Coming soon : TOPIA sheds its' skin: NEW DESIGN

[Hippie3]

We want to give Topia a face-lift,
a new skin.
this one has served us well
but it's based on an old version of VBulletin
and won't support all the current bells-and-whistles.
plus VBulletin will soon be putting out a new version,
we want our new skin to be based on that newest version.
but
Zen really is not able to do this new skin for us,
very time-consuming and needs a real pro well versed
in VBulletin.
Zen has found us a few such web designers
but it's going to cost me $800,
give or take a few bucks.
so in the near future
i'll be kicking off a new fund-raiser / raffle to
get money up,
all the $$ will go into a special account
set aside by Zen
towards the upgrade.
when we get half the money up,
i'll kick in the other half
so work can commence.
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ok,
the new design-
i want something that looks like
an old abandoned stone temple
buried in jungle undergrowth,
weathered stone columns covered with vines
as the side bars,
a stone mantle across the top
with our gnothi seauton carved into the stone-
you get the idea ?
y'all can help
by finding artwork that illustrates that general motiff
so we can hand it over to the
web designers to use as the template.
i'd appreciate your input,
your ideas, and your support
as we move forward as a community
to make Topia
not just the best for content
but also the coolest, most attractive site around.
some example photos of my general idea
are attached below.

see thread for more=
http://forums.mycotopia.net/general-...ew-design.html (Coming soon : TOPIA sheds its' skin: NEW DESIGN)
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