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Yes, I am finally home (and I just about called it too). Was home by 2:05 Eastern Time. And then I got distracted with testing out the pretty layouts that were submitted ♥ Thank-you everyone who participated! They look great. I was hoping to have a rough idea sketched out as my personal thank-you for participating, but work got in the way of my free time, so I apologize.

I will leave the post open for 72 hours (re: August 9th 4:30 am GMT, 2:30 am ETD, 5:30 am BST). I think that should give everyone enough time to make a decision and then we'll be able to enjoy a much prettier community than the Blue and Gray one we've got now. Heh.

Which Layout do you think would be the best for our community?

I debated with giving information on these layouts because I wanted this poll to be as impartial as possible, but some of it was quite interesting so I decided what the heck and edited accordingly.

Layout #1: S2 based (Smooth Sailing). Everything used is the creators own work, except for the image which comes from the anime.

The creator also mentioned that we can add more sideboxes if we would like them so some customization can be done beyond what we see.

Layout #2: The manga scans used in this layout were acquired from free_manga and he/she also encourages users to poke around the site and play with it as one can see when you click on the provided LJ user. Brush credits were also listed which will be linked after the poll closes.

Layout #3: -- Original layout coding came from chungsparadise at bulletscarnage. Permission to tweak and the original coding will be linked as soon as the poll closes. But more than ample permission was provided ^^

-- It uses a matching default icon.

-- Font is the same style they use in the Claymore opening sequence. For the record it's called cloister black.

-- Header image is from the Claymore OST.

-- S2 based smooth sailing.

-- It should work with all browsers, although Netscape was not tested.

End notes: As I mentioned, all credit for the layouts as well as the credits they provided to me will be reposted after the poll has closed. These all look stunning, and I can't wait to use one of them! Thank-you, everyone, who participated whether you submitted an entry or not. If you're still working on one, I hope you'll link it anyways when you're done so we can stare at the pretties ^_^