PHP/JS Competition: Win an iPhone 3G S!
As many of you know, we recently launched two new categories on ThemeForest which feature PHP and JavaScript components. To help boost our selection, we thought that it might be fun to hold a small competition on Nettuts+.
How’s it work? In a sentence: the authors of the three best submissions to these categories, between now and August 14, will receive prizes and exposure, courtesy of CSSRockstars.com.
How Do I Enter?
Very easily, actually. Prepare either a JS or PHP component and submit it to ThemeForest. If it’s approved by the ThemeForest reviewers, submit a link to your item through the competition entry form. Once you’ve done so, you’ll automatically be entered!
- Entries will close at midnight, August the 14th (Pacific Standard Time).
- Anyone (worldwide) is eligible to enter, as long as you are not an Envato staff member or regular author.
- Regarding the CSS Edit prize – PC users can request an extra 6 months Plus membership instead of this prize.
Winners
A team of no less than four developers will determine the winners. The top three authors will receive the following:
1st Place Prize
- We will pay for a new iPhone 3G S ($199 USD value) – via a $200 Apple gift card.
- 1 x CSSEdit ($42 USD value, or + 6 Months Plus membership for PC Users)
- 1 x One-year Plus Membership ($117 USD value).
2nd Place Prize
- 1 x Western Digital 1TB External Harddrive ($110 USD, or equivalent cash value if outside US)
- 1 x 6 Month Plus Membership ($44 USD value).
3rd Place Prize
- 1 copy of CSSEdit ($42 USD value, or + 6 Months Plus membership for PC Users)
- 1 x 6 Month Plus Membership ($44 USD value).
What happens to my items if I’m not in the Top 3?
That’s the wonderful thing about this competition. Even if you don’t win, you’ll still earn 40-70% for every sale on ThemeForest! So actually, you can’t lose!
Don’t forget to check back on August 14th to determine if you’re a winner or not!
Sponsors
Special thanks go to CSSRockstars for providing the main prizes!
CSSRockstars provides PSD to HTML service in just 3 days, for only $149. They take your existing design and transform it into valid, high quality, hand-coded markup. They also offer templating/skinning of the hottest CMS, Shopping Carts, and Blogging platforms such as WordPress. With semantic markup, microformat inclusion, documented CSS / HTML, and a money back guarantee, CSSRockstars offers one of the most feature complete packages available.
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Oh, cool!
Cool :D
p.s
What about people that don’t own a MAC?
Well, then you probably aren’t able to use cssedit….
But you can still enter this competition, and maby win the iphone…. (you dont need a mac for that)
Good luck! :P
We’ve decided to allow non-Mac users to request an extra 6 months free Plus membership in place of this prize.
What are the restrictions? Are Canadians (Or any non-US at that) allowed!?
Reading the “or equivalent cash value if outside US” in the 2nd prize implies (to me anyway) that non-US can enter.
Entries are open worldwide – as with all our competitions.
Now to just come up with an awesome script to enter -_-”
What if you’re a windows user and win the first or third place prize?
They may cash it out to the USD value.
Not sure where you got this information from, Matt – that’s incorrect ;) We will offer 6 months free Plus membership to non-Mac users in place of CSS Edit.
The iPhone works on PC.
CSSEdit doesn’t.
We’ve decided to allow non-Mac users to request an extra 6 months free Plus membership in place of this prize.
Then you need a mac :P
slight correction to your prizes, the second place prize say a 6 month Plus membership ($117 USD). Should it be a $44 usd value as correctly stated in the 3rd place prize?
Good catch Ryan – fixed!
So the prize is a $199 apple gift card, not an iPhone?
ohhhhhhhhhhhh $199 = a new Iphone 3 G s, can’t you check the iphone site?
if they gave u $199 apple gift card, you’ll buy with them an iphone or just spend them on other stuff if you have it already
Learn to read, it says We will pay for a new iPhone 3G S ($199 USD value)
the first place item is valued at over 199 USD.
Ok so…if my contract isn’t ready for renewal with AT&T….and I win…does TF pay the full iPhone price?
No, you just get the 199$ gift card which can be *use* to buy an iPhone. If you already have one then you can just buy anything else from apple.
Realy?? thats cool!!
So in my case: i want to buy a macbook…. but still need some money… can i use that gift card for my macbook?
(i ofcourse wont be able to buy the complete macbook with it… but i helps..)
:D
That’s correct.
So the script can be for anything?
Is this contest limited to the participants from USA?
Please read other comments.
(This question has already been asked)
What about jQuery stuffs?
What about it?
