a 5kb challenge

..oO(what has he started)


Rules !!

There are none bar these -

Feb 28th closing date


The 5kb - of anything you like competition

Winner most voted for (one vote per flashkit member)

Currently either post your entry here or mail me your entry links

The .swf produced must not exceed 5kb in size
It should in an otherwise blank html page
It should be browseable in IE 5.0 + Netscape 4.0

If you have no server space to show your entry -
mail your composition in zip format to
[email protected]
stating flashkit member name, it will be published under
http://themadidea.com/*your Flashkit name

Entries are only available to Flashkit members
For all entries received - I will publish a link to it from a page

http://quarkplugs.com/comp

with serious advertising for my favourite http://www.flashkit.com

5kb swf - Maximum
..oO(not a byte more or I'll bite your head off as I download you LOL)

Winner receives a free domain name of their choosing subject to availability - redirected or hosted for a year.


Any more questions - shoot !!
[Edited by quarkplugs on 02-15-2001 at 09:22 PM]

yea one more i missed out on something here are we building a webpage under 5kb
right

anything else is up to you
posting them up on your domains would be the best objective possibly as it ould gain publicity for the rest of your site/s & work

the voting can begin - one vote per Flashkit member - quoting your flashkit profile name (more publicity for your site/s & work).
Each flashkit user may modify his or her vote at any time up until close on February 28th.



...oO(((triestothinkhowtokeepthisinthelighthearted spirit one started - I few of ya know my disseriousness mission here in the hills)))))
[Edited by quarkplugs on 02-15-2001 at 07:11 PM]

just the swf has to be under 5k.

quark-

once yuou get enough 5k entries you should start a new thread with all the URLs

-dag

entire swf is only 5kb we will discount the html holding page - o


good idea Dag

entitled

"A wacking great big 5kb - competition" ????

:-)

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Originally posted by dagrom
quark-

once yuou get enough 5k entries you should start a new thread with all the URLs

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I second that
And you should as well have detailed explanation of rules and required things in the very first post

Just one question... Who were you referring to when you said "Flashkit, email me..."??:confused: There is only 1 member under name Flashkit and that's the webmaster, Mark.
I don't see him in this thread yet, so it's a little confusing, I have no idea who you were referring to, perhaps Flashkit members in general :confused:

ok ok
Ok all it boils to now is to get the thread going

I wanted only to show courtesy asking before starting the competition,
this 5kb was a mad idea that deserves to be treated lightheartedly - (merely a keen ..learnin flash as quickly as I can.. member wantin to throw a bit of fun at his compadres)

tomorrow - I'll chuck a template entry up on the thread entitled

5kb Domain - can you make it!!!!


(voting system - any ideas other than I could run a log of votes - there must be an easier way than Al having to stick his head inbetween tables!!LOL)

Thank you all for your contribution to the thread - please continue to help (in this thread) as I am not an expert member of flashkit - tho I have been a member for a lil while now, and have been a keen contributor -

Cheers all

(your logo's are now photographed in my mind)

what topics are you grading by?
design
content
use of assigned size
effort
creativity

I will only have as much of a vote as everyone else

I think no classifications - simply the best

1 member 1 vote

so in order to gain "member/voter" status you need to submit an entry?

it seems like that's a great way to have 50 entries and a 50 way tie...unless of course one of the rules is that you have to vote for one that's not your own. has this list been made yet?

i'll start one.

Official Rules for Quark's 5KB Flash Challenge

-You have to create a single web page hosted by yourself (on some free web hoster or whatever http://www.brinkster.com is a good place to start)

-The page must contain only a single .swf that is less than 6KB. 3kb, 4kb, or 5.672 kb is okay but as soon as your .swf hits 6kb it is no longer 5kb and is disqualified.

-The page must also contain a link to download both the .swf and .fla files used in making the page. (we all want to learn from your wisdom or stupidity)

-The page itself is not included in the 5 kb. (but keep in mind that you won't be graded on your use of javascript)

-And for good measure add a flashkit logo to the page.

-All entry URLs must be sent to Quark via e-mail ([email protected]) before midnight 12AM EST Feb. 28, 2001. At which point your URL will be added to a list of entries and you will gain one vote

-Starting March 1, 2001 you may visit Quarks site where there will be a clearly marked link in the center of the page going to the URL list of valid entries. You then have 5 days to view each of the entries and send in your vote.

-Your vote will be lost if not cast (sent to [email protected]) before 12AM EST Mar. 5, 2001 or if you vote for yourself it will not count either.

-Quark will then tally the votes and post the results on his web site http://www.quarkplugs.com where the winner will be announced Mar. 6, 2001.

did i miss anything?

-dag

The idea i think is the key here - 5kb will be gobbled up in no time - inspiration comes after a few jars in the local sometimes


again Dag - much thanx you are very efficient
[Edited by quarkplugs on 02-16-2001 at 05:55 PM]

quark-

post the rules to the challenge on your site and put a new thread in here with the URL to the 5KB challenge...

have you recieved and entries yet?

-dag

Just need to make sure one point is straight---

NOTHING in the HTML page is included? Javascript does not count?

What if there are multiple HTML pages, yet still just one 5kb swf file?


....have to ask....

Sorry i took so long - I have been away for a couple of days with family.

5kb swf is what will be judged - i think java should be judged on a java site? - so I will assume a pure page of clean html in which to embed the swf??

This is a flash challenge - for domain name - the information and summary of the "rules" is up under "flash.comp" up on ma site "http://quarkplugs.com"

thanx to those who are going to submit their entries by mailing - [email protected]

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Originally posted by quarkplugs
5kb swf is what will be judged - i think javascript should be judged on a javascript site? - so I will assume a pure page of clean html in which to embed the swf??

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What of Flash/Javascript communication?

also, what about loading variables from .txt files?

does JUST the .swf hafta be 5k?
or the whole thing?
html, swf, anything else - all under 5k total??
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Also, do you even hafta HAVE a .swf?
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And can you have more than one page in each entry?
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Can you ahve more than one entry?