive that linking to deskmod isnt bandwidth stealing for example.

Personaly, i dont have any opinions on that idea :dunno:

:staffs here:

#30169

I think its a great idea!

The reason being a person can get bored with a particular theme after a while, and might wanna try something else. But since the suite is generally incomplete, people pass on it.

So, yeah, go for it! (Y)

#30186

Id go for hosting them yourself in one big package. It makes things easier. Yeah, you would have to get the authors permission, but its not like theres 1000 themes out there that are widely used, so you should be able to do it. (Y)

#30193

Originally posted by Taha@May 31 2003, 03:21 PM
The reason being a person can get bored with a particular theme after a while, and might wanna try something else.

True, but I do intend to have different suites. Milk, Brushed, and others. So there would be some choice if you didn't like some of the themes.

Anyway, it's good to get some support for my idea. Hosting all the stuff myself was something I'd thought about. This would be quite easy, as I've got a big chunk of webspace that I'm just not using. >.<

#30196

I also think this would be an excellent idea !!!

FatAxl :own:

#30198

Originally posted by Simon@May 31 2003, 10:53 AM
True, but I do intend to have different suites. Milk, Brushed, and others. So there would be some choice if you didn't like some of the themes.

That's what I said :rolleyes:

#30204

Originally posted by Taha+May 31 2003, 04:25 PM-->
QUOTE(Taha @ May 31 2003, 04:25 PM)

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