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Published on August 20, 2007 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

WinCustomize, in partnership with Maxthon International Limited is pleased to announce the Maxthon 2 Skin Competition!  Starting this week, skinners from all over the globe will be able to design, build and submit their own custom Maxthon 2.0 browser skins to WinCustomize.com to compete for prizes and bragging rights in the skinning community.

Maxthon is one of the most customizable web browsers out there and has taken the Chinese market by storm with over 10 million users world-wide, and just this month released the final 2.0 version of the software to users.  With the release of 2.0 and it's vast number of improvements, now is the perfect time to check out the software and get to skinning it!

Most browsers either aren't skinnable, or have limited customization capabilities, making Maxthon an ideal browser alternative to those wanting to customize every aspect of their Windows experience!

Entries will be judged by WinCustomize and Maxthon staff and select community members.  We're really looking forward to see what great designs the skinning community will come out with!

For those interested, the contest details are as follows:

Eligibility:

  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • No geographic restrictions
  • Must have a WinCustomize account

Submission Rules:

  • Skins must work with Maxthon 2.0
  • Skin must be new and original work.  You may NOT submit skins that have been previously posted to any website or for any contest.
  • Artwork used in skin must be your own.

Prizes:

  • Most Creative: Canon SD800 Digital Camera
  • Most Usable: Apple iPod Nano 4GB
  • Most Popular: Wacom Graphire 4x5 Tablet

Judging

  • All entries for Most Creative and Most Usable will be judged by a panel made up of WinCustomize and Maxthon staff.
  • Most Popular will be judged by a combination of panel voting and user voting.

Deadline:

  • Skins must be uploaded to WinCustomize no later than 11:59pm EST on October 31st, 2007 (UPDATED)

Important Links

Any questions?  Either leave them in the comments here, or send an email to mikec AT stardock DOT com with the subject "Maxthon Skin Contest"


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on Aug 21, 2007
Agree with Zubaz.  

Can somebody help me to find the link where we may upload our skins. Or the Maxthon gallery is not created yet?
on Aug 21, 2007
Can somebody help me to find the link where we may upload our skins. Or the Maxthon gallery is not created yet?

View (empty as yet):
Maxthon Gallery at WinCustomize.com


Upload:
https://www.wincustomize.com/upload2.aspx
on Aug 21, 2007
Thank you! I found it. The gallery is just empty...

Ok. It will be full much soon.
on Aug 21, 2007
Hi all

Its a great opportunity for showing our skills and win those cool prizes.
I'm working on a new skin for Maxthon 2.x and will upload it soon.

Regards
Vishal Gupta
Microsoft MVP - Windows : Shell/User
on Aug 21, 2007
Great! I've used Maxthon for years, it had tabs (IE2) before anyone I think. It sadly lacks a variety of skins.
on Aug 21, 2007

it had tabs (IE2) before anyone I think.

My bet would be that Opera was earlier...

on Aug 22, 2007
I tried to upload the skin in "Maxthon" section but I'm facing a problem.
When I click on "Submit to Gallery" link and the next page is shown. I selected "Maxthon" in the drop-down list. But in next page where we have to upload the file, screenshot, etc. There is no option in "Category" drop-down box.

I filled all required details and when I clicked on "Submit" button. It showed error:

Your skin has failed to upload.

Error code: UploadDetails


So please fix it or tell me if I'm doing something wrong.
on Aug 22, 2007

It's an error, having dev look into it.

on Aug 22, 2007
OK. thnx for your reply. I'll wait for it.
on Aug 22, 2007

All is well, you should be able to submit without problem now.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

on Aug 22, 2007
Thanks a lot. I have uploaded the skin and currently its under moderator approval.
on Aug 23, 2007
Thanks for the approval. My Maxthon Skin is available here:

VistaVG Skin for Maxthon 2.x
on Aug 24, 2007
I have done my contest skin, how can I upload it?
on Aug 24, 2007
^^ Click the “Submit to Gallery” link on the top right of the page. Select the Maxthon gallery from the drop-down list. Fill in all your relevant information. Preview images should be 1024x768 or some larger screen resolution.

All uploads are moderated, so there will be a delay as the file is downloaded and tested by a site moderator. This usually doesn’t take more than 1-2 business days (uploads on weekends will take longer to process). When they’re processed, you will receive an email saying so, and you’ll find it in the gallery you linked in your email.
on Aug 24, 2007
Skin uploaded (I have a problem with proxy)
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