Ok here is the deal. Ploked.com needs a kick ass take no prisoners pimped out Wordpress Design Makeover. I am talking something eye catching and brandable. Nothing lame will be considered and it must have a nice Web 2.0 feel to it. Ploked is only a few months old and specializes in anything related to social media (twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc) and is already in the alexa top 100,000 sites. we are basically competing with sites like mashable and other social media information sites. You are free to create a unique color scheme as well as a web 2.0 logo. You get to start with pretty much a clean slate to be as creative as you can be. We need something unique and kickass to pimp out the site. We only want the best design options...beginners and people who can't take criticism/suggestions need not apply. Requirements Web 2.0 Look/Feel with unique logo Single Sidebar on right hand side (widget ready - if coding) Sidebar Column must be wide enough to accommodate atleast two 125×125 pixel banners side by side as well as being wide enough for a 300x250 medium rectangle ad Prefer an area in the header for either a 468 banner or leaderboard banner 3 Column Footer (widget ready - if coding) Prefer White in the body area, but open to suggestions on entire color scheme Unique Design/Never Before Used/Will Never be Used on Another Site (ploked gets full rights to the design) Since the site is pretty big in social media, please provide a twitter "follow us" graphic as well on the site provide a RSS icon/text XHTML Compliant (if coding) Must kick ASS There might be other minor requests once we see a screenshot/demo. Contest will run until we are pleased with a design...it can end at anytime! If we are not pleased with anything submitted after a week, we may decide to close out the contest and go another route. $100 Payment will be made to the winner via paypal after psd file is received. Please be sure to include any fonts used as well. If you can also code the design for wordpress, please let us know what you charge and we may get you to do that as well Please ask any questions you might have. All submissions must be posted in this thread, no submissions will be accepted via PM.