This contest is for the site graphics of Nichetrade.com, which is a service to help people buy and sell their websites. Nichetrade can push a site sale to services such as SitePoint (and hopefully DigitalPoint soon) and other marketplaces. It is not launched yet. If you want to participate, be one of the first 10 people who PM me an initial JPG for your idea of the graphic look for the homepage. The right side of the homepage will be for promotional written copy and probably a video. You must leave a space for it. If selected, I will give you access to the members area. There are already some good ideas in the members area. The contest will end prior to Sunday at midnight and the winner will be chosen based on sending me JPGs of certain pages in the members area showing the new design. Your final deliverable will be the needed graphic images and CSS file for the site. Thanks and good luck!
@jatazoulja > I'm not sure why a PM is a big deal. If you would rather post it in the thread here that is OK too. It doesn't really matter since I pick the winner anyway. But maybe it provides more exposure? So post it here if you want.
A lot of designers would rather designs were posted in the thread as it allows them to see what they're up against, and also to see that no one is copying their designs. It just makes the contest a bit fairer
Wow - nobody? I've had 1 via PM that I like. IF anybody else is interested say so now and I will post the one I received here. Otherwise I will just end the competition.
OK - so after some requests, here's the current leader... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/3141810898_b85487e075_o.jpg
ok here's an entry.... I also leave some space on the right as you said, for the video and other stuff you would like to put on it... Thanks! Hope it wasn't to late
Hi - please post the designs in the thread. Here is the one from lostsk8; http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff6/lostsk8/niche2.jpg
Those of you who PM'd me got pictures of the members area and some additional instructions. Since there are some now posting right into the thread without PMing me, I'll post those instructions below. @design-bee> Not a bad start, we are looking for something corporate. However, we don't need all the lorum ipsum. The homepage should be simple and the members area is data-driven, so we don't need to layout lots of text. The winning design should give me an idea of both the homepage and members area treatment. @lostsk8> I think the same comments to design-bee applies to yours. I need to understand how the design affects the members area. ========= More details (this is what was emailed - if it helps, use this info - if it doesn't matter, ignore this); We have some interface constraints to consider. We are integrating a commercial auction script that has a certain graphic look. You can see this on the NT5 image. We can probably replace some of the graphics, but its layout cannot significantly change. The other consideration is that much of the user interface is implemented with AJAX and so colored panels/areas popup all the time. Here's an image of the members area; http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/3145338746_a1cbc190ee_b.jpg So I guess I am really looking for a header treatment, a sidebar treatment and also some ideas on how to alter the colored bars in the commercial script shown on NT5 image below (example – the one that reads ‘select a main category..’) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/3145343684_39db060acc_b.jpg I also think the links at the top need to stay there, but you can remove the ‘Marty’s Blog’ link. Here is the current leader, by the name of Fran. His homepage entry was linked above... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3144485279_ce6ac78992_o.jpg
I haven't yet received Fran's final revision of the homepage to match colors in members area. If I don't receive Fran's final entry by 11:30, then I'll leave the contest open for another 8 hours.