pimg src="http://www.magentocommerce.com/images/uploads/1999_magento_connect.bmp" style="border: 0;" alt="image" width="413" height="132" / /p p Magento Connect is growing up.nbsp; It seems like only a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/comments/new-magento-community-site-is-here/" title="yesterday"yesterday/a that our extension marketplace went live after a 36-hour coding marathon that left a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/go-go-magento/" title="at least one of our developers"at least one of our developers/a completely exhausted.nbsp; a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect" title="Magento Connect"Magento Connect/a has since skyrocketed to nearly 2,000 extensions, and because the community has been an essential part of this growth, we thought it would be fitting to celebrate by launching a contest to find amp; announce our 2,000th extension.nbsp; The three winners will be declared in the news section of our a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=356086759amp;mt=8" title="official iPhone app"official iPhone app/a (we#8217;ll also post the names here on our blog). /p p Ever since we first launched Magento Connect just under two years ago we#8217;ve seen developers from around the world bring hundreds of innovative solutions to our over 40,000 merchants.nbsp; Merchants have a href="http://www.nicksays.co.uk/module_stats/all.php" title="responded favorably"responded favorably/a, especially as they#8217;ve needed to reach customers through new channels such as mobile and social media (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace), upgrade the designs of their storefronts, and integrate third-party solutions with the Magento platform to stay ahead of the curve. /p p Our 2,000th extension is just around the corner, and we#8217;re launching a contest where three lucky winners will receive each the following prizes: /p p div class="col3-set" div class="col-1" br / /ph6 class="border-head"Official Magento User Guide/h6pAll three winners will receive their very own copy of the a href="http://beta.magentocommerce.com/support/magento-user-guide-book" title="Official Magento User Guide"Official Magento User Guide/a, which has receiveda href="http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1127-The-PeC-Review-Magento-User-Guide-eBook-" title=" excellent reviews" excellent reviews/a and comprises 200+ pages of detailed instructions addressing the platform?s innumerable functions. /p /div div class="col-2" br / h6 class="border-head"Official Magento T-Shirt/h6pWhen Magento Connect first launched, our a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/go-go-magento/" title="exhausted developer"exhausted developer/a was wearing more on his shoulders than just the pride of developing an excellent marketplace.nbsp; Each of the three winners will receive an Official Magento t-shirt, and if you#8217;d like, you can have it signed by our CEO, a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/company/" title="Roy Rubin"Roy Rubin/a.nbsp; /p /div div class="col-3" br / h6 class="border-head"Sneak Peek:nbsp; New Magento Connect Design/h6pWe#8217;ve been secretly working away on a new redesign for Magento Connect, and the three lucky winners will have the chance to see it before anyone else (and even provide us with some feedback)./p /div /divbr/ p uInstructions/u br / bFirst/b, watch the counter at the bottom of our a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/filter/all" title="View All Extensions"View All Extensions/a page, and check the first-listed extension when the counter reaches 2,000.nbsp; Note that some extensions might be updated around the same time, so you#8217;ll need to make sure that the extension you submit is indeed a brand-new extension (hint: it won#8217;t have any reviews or downloads). /p p bSecond/b, tweet the name and link of the 2,000th extension to our official Magento Connect twitter account (a href="http://twitter.com/magentoconnect" title="@magentoconnect"@magentoconnect/a).nbsp; The first three people who tweet the correct 2,000th extension will win all three of the above prizes.nbsp; /p p bFinally/b, we#8217;ll announce the names of the three winners on the news section of our official Magento iPhone app (available a href=#8221;a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=356086759amp;mt=8" title="here"here/a).nbsp; If you don#8217;t have an iPhone, then don#8217;t worry.nbsp; Shortly after the announcement on our iPhone app we#8217;ll also post the names of the three winners here on the Magento Blog.nbsp; Be sure to check for your name and respond within 48 hours or we#8217;ll need to award the prizes to the next person in line.nbsp; /p p If you#8217;d like to collaborate on this project or share updates with the community, be sure to use the a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23connect2000" title="#Connect2000"#Connect2000/a hashtag on twitter.nbsp; /p p Good luck! 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