Open Source Web Design
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Open Source Web Design is a collection of free web designs submitted by the community.
The Open Source Web Design project was founded in September, 2000 by Francis J. Skettino. The goal was to provide the free software community with web templates free of charge.
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[edit] First Split
In November of 2005, OSWD had their hosting account deactivated, which was covered on Slashdot.[1] After weeks of waiting for Francis to get new hosting, the staff decided to move its contributions to a new website called Open Web Design (OWD). Many of the once loyal members of OSWD made the switch over to OWD, although some stayed.
[edit] Lack of Updates
After the split, for several months, OSWD went without a single update. This led to a majority of the remaining members to switch over to Open Web Design. Users that remained quickly grew annoyed with the continued lack of updates and design approvals. This led to creation of countless posts that expressed anger, annoyance, and various forms of disrespect. Due to this, Francis shut down the forums and removed all indications of when the site had last been updated.
[edit] Second Split
Open Web Design was later sold to Shahvez Fazail (Shay). After Shay purchased the site, ads started appearing in designs. Designers disliked the ads because they weren't put in by the original designers, downloaders thought that ads were put there by designers, and the ad's HTML broke the validation on otherwise W3C valid designs. After someone posted about it in the forums, they were removed for an 'upgrade'.
