Contest is closed!

The contest is officially closed for judging. Thanks to everyone that entered and/or helped advertise! I will announce winners starting next Monday. The 3rd place winner will be announced on Monday, September 27, the 2nd place winner will be announced on Tuesday, September 28, and the 1st place winner will be announced on Wednesday, September 29. Please stay tuned!

Contest: A back-to-school extension

I've decided to extend the deadline for the contest, since I know that a lot of people are starting school around now and may not have much time on their hands as they did during the Summer. There were a lot of people who expressed interest in entering my contest from whom I haven't received entries from yet, so I thought I'd try to give everyone an extra weekend to get their entries together. The new deadline is September 19, 2010 at 11:59 CDT (UTC -5:00).

I have received 4 entries so far, and I would like be able to get at least 7-8 entries, since I will be awarding a non-trivial amount of money to the winner. By the way, I do try to keep my list of contestants up to date. If you tried to submit an entry but don't see your name on the list, please submit it again or email me the relevant information.

New layout featuring a sunset

Unfortunately, school has started up again and, as a result, I won't be updating as frequently for a while. I'll try my best to do something at least once a month, but I make no promises. That aside, I do have a new layout for you today, featuring a lovely sunset photograph. I did mean to code it for WordPress, but that will have to wait for now because I have exams coming up.

Also, I wanted to remind everyone about the contest! The deadline is September 15, 2010 at 11:59 CDT (UTC -5:00), which is fast approaching, so don't forget to get your entries in! First prize is $25! I know that a lot of people expressed interest, but I have only received 1 entry so far.

Contest, and a few tweaks

Neogrotesque is now accepting entries for its first ever layout contest! I've been wanting to host a contest for some time now, but never really came up with a good concept before. There is a $25 prize, so I'm hoping to get lots of entries. The deadline is tentatively set for September 15, 2010 at 11:59 CDT (UTC -5:00), though it may change depending on how many entries I get. For my affiliates and link exchanges, I would also really appreciate it if you helped with promotion!

In other news, I've tweaked a few of my designs-- most notably the WordPress versions of Mechanicus and Flight of a Goldfish. Let me know if you like the changes!

Link exchanges are now in the sidebar

As some of you may have noticed, I've added a links to 5 of my link exchanges in the sidebar. These spots will go to the 5 sites that send me the most referrals (I've hacked together a neat little script to keep track of referral counts). The link exchanges on the Linkage page are now also ordered by referral count, such that the links at the top are the ones that send me the most hits. I figured that this would be a good way to reward the people that have put my link in a more prominent place, etc. Let me know if you like the idea or not.

Edit: I decided to change it so that the last 5 link exchanges that sent me referrals will be listed in the sidebar instead of those with the most referrals. I think it's more fair this way because it gives less popular sites more of a chance to be featured, and the sites that have been link exchanges with me for longer won't have an automatic advantage. On another note, please welcome my new affiliate, April of FlyAngel.org!