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Ever since StackExchange went public beta in September 2009, there has been a growing number of sites running on StackExchage platform with a touh of creativity. If you still not sure what the StackExchange is, take a walk through StackOverflow, ask a question and you will be amazed by its awesomeness.

Now you know what a StackExchange site looks like, here is a show case on some of the StackExchange sites using very creative elements.

Epic Advice – Q&A for World of Warcraft

http://epicadvice.com/

• Custom icon next to tags
• Present reputation as experience bar
• Allow customised user field and display corresponding icons
• Able to embed YouTube videos

doctype – Q&A for Web Design and Development

http://doctype.com/

• Community theme
• Display web page screenshots next to the question
• Customised avatar display

petnibs.com – Q&A for pet related

http://petnibs.com/

• “ask a question” box on homepage
• Customised page header

Travel Gurus – Q&A for Traveling

http://www.travel-gurus.com/

• Image background
• High contrast theme

PhoneHow – Q&A for SmartyPhone

http://phonehow.com/

• Customised question metadata layout
• Customised header

Lastly, a StackExchange site that uses few tricks that may worth mentioning…

ZergOverflow – Q&A for StarCraft

http://zergoverflow.com/

• Customised icon in front of tags bar
• Image background
• Able to embed YouTube videos

Like me to mention your StackExchange site? leave your details in comment as I will may a batch 2 sometime.

Tags: StackExchange, theme customisation, website design, website showcase