submission guidelines
What You Need to Know & Do
You must be a member of the Pagan WebCrafters' Association (PWA). If you are a member, great! Work on, and submit an idea. If you are not yet a member, please join us, and you too can submit an idea!
It doesn't matter if you are someone who focuses on the excitement of the "look and feel" or someone who has a passion for efficient code, both sides of that endless argument are welcome! All you need is either a firm desire to learn CSS or a firm desire to offer CSS to help others.
You can modify the style sheet in any way that you wish, but you cannot make any modifications to the HTML file. This may seem difficult to understand or use at first if you have never used CSS before, but if you follow the links to our resources, and discuss your issues on the list, we will be more than happy to assist you.
Download a copy of the HTML and sample CSS files to work with on your own computer (get both in a zip file). Please design your Style-Sheet in the same folder with your graphics (if any). Once you have completed your idea, upload your .css file and all images to a web server under your control. Then go to the submit page to send us the URL. We highly recommend that before you take the last step, you submit your URL to the PWA email list for browser checks and any other help you might require.
We would prefer that members focus on the widely supported elements of CSS1 and CSS2. Since this is for the learning process, it is about functional, practical CSS, rather than the bleeding-edge. That is not to say, you can not submit a bleeding-edge design, you can because the PWA encourages its' members to challenge their limits. Bleeding-edge submissions will be placed in their own section on the View All Styles page (see link under Style Vault).
Style-sheet designs should display well at 100% in Mozilla based browsers, and at medium in IE. If the viewer can resize the text and the design not break, great, but for this project it is not a requirment. There is a link on the sample page marked css once your design is online, use it to validate your style-sheet.
If you cannot submit original artwork, we will ask that you show permission for use of that artwork. Also, there are a number of members from our sister list, PWAG (Pagan WebCrafters' Association Graphics) who are willing to assist you. Please contact our PWAG liason for further information.
Graphic content must adhere to the DrakNet TOS. Gwen Wolfrose has the last word on if a design will be displayed on the PWA's Herding css Cats project.
We the Cat Herder team hope that you have fun and enjoy this PWA design project, and we look forward to your submissions.