Cool competition! I signed in :D
Will be entering Clivo after I am finished with Version 2.0. Woohoo!
I’m assuming this isn’t open to staff members?
Don’t think so :(
That’s correct – sorry Drew!
No worries, just figured I’d ask, good luck all :)
hehe awww
just want to say good luck to you all
looking forward to some cool JS and php coming my way
Exciting!! I dunno may be I’ll come up with something. :)
Stop asking so many questions and just make stuff…
I’ll send a script in in a week or so! Nice contest!
i agree with @joe
This is a great chance for me to submit my component now .
what is the last date of submitting ?
“Entries will close at midnight, August the 14th”
But remember, your item first needs to be approved by the Themeforest staff, which could take a few days at the max.
ok thanks,
Jeff , i want to ask you , the component i am developing . if someone other submitted before than me , will my component still be accepted ?
It really depends on how unique your component is.
I take it we can only enter submissions that were uploaded today or later (like we can’t use an existing item of ours on the marketplace for the competition)?
That’s correct – you would need to add a new item to your profile.
Just added my recently added PHP class: http://themeforest.net/item/easy-image-edit/50852
Cool, but wish to have the 3Gs
Well, you guys have reached a super high level of prizes. Excellent!
Awesome!
someone do a simple php cms
like cushycms , i bet that would make you some cash a pick up a possible iphone
To answer a few questions floating around:
1. There are no geographic restrictions to entry. Enter from Antarctica if you like!
2. We’ll give you a $200 Apple gift card to buy an iPhone – or whatever you want.
Good luck everyone!
Also, just added a note to the post that PC only users who would not be able to use CSS Edit can request an extra 6 months free Plus membership in place of that prize.
Wait a minute, are there separate judging categories for PHP and Javascript, or just 3 winners out of both languages? Because if that’s the case, doesn’t that kind of disadvantage the Javascript people, since by its nature PHP is a much more powerful language?
I don’t think so at all. We’re choosing 3 winners total.
Nice contest I think.
Really Cool
I’m not considered a regular author right? I only wrote 1 article for NetTuts so far.
You said to use formspring to submit entries, then showed a picture of posting in the comments, which do we use?
Also, can we submit multiple entries?
Join to Joe’s question. Can se submit multple entries?
And what do we need to submit in our comments?
Thanks.
Javascript components can use frameworks i presume?
Will there be any discrimination as to what framework is used? It would be awfully sad to see some sweet works in Prototype, dojo, mootools, etc, and then they get shot down for something inferior because they aren’t a jquery plugin.
Hi Jeff,
What is the last submission date??
Because I’m a bit busy right now and need to know if I need to submit mine asap…
Entries will close at midnight, August the 14th (Pacific Standard Time)
If this is stated above please forgive me but, how will the winners be selected? What will the judges take into account? Usability? Performance? Quantity of code? Ease of use? Luck (selecting at random)?
Hi Jeff
It is necessary that PHP/JS component should be compatible with IE 6 for the competition or We can mention the compatible browsers.
When you submit an item to Themeforest, it asks you for all the browsers the code works in. You can list untested, works, or not works.
If you haven’t tested it in IE 6, just put untested. If it genuinely doesn’t work, put “doesn’t work”.
As for is it necessary to work for the competition, I have no clue.
i’m preparing a genuin script, hope i complete before 14 august
Here is a link to my script, hope I win
http://themeforest.net/item/twitter-followers-latest-post/52232
Here’s a link to my php script – Mailing List System for $4. Hope I win!
http://themeforest.net/item/mailing-list/52392
Here’s a link to my awesome php newsletter system for $8!
http://themeforest.net/item/newsletter-system/52667
Hope I win!
What’s the ruling on multiple submissions?
Here are my two scripts and there’s more to come.
Server monitor: http://themeforest.net/item/server-monitor/53028
Translator: http://themeforest.net/item/translator/52860
You zip upload isn’t working on the submission form (JS component) – anyone else having same problem?
I have contacted Envanto a week ago, but still no fix :(
I just added Clivo, version 2.1 – http://themeforest.net/item/clivo/49074
Looking forward to the results!!
Ok, so the zip upload is now a documented problem. Seems a little unfair as the closing date is looming, that a bug should prevent people from being able to enter.
I tried to submit my component about 2 weeks ago.
I have added a jQuery plugin: siteFeature.
http://themeforest.net/item/sitefeature/53896
Enjoy
I have added tweetGrab: a jQuery Plugin (standalone) and a jQuery-ed WordPress Plugin.
http://themeforest.net/item/tweetgrab/54083
Enjoy