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Hey. I think '''I'm still going d like to submit one today. I thought thank everyone once again for their submissions were due today. I guess 'm grateful for all the time and effort people put into this will probably affect any votes . I would receive because 'm also encouraged by seeing everyone's enthusiam for OrthodoxWiki. I know some have already voted. Can wish I still submit? {{User:Joe Rodgers/sig}} 14:40, November 15, 2005 (CST)could award everyone a prize!'''

===Please voice your opinions or cast your votes about It's nice to see something of a consensus emerging with regard to [[User:HappyGrevling|HappyGrevling]]'s "SealLogo1." I concur with this judgment. I think it looks dignified and professional, while capturing the logos!===Orthodox character and international scope of OrthodoxWiki. It's challenging to produce not only something that is of professional qulity, but also something which really captures the mission.

Which one My only hesitation is your favorite that I'd love to see it brightened up a bit, especially the greenish band behind the letters. We could definitely work with it as is, though. According to [[User:Joe Rodgers|Joe]]'s suggestion, I'd also like to ask if [[User:HappyGrevling|H.G.]] would be willing to donate the black and why?white version for use on letterhead.

Do you have ideas I'd like to give runner-up recognition to a number of others too:* I'd like to ask [[User:Baker]] if he would be willing to donate his logos for possible use as a decoration for future printed publications.* I'd like to ask [[User:Rublevpupil]] if he would be willing to donate his logos you don, especially #2 for use as a promotional link button.* I would like to suggest that [[User:Raphael]] make his first logo available to the fledgling [http://www.copticwiki CopticWiki] if they are interested.* I'd also like to ask "a friend of Magda" if he't have the technical know-how d be willing to create?<br>etcdonate "DEOWlogo2.png" as a possible link button as well.

==Opinions==At some pointOf course, could there if anyone else would like to formally donate their logos to OrthodoxWiki, we'd love to be a no-more-submissions-please-vote kinda thing? Perhaps people arenkeep them on hand for any future use. We don't voting because they may think something better want OWiki's visual identity to become too dispersed, but who knows what will come along soon... -- [[User:Pistevo|oea]] 19:46, 23 Oct 2005 (EDT)up?

:Hi oea, I think that's a good idea. Already, I've put up a note that submissions will stay open through Nov. 13th. I don't think we'll go much beyond that. The deadline will prob. be soon after that. I'll prominently announce it once it gets closer Thanks again to the dateeverybody! Yours in Christ, then we'll have some time to decide together. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]14:19, November 16, 2005 (CST)

Personally, I think the best submission is HappyGrevlingP.S. Inspired by [[User:Joe_Rodgers|Joe]]'s SealLogo1.jpg (round with world behind the cross). I think it looks very nice and encompasses the world Orthodox feel I think we wantfour-fold description of OrthodoxWiki, e.g. not only American. I think the black and white version would also look nice on letterhead. I will readily admit that I did base my budded-cross idea on his (It took me 've added a while couple bullet points to do this with a vector-based program)[[OrthodoxWiki:About]]. Other than that, I thought several of them were great, but a number looked either a.) too ethnic or b.) too unprofessional. two cents {{User:Joe Rodgers/sig}} 23:04, November 15, 2005 (CST)

:OK, I've decided to be a little more specific about the ones I like. I don't like HappyGrevling's silver-cross-logo.png. Don't ask why I just don't. I thought Magda's friends work were very nice. I do like a more square look for the Wiki logo and I thought these rectangular logos wouldn't work. Baker's were very nice. Simple. Maybe too simple for some. Rublevpupil's submissions were nice, especially Rublevpupillogo2.jpg, although these too were rectangular.:I like mine too. Aside from the fact that I am very (unfairly I am sure) late. I still don't like mine because a couple of the words are upside-down and I couldn't manage to convey the words == Any matching OrthodoxWiki like I wanted to. I chose the quatrefoil because I felt it could symbolically represent the words shown and give the logo a sense of balance. [[User:Joe Rodgers|{{User:Joe Rodgers/sig}}]] 23:40, November 15, 2005 (CST)Favicon? ==

Since I'm going to be away at the close of submissions (and probably the close of voting), I submit my vote as the first logo by HappyGrevling (world, with cross superimposed, with scroll around it); with big thumbs up to his other two. -- [[Userhttp:Pistevo|oea//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon Favicons]] 00:23must be valid ico files, 31 October 2005 (CST):Sorry for fuzziness - the vote went to ScrollLogoor images which can later be converted into ico files, "big thumbs up" referred to SealLogo1 and 2. -- [have a size of 16x16 [Userhttp:Pistevo|oea//www.wikicities.com/wiki/Logo_contest#Rules]] 00:09, 3 November 2005 (CST).

