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- danakin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+79The problem with the theme is that you can only edit your posts for 120 seconds.
Badum-psh! - danakin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+52Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Not a rip off, so much as an homage, it seems. - tshwang, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36Maybe to show the power and flexiblity of CSS? It's just for fun... relax... it just so happened that Digg's current double menu design is perfect for the WordPress admin page.
- koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35Here's another screenshot: http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5117/picture2ha7.png
- mynameisaiden, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Hey, maybe Mr. Rose can leave a comment such as "Nice theme, I won''t sue."
Because that's a really sweet theme. Admin themes are rare, it's cool to see a spiffy one like this. - shinda, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28Release it, as long as hes not making a buck off of it I don't see the problem.
- koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23FYI: He just blogged about it: http://www.teddyhwang.com/blog/2007/02/24/digg-styled-wordpress-admin-theme/
He's willing to release the theme if someone from Digg can assure him that he won't be sued. - koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -13/+34Oops, I meant: "My friend (and site designer) Teddy Hwang just *sent* me this screenshot of a Digg-stlye WordPress Dashboard theme he made."
- m00gg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Damn legal tradmarks...
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc. - Adrianc333, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Aww, that's a shame...
I'd love to use it. :) Looks like a great theme! - LaurenceHerbert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Yes the URL is there but you cannot view the theme. Read the article that the guy wrote
"Unfortunately, I doubt I’ll be releasing this since it’s a blatent violation of Digg’s trademarks."
He is correct.
"DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc." - ucbrave92, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Like it has ever stopped any of us from copying something. Just because Digg fan boys are afraid of upsetting the "Great Kevin" they act all "we'll get in trouble." All I have to say is F a whole bunch of that, I say use the theme, distribute the theme and if the Digg boys are really so true to free open sourceness than they will keep their traps shut. If they send out a C&D then they are just hypocritical, sell-outs.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I suppose this is a good immitation, but honestly............who wants their site to look like Digg? It's not the best looking site in the world.
- Mongoose, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15Not so much "digg-styled" as "blatently copied." Looks great though.
- Beaver6813, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Have you not read the description or viewed the article?
- timdorr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Interesting question for the lawyers: If he were to link directly to digg.com for the images and only provide an updated stylesheet, would that could as a copyright violation? Technically you're not ripping all of the design in that sense, since the images aren't a copy, but the original work themselves.
And I know it's kind of a dumb question. I'm just curious more than anything else. - LaurenceHerbert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I would love to see you pull something off better...
- artofwar420, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Well, I think it's ok, but just give credit to the designer of the digg website.
- koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@cybertron3: It's only a back-end Dashboard theme. That means only the site owners will be able to see it, not anyone on the Internet.
- Snakedal337, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I hope your joking.
- neoknight, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7yeah but colors are not trademarked to anybody.
dude just take out the rounded corners make it go all the way across, get rid off the digg logo. Also take away those inverted arrows showing where you are in the dashboard and release it.
the worst you could get is a C & D, by then everyone will have it anyway. - andy206uk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Had you not released his URL he could have just released it anonymously!
- phort99, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9"DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc."
-The bottom of every damn page on Digg
Not only is he using Digg's graphics, but he blatantly uses the Digg logo next to his "Latest Activity" links. I'd say no, and to get some creativity. Nobody wants to look at blatant rip-offs everywhere anyway. - kidcodea, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5rls it! no one in digg will see it! i swear!
- LaurenceHerbert, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Looks okay, fairly easy todo if you have a simple grasp of HTML and CSS. Still looks nice, but I think the whole "digg" theme should just stick with digg =)
- bigern75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Its an admin theme. So its on the back side of it. No ones gonna see it except an admin.
I'm surprised a digg style wordpress theme hasn't been made yet already. ;) - fatadamblog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The Digg Fanboyism is strong within this one young, I will train him up to be a true digg fanboy "OMG KEVIN ROSE IS MY GODZOR!"
- deety, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@timdorr
I'm not a lawyer, but I still don't think that would be legal. You may not be hosting the images, but you're still using them on your site.
Direct linking to another site's images is also a jerk thing to do. It's only okay if you are doing it from either another site you own or one that you have permission from. Direct linking without permission is basically stealing bandwidth, why should some random site pay to host images for you?
And if the person running the site that you're borrowing images from notices (if they know what they're doing, they will), then you're just asking to have those images replaced with something hilarious and embarrassing. - greatclare, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I agree I want this theme so so very very badly :)
- corsar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3oh, but there is (at least) one.
http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/01/22/digg-3-columns-wordpress-theme/
here is a site that uses it: http://www.bacalaureat.net - offwhite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I remember back when HTML was first published it required an agreement that techniques using HTML could not be copyrighted or trademarked. I wonder if that is still true or if copying a design is something you can sue over, especially when they are not making money from it.
- maxshanly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Actually, I'd tell him to send his Resume into Digg, think about it those that make great imitations always get hired by the company they are imitating. Such as the guy that created iFizzle, he was asked for his resume by Apple at the same time they served him with a C and D. :P
- dcharti, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I hope he releases it (or *can* release it, if that's really an issue)! If anything, just for the badly-needed sub-menus in the nav. I've been using a hack for this but much prefer digg's UI and its replication in this theme.
- Blabster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5looks cool, share the theme? or this submission is like rubbing it in our face....
- Dimb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Well. I hope they let you release it. =]
- crazlunatic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1hook me up with that =) thats a sleek looking template
- hayuitsme, on 08/21/2008, -0/+1Very nice, thanks for posting this.
Here is my favorite WP theme
http://digg.com/arts_culture/Free_West_Coast_Wordp ... - isdereks, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Digg obsession. Still a great example. I'd like to see how he presented the edit view.
- yannicwalter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah of course Code cannot be trademarked, but design can ;)
- yoshihama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, I wouldn't tell him that unless Digg had shown some clear need for a developer that could take someone else's design and convert it into a WordPress theme. My guess is the demand for such work isn't that high. (not that it doesnt exist) If he'd done something truly unique or taken the design and somehow improved it in performance or usability, I could understand asking for his resume, but I didn't see anything like that.
- joshpowell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"reatarded"?
- mukund, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Looks like http://targetlife.110mb.com uses it too.
- TonyKay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's cool but tell your friend to removie the digg logos from the side. (The little spade men) I'm sure that itself is a copyright infringement.
- CaptainMogran, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Afraid Digg will sue!?
As if... - kinthiri, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@timdorr: No, if he links directly to the pics/images on the Digg servers and just releases the CSS then he is effectively stealing bandwidth, as well as stealing a design. So technically, he has to copy the images and include them with the theme if he releases it.
That of course brings up not only trademark issues (such as the digg logos) but also brings up copyright issues (Digg.com owns the copyrights to all the images on the digg.com site.)
I can't speak for US copyright and trademark law, but in New Zealand releasing that theme without permission from digg.com would get them in serious trouble.
On a more personal note, who wants to see Digg everytime they're working on their own blog? I'd rather have the admin dashboard look unique and more suited to my own personal style and personality than steal someone elses design. Digg.com has a good design.... For Digg.com. - louistsoi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0nice theme.. nice release that ***** like u got diarrea
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1hey, but it is an admin theme, so few (~ 1 or ~2) people would see it! im i not right?
- 3ntropy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Jesus Christ, just release the damn thing. It's not like a bunch of digg clones are going to pop up all over the internet and Kevin's going to sue, it's just something that would be nice for WordPress writers to see.
- GR3G, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Who you calling "reatarded" you retard
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