I think a contest would be a great idea. You can get some really nice skins out of a contest. They are fun too!

Did you know there is a skinning contest going on right now.    Just three days left in it.   

Zubaz, a very down to earth to the point explaination. Also it is really easy enough that anyone can do it. It is a shame that most of the time we go in search for the complicated long drawn out answers to what should be easy questions.   

Agreed but regularly scheduled contests in each gallery category would be a way to help get more attention and submission into the lesser galleries. Even though participation would not be what we would all want at first but it would inspire people to contribute more and in time it would increase. But as far as making changes to the gallery itself, is making changes to the site itself. 1.) thumbnails should be larger for easier browsing 2.) separate gallery for dock backgrounds 3.) add the ability to search each gallery by color 3.)let the rating system decide on

Not only contests for the lesser galleries, but more focus on them in general. Perhaps when a new skin is posted for a lesser gallery it is highlighted somehow, either with a post or special area simply to draw attention to other fine work besides the mainstays of WB, Wallpaper, IP, OD. Encourage people to post proper screenshots as well. There are often times I won't bother with a skin simply because the artist either got too fancy with the SS or didn't include enough information (for example a WB skin that doesn't show a window in the SS is frustrating). Some are quite creative but I think many forget that this is an important aspect of creating a skin.

You can already do this. Click the "Edit" link at the top right of the "Galleries" frame to select which galleries to show/hide. As to the original question - different layouts!! I still like the older style of this site rather than the redesigned one (from a year or two ago). It's harder to search through the galleries for the content I'm looking for; it's harder to find news articles (there used to be a link for "News" which listed MANY more articles from the past month or so).

It's been suggested before but I'll put it up for opinions again - PLEASE separate Icon submissions from Dock Backgrounds in the ObjectDock Gallery! (Move them to "Misc. Icons" and rename the category "Dock Icons") Would make browsing and searching for Backgrounds MUCH easier!   

Can we block out certain skins through a filter...so like...we won't have to see anything with the word "fractal" in it?

Yes I would really like to see that as well.

I think sending Pizza to the mods would spread great amounts of community feeling.   

Oh wait I should read the question before responding..


Seriously.

I think Contests, if run too often, would dwindle in people being interested in participating. Tho we could really use another GUIO

Without changing the site around coding etc, I'm not sure how to focus more on the current libraries. 

I will have to think about this..