Open Source Web Design

Submitted by Clancy on September 1, 2005 - 00:27.

Anyone starting a weblog (or wanting to redesign one) should give Open Source Web Design a look-see. You can browse the designs by date, rating, and number of downloads. Now I'm itching to do a redesign...

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cel4145's picture

nice designs, but not much open source going on

Submitted by cel4145 on September 1, 2005 - 00:46.

I took a quick look, and I'm not convinced there's much in the way of open source going on here. Definitely a "lack of licensing" issue. Mostly non open source from what I can tell.

Still, nice designs.

Clancy's picture

Maybe by user?

Submitted by Clancy on September 1, 2005 - 01:36.

True...they address the question here. They don't seem to have made a decision on the matter, but judging from this guy's profile, individuals can specify licenses, including CC ones or the GPL. Or this user's profile -- if "Feel free to use my designs for whatever you want" can be considered a kind of license. :-P

I registered at the site to see what would happen if I tried to submit a design, if I'd have some licensing options, and there were none. I see that there is a gatekeeping process; it can take up to two weeks for designs submitted to the site to be approved.

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cel4145's picture

It seems like a great project

Submitted by cel4145 on September 1, 2005 - 17:08.

It's just it's kind of misleading to call it the open source web design project.

Meanwhile, you might also take a look at what Wordpress has to offer. I've seen some great GPL'd themes that you could modify for use with Drupal.