$200 Design Competition – One Simple Page (Guaranteed Payment)

how about this?
anything can be changes, please let me know

 

try with orange :

 

Hi Guys,

A bit more feedback – Also I will be extending the competition again – the designs are very good, but all need a little bit of work.
To be honest they are all pretty much at the same stage – the fiorst one to get it right will be taking the prize.

Yugo – This is really starting to look nice now. The only parts I’m not keen on are the top – the logo is almost non existent and the middle part is also a bit weak – the listings really need to stand out more – but the layout is very nice and it’s well coloured.

Bhoduarts – The left navigation menu and central part are very nice – but the rest of the design just is missing a spark of something – it’s just not doing it for me – which is a shame as it has some nice elements.

Vinpkl – I prefer your first design – but it just has a few things that aren’t working for me. I think the main thing letting it down is the picture – it’s just too friendly – this is energy and commodities – there can’t be any smiling people. Also I feel the colour needs toning down – bright red is just too much – still I like the central part – it just needs a bit of work.

Bizzard – The top part really needs work with the logo and also the picture is far too large – it’s just overpowering. I do like the central part and left hand navigation – but to stand any chance the whole top part needs to change.

Suke – Your design is nice, but your colouring is very one dimensional – if you take a look at wwwsubsea.org – you will see a nice colour combination – can you try something like this?
http://goliath.ecnext.com/ - Also has interesting colour combinations – but one colour – just makes it look a bit amateurish – it needs a more professional look and one colour all over the place doesn’t achieve this.

Looking forward to seeing your revisions.

 

great, i'll do the revision then.

 

Here's my revision. I didnt make any changes or add anything in the categories area because i think it will look very busy if i add anything , like boxes for the titles etc . I want to make it as clean as possible. It already have lot of work , and the icons really helps to distincts each section without having some boxes around each category.
Same with the navigation on the left, they have to be smooth and i think they are not the most important area on the site. So i just made minor tweaks in it. I've changed the style of the buttons but i didnt add anything because it will be worthless. I can add icons or make shiny buttons if you want but they wont work with the rest of the site.
In the right area i made a box with text instead of the guy as you wanted . I used blue because i saw that you like some designs with this color (but in my opinion blue doesnt belong to your site's identity) , and this helps to make this area a lot more relevant. The visitors will probably see this area first over the rest. i think this is a good point because they'll first see why they should trust in you, and then they'll see all the services you provide.
I made the header a little bit shorter reducing the height of the image as you requested and i also made space for two lines of text (let me know if you still need more space for text). Less height means less scrolling for the visitors and that's good, they'll find the information faster.



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Let me know what you think!

Regards,
Sebastián.

 

Here's another option. Back to my original colour pallete. Dark gray instead of blue. I've also changed the rounded boxes for rectangles , it makes it more solid and professional. Made more room for text in the header image. Also added a little shade above each category title and addded a texture on the background.



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I hope you like it

Regards,
Sebastián.

 

Okay thanks for you feed back and here is the revision on my behalf :



Click here to see full image : http://i53.tinypic.com/6ei34k.jpg

Also a special animated image where you will see three sliding banners click this link to see : http://i56.tinypic.com/2cnytf8.jpg

 

thanks for feedback, i will try with other color combinations

 

here is my revision

http://i56.tinypic.com/15yg8wj.jpg

feedback appreciated

vineet

 

For Suke,

I'd say give it less gloss for the texts to be more catchy.

Unfortunately I won't be able to give further entries as my iMac is dead :-(. And I did a great design on it.

Good Luck to ya'll.

Cheers,
Akhil

 

the last revision... like you wish.
hope you like it.



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http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3578/oilpricedirectorycopy.jpg

 

Thanks for great suggestion,
I will try that and hope I Win

 

here are my 3 more designs

second
http://i56.tinypic.com/ivafjq.jpg

third
http://i52.tinypic.com/eun8no.jpg

fourth
http://i55.tinypic.com/2chua6p.jpg

feedback appreciated

vineet

 

Hi Guys, I’m going to give some general feedback here.
I like all of the designs – but they really are just too bright and colourful. Colour wise Bizzard – you have it quite nicely – but it’s a little too grey. Sure I want things to stand out – but not too much – it just takes away from the power of what we’re offering.

Where you have the picture and writing – could you please make it “exactly” the same as www.business.com – then on the top picture can you hover your mouse over the purchase solutions tab. And the Research solutions tab – I would like exactly the same look – please even copy the words / size of words etc, but I will need different pictures – I will pay you for this additional expense if you win (you should be able to grab some images and pay for them if you use.)

If you take a look at business.com – It would be good to have a look at how it looks with their format and one where the why advertise with us is also the same height. maybe we should make the picture a bit shorter and move one of the other columns up?

 

Here are the modified versions

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk305/bizzard/OilPriceDirector4-1.jpg

 

Bizzard – I really like the bottom design – very nice.
I’m not sure about the colour blue you have used though – it just looks a bit dull.
The top part also needs work as it doesn’t mention that this is a Business directory – it’s also rather plain.
I do like the centre – but it seems to be missing a little something – an ideas here?

 

just make the changes #55

 

here is my revision

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/800/oildirectoryhome13.jpg

feedback appreciated

vineet

 

Hi Guys – here’s some feedback.

Bizzard – This looks really nice. I’m not keen on the red though – it’s just too much – how about a different shade of blue / Silver / or similar to the look on oilprice by the logo – just a fain t picture with writing over. Would you also be able to increase the size of the bullet points in the picture.
Also in the picture – is it possible to have tabs – like on the Business.com piece.
Also the top part still isn’t right. It should read:
OilPrice.com
Energy and Resource Business Directory.
The part on the right is nice – but the advertise with us box doesn’t need to have a picture in it.
Still this is equal first place – just needs a bit of tightening up.

Vinpkl – This design is also equal first – but it too needs a few changes.
The colouring is much nicer – it has an engaging and professional feel to it.
I still have a few issues with the central part though – I like how you have the sector headings as pictures – but underneath where you list the individual sections it loses a lot of power – can you do anything here?
Also the Why Listing with us box – I’m not too keen on the colour here – nor for the navigation on the left. Perhaps Silvery/grey or something else.

Anyway - you guys are neck and neck with two very nice designs

 

hm, what about me ?