In many parts of the world, especially those with powerful Coca-Cola franchises1, families are starting to bring dead trees into their homes, hunt for wild turkeys, and mentally prepare for that dreadful day when the whole family sits down together, exchanges presents, and pretends to like each other.
Here at Wikidot World Headquarters we don't celebrate Christmas, unless you count 24-hour parties with Żubrówka, Żywiec, and paluski, ending in the cops being called and then joining the party, together with their night's catch of hookers and hoodlums, as "celebration".
So instead, here is a competition. We're giving away five (5) Pro account 12-month upgrades, for own use or as gifts for other Wikidot users. The goal is to create the most interesting and useful CSS+CSI packages. A CSS+CSI package is a page of Wikidot code that uses the CSS module to do something. Someone who wants to use this package writes [[include :sitename:packagepage]] in their nav:side, or page.
There are some example packages on csi.wikidot.com, take a look if you want inspiration. The rules of the competition are at css-competition.wikidot.com, which is where you will want to publish your packages, to take part.
Perhaps a package that pops a logo onto a site. Or a package that modifies the CSS to make it work better for a mobile device. Or a package that hides the search box and account options…
Enjoy!
Okay.
Please, specify the expiry date of those free Pro accounts.
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegan. - Paul McCartney
From the competition website main page:
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Thank you, Pieter, for your kindness. Now everything is more clear. I suggest to repeat it everywhere where this kind of competition is mentioned. It saves to all of us unpleasant misunderstandings, and it takes only one word more: one-year free Pro account, instead of free Pro account.
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegan. - Paul McCartney
@Brunhilda, thank you for this suggestion. A pro account upgrade is by definition one year, indeed even if you want to buy two or three years you have to buy them separately. But since there is some confusion between the gift of an account, and the account, we'll make it more explicit everywhere we offer prizes and gifts.
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You're welcome. Always glad to help. ;)
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegan. - Paul McCartney
I love a challenge! I'll try it, but no promises on having it done. That's only 8 days!
Your footnote is quite curious and would like to know if it is indeed accurate. Do you have any sources?
Also, what do we get if we improve an entry? And can we cooperate, with the result being the splitting of the time, such as from 12 to 6 months for two people?
The modern day Image of father Christmas is that invented by the coca cola company.
The original was dressed in green.
It is no longer a celebration of christ, but a celebration of consumerism.
Enjoy.
So because Coca-Cola changed the color of Santa Claus' outfit to red from green in order to match their brand, Christmas has ceased to be a celebration of Christ and has become a celebration of consumerism? Let me guess, they made him obese so consumers would feel less guilt when drinking coke and that's why obesity is an epidemic in America?
I guess with your logic, it really is a good thing that Energizer hasn't used the Easter bunny, otherwise we'd be opening up Easter eggs to find batteries. Easter would be really jacked up! ;)
Also, do Europeans hang Christmas lights, etc. as seasonal decor?
Modern Xmas is indeed a commercial construction, and Coca-Cola's marketing department are mainly responsible for the look and feel, the CSS of Xmas if you like. And yes, it's spread in its current form via American culture. Europeans have a more varied approach.
In Scotland, 25 December was not a holiday until the 1960s, the main holiday being Hogmanay, New Year's eve. In Belgium the date for presents is 56th December and it's a children's holiday. In Belgium at least, the family dinner is on 24th December and the 25th was a religious holiday (church).
The Xmas tree is a Germanic notion, brought to the UK with the Hanoverian royal family. Then exported to the US and then onwards.
Back to the competition: if you cooperate on a package, and it's really really good, we'll award two prizes.
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False. At least in Wallonia, south of (also in the north Flamish) In Belgium, children receive presents for the St-Nicolas, 6th December but has never been a day off for children. Usually parents set up the presents during the night, a Friday or a Saturday night, the closest to 6 December. 24 December is not an official holiday but 25th is.
Sorry gerdami… I only wanted to reply and confirm… this is neater, edit by Steven Heynderickx
Thanks for that correction. I meant, it's a celebration for children (not a holy day), adults normally do not get gifts. Indeed, I recall when moving to Belgium from the UK, that Christmas dinner was celebrated on the 24th. The 25th seemed to be spent in church.
Thankfully, all that is history and today we (the Wikidot team) celebrate Xmas by monitoring server response times, database index performance, and new user registrations. :-)
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In Spain, 6th January is also a day when children receive gifts, and there is no Santa, but Three Magic Kings (Los reyes magos), who are those who bring gifts, not Santa.
In Serbia, 6th Janyary is Xmas Eve, since Serbian Church still follows old Julian Calendar. On this day, everyone should stay at home, and tomorrow, on 7th, it is a Xmas day, with gifts and many other nice customs.
I agree Xmas is converted in consumerism feast, but then… What isn't? These are the consequences of progress and globalization. USA culture is penetrating everywhere, and Coca-Cola that is not the only "bad guy", but the fault is ours, not theirs, for letting it happen…
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegan. - Paul McCartney
The current technique for mobile sites is a redirection because page weights should be less than 20K.
Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-mobile-bp-20080729/#d0e1099
Example: www.ft.com would redirect to m.ft.com
If I use a category "mobile" for the mobile version, I would like gerdami.wikidot.com/anypage be redirected to gerdami.wikidot.com/mobile:anypage with a custom CSS for category mobile:.
But how can I test that the device is a mobile and redirect to the mobile page thanks to something like
I don't know if you know this, but CSS can sense mobile devices I believe; an example would be from pieterh's rainbow colors themes:
I know that.
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/media.html#media-types
But if you put all media type into one file, the CSS file itself is too big.
So nobody else is entering? I was pretty certain that when Wikidot doubled its prices, this would be one of those I'd-even-sell-my-soul-to-Satan-type of thing.
The theme contest a while ago was a lot harder than this.
Is that an option? Just kidding. I would be almost finished with mine, but for a mobile device type format, you need a custom meta tag. Please rate this up!
I've got an idea I'm rolling around, but I'm not sure I'll have time to submit it before the deadline. Tis the season when I start getting pulled in too many different directions at once (holidays, shopping, end of the year workload, …). For me, the time of the year and only having 8 days to whip something up is pretty tight. But, in spite of my whining, I hope to get it done in time.
-Ed
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I'd like to, but I have no idea what to make xD
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ideas… ideas…
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More ideas:
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More ideas:
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Ideas are a dime a dozen. Implement one of those ideas above and you can get a chance to win 1,199 dimes. That's a lot of dimes, btw.
Now gogogooogogogogogoog, I want to win a contest. Not win by default.
One of my ideas would require a copy/paste job of some default divs into a new page in addition to an include for the CSI piece. It seems like that might be outside the rules of the competition. For my idea to be useful, the user would need to be able to place any wikidot syntax content inside the divs and I can't figure out a way to "include" a template (live or static) via a CSI. None of the current CSI projects use this technique so it's not clear if I'd be stepping outside the bounds of the competition. I guess my idea is more of a combo of a package and a CSI. Should I submit it as part of the competition or document it elsewhere?
Thanks,
-Ed
Community Admin
Thanks ;-)
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I'm sure you can find a way to squeeze a small CSS module into that and thus make it valid for the competition… :-)
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Yes, the CSS is an essential piece. It's just that I haven't see any examples where there's more than the include being used on the end user's page. If all I need is a CSS module, then I'm rolling up my sleeves!
Thanks,
-Ed
Community Admin
Go for it :-)
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