Cool desktop to be designed for a promotion

http://www.fragwear.co.uk
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I hope that someone can help. I am launching a promotion for our site www.fragwear.co.uk, selling geek T-shirts.

The promotion is an active desktop people can download, I have been told that object Desktop and\or DesktopX is what it will be designed in. What I need is to have images of our models wearing the T-shirts pictured on the desktop. Now we know that can be done in OS by saving a desktop image, but the difficult thing is we want the image to change every day rotating between 7 images.

Out of interest the site looks pretty crap at the moment the new site will be re-launched on an OS Commerce base in on the 18th of this month. Test area is www.modit.co.uk, comments welcome.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
crap. it looks like it's pointing to me.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
R i g h t. Thanks for the informative replies, so does that mean I am unlikely to get any repsonce from this forum as I am looking to find someone to do this work.

Mark
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Give it a couple of more days for people to read the thread. It's summertime afterall and people might not frequent that often.

Just to clarify things:
You want a widget that changes the wallpaper of the desktop once a day? Do you want the widget to have the wallpaper supplied with it or do you want it to download the wallpaper from your website?

Also, if this is for commercial purpose I think people would be more 'persuaded' if they got some benefits of their own for doing this.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Didn't sound that valid when I read it.

In order for a widget to run the user would have to have DesktopX installed.

You would want a gadget. So you need one of the skinners with 'Pro' version.

You say you are launching the promotion, but you were told it would be done with DTX. No mention of who would be doing this in DTX?

You mentioned an active desktop, I believe (from perusing Stardock) that might require an "enterprise" license.

Having a gadget made to order would be your cheapest option
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think you might only need an etnerprice licence if you replace the existing functionalities like the icons and taskbar. So a wallpaper changing gadget sound like the best option.
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes just a simple widget that can change the picture each month. However on this image we will want a hyperlinked banner to our site.
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
Gadget - a gadget is self contained = having DesktopX installed by the end user is not needed.

Widget - requires DesktopX to be installed by the end user before it will work.


You want to make sure you ask for and receive the right one.   
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks guys can any one suggest a good person I could get to do this Gadget for me ?

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
There's quite a few out there (or in here).
You'll have to be patient. They also have outside lives.

While you're waiting, you might try the forums at Desktopgadets.com