Gotcha, thanks Pistevo! --[[User:FrJohnArbible|Fr. JohnArbible]]16:05, November 16, 2005 (CST)

HappyGrevling has submitted a potential winner:Yep, I think - I mean his most recent one, with the cross lying diagonally was thinking about that too. My vote goes If you'd like to this onesubmit something that's great. - Not sure what the best approach would be to reducing the new logo to 16 x 16! If we come up with something nice, I'll stick it into the new [[OrthodoxWiki:Searching#The_OrthodoxWiki_Searchbar|Firefox searchbar extension]] too! [[User:GuldfiskenFrJohn|GuldfiskenFr. John]] 11:12, 3 November 2005 (CST)

:P.S. I think I like just submitted this to Mozilla for inclusion in the simplicity of the first one by [[UserFirefox search plugins page (http://mycroft.mozdev.org/).:Baker|Baker]]P. (I'm attempting to put everyoneP.S. Hey! It's votes visually together [[Useralready up there -- cool! (See http:Magda/Logo votes|here]]; please let me know if I get something wrong/mycroft.mozdev. {{User:Magdaorg/sig}} 07download.html?name=orthodox&submitform=Find+search+plugins):54P.P.P.S. Hey, November 15, 2005 (CST)thanks for the WikiCities Logo Contest link. I had no idea other wiki projects were doing this kind of thing.

OK::''> If you'd like to submit something that's great''::Thanks Father and congratulations on the new look! I would receive a blessing by doing so, but I know am not a graphic designer (you can tell from my very humble contributions sent to you some weeks ago via a 'logo submission' Hotmail account: the anonymous [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/OrthodoxWiki_talk:Logo_Submissions/archive#OOO_WWW_Logo OOO WWW Logo] and [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/OrthodoxWiki_talk:Logo_Submissions/archive#Circle_Logos Circle Logos] :-).::I can resize the current logo to 16X16 in PaintShop Pro, but as you have rightly mentioned, this won't produce good results. Perhaps HappyGrevling can quickly design a 16X16 ''matching'' icon with just the circle and the cross inside it(and maybe also using fewer colours)? Microsoft and other interested parties provide detailed guidelines on how to produce such "miniature" versions by reducing icon detail and focusing on distinguishing features, etc. (for Windows XP and the forthcoming Vista, but the same principles would apply to favicons)::I personally liked Baker's probably lame to vote second icon for my own logoits elegance and simplicity, but heyand the way it uses different shades of the same colours. However, thatI think HappyGrevling's why I designed it winning logo "''really captures the mission''" of OrthodoxWiki in a far better way I did than any of the other submissions.::With my prayerful best wishes, -- because I like it! My vote goes to the Silver Cross logo [[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 18:23, November 16, 2005 (my 5th submissionCST):Thanks, everyone, with for the gold-cross-world kind words. I agree that there were a lot of excellent logo submisisons. I just created and the first Seal logo tied for seconduploaded a .png image we could use as a favicon (not sure how to make it a .ico). - [[User:HappyGrevling|Happy GrevlingHappyGrevling]]

I vote for HappyGrevling's logo #1::The following png2ico converter program might help: http://www. I like it becuase it is 3-D and is dynamicwinterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/::Thank you very much. In Christ, --Tanyechka[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 15:59, November 17, 2005 (CST)

My vote is for HappyGrevlingI have successfully converted your file using the above tool, but the system won's 3rd logot allow me to upload it. [[UserYou can retrieve it from (right-click to save):Joffridus|Joffridus]] 12http:47, November 15, 2005 (CST)//staff.bath.ac.uk/mpsmnkb/Temp/favicon.ico

=== Votes:Danny ===Although I would like to vote for my own logos, (It would should be a waste of a contest if the nicest looking one(s) were't accepted. Don't get me wrong, they are all nice, but I would have copied to go with HappyGrevling's one (the slanted 3d cross with 'www.root folder of OrthodoxWiki.org' over it in a curve style. I'd just have to go with that one. God Bless Everyone -- [[User:Danny]] 00:23, 15 November 2005)

=== Votes:Constantine ===I like Baker 1 and 2 and also BeHappyGrevling 2,3 and 4God Bless. My personal preference is Baker 2, but I vote for BeHappyGrevling 3. [[User:Constantine]] 16:23 Bulgarian Time, 15 November 2005

:'':Thanks everyboyd. I'm very happy that we have so many great logos to choose from. We'll close the submissions formally at midnight, but it's great if people's votes keep rolling in before thatwork on this soon. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 10:41, November 15, 2005 (CST)

 === Votes:Katjuscha ===I think my #1 vote would go to [[User:HappyGrevling]] #3 ''OK. Finally figured this out -- it looks very professional, and it has the internet address integrated into it. htaccess file was interfering with the template accessing the favicon. Anyway, I also like [downloaded a free little program called [Userhttp:HappyGrevling//www.iconempire.com/free-icon-editor/ Iconomaker]] #1in order the make the background transparent instead of white. Finally, #2I've changed the icon for Firefox/Mycroft search plugin too (using a transparent .gif), and #5, [[User:Rublevpupil]] #2sent an update to the Mozilla site. You may have to clear your browser's cache to see the new favicon. If you already have the search plugin enabled and want the new icon, you have to find your Firefox/Mozilla profile and [[User:Raphael]] #2delere the OrthodoxWiki entries in the "searchplugins" folder. [[User:Katjuscha|Katjuscha]] 17:06If you don't have it already, November 15, 2005 (CST) === Vote:Vandrona === I think I'd go for HappyGrevling 5 why not? You can get it from [[Userhttp:Vandrona|Vandrona]//orthodoxwiki.org/tools/ here].