Design Contest Results and Lessons Learned
https://thephp.foundation/blog/2025/11/05/design-contest-results/
Over the last few weeks we ran a focused community contest to refresh the PHP 8.5 release page. Thank you to everyone who submitted, reviewed, voted, and discussed.
> **Note about future redesigns**
> This contest was an experiment for a single release page. We might not use the same approach for a broader homepage redesign. If we did run a contest again, we would separate tracks (on-brand update vs blue-sky concept), use a dedicated voting tool or randomized ordering, keep log-damped voting, and set a 50/50 jury/community split with clearer criteria and a small shortlist honorarium.