Manhattan.info Site Design - $100 CONTEST

[daddypi]

I'm holding a design contest (top prize of $100), for a Manhattan.info design.

Manhattan.info will be a city portal centering around the country's financial, cultural, and commercial center - Manhattan.

The features I'm looking to incorporate into the site once complete are (Keep in mind, I'm not expecting you to script these, just letting you know my plans):

Local restaurants, hotels, shopping, entertainment, and night life.
Real estate/office space listings.
Classified advertisements.
Movie listings/show times.
Bus schedules/airport listings
An event calendar for Manhattan (and the Greater New York area), along with tickets, tand tours.
Facts and history about the city, along with a photo gallery.
Local news.
Finally, traveler's tips for when visiting Manhattan.

I have nothing really set in mind for the design's color scheme or such - I just ask that you make the theme related to Manhattan as much as possible.

 

[Scorpio]

i am In . Can i hire your designer from pakistan.. JK .

Best of luck with developing this cool name..

 

[aween]

ok ok! i am in :lol:

 

[daddypi]

Forgot to add, I'm only looking for a one page template, not for you to do all of those additional pages!

 

[True_Snake]

Hey Daddypi!

Here is my template:

EDIT: I revised my entry.

Your thoughts :?

Thanks :] !


True_Snake

 

[snoopi]

wow great!!!!

 

[stscac]

I'm in on this one. Watch Out Everyone

-Steve

 

[slaydragon]

my first entry

this is my entry....hope you choose it.. :D
free to give any comments about it..

 

[josephine]

it has to be coded or not?

 

[Biboz]

Working on one, almost done! I have a feeling im gonna win! :P
Goodluck everyone!

 

[slaydragon]

i dun think it need to be coded....he said only the template design?

 

[Biboz]

Here is my entry! :lala:

The simple template:

And here's the template with the corresponding buttons and all...

 

[infinity22]

Ill have one in soon.

 

[Sammyloski]

Count me in!

 

[Eric]

Here is my entry, hope you like it. Feedback/suggestions appreciated, and things can be changed:

 

[Sammyloski]

Here is my first attempt, Please let me know what you think. Anythign is editable. Thanks you.

Design1:

Regards,
Sammy

 

[Eric]

Made a variation on my original entry. Uploaded to imgshack so I could thumbnail it, too many images in this thread already :p :



EDIT: Another variation:





-Eric

 

[daddypi]

Hi everyone, sorry for the delay in comments/suggestions, I just got home from work. Firstly, great designs have been submitted by everyone in this thread! It's going to a very tough choice for me to make, so I may request the assistance of some of my fellow NP'ers. I'll leave this thread open for a day or two longer, to give everyone an equality chance at submitting an entry.

Anyhow.. on to the suggestions.

To everyone:

I like the designs that have been submitted thus far, but uniqueness in layout and colorschemes really stand out to me, keep that in mind. A few of these design layouts are similar.

At the moment (to my knowledge), we won't be making the site subscription based (we likely will in the future though), thus a login field is unnecessary. Instead, please remember that my main revenue stream on this site will be via advertisements, so please try and leave an appropriate area to put them in.


TS:

I like your design's header, but I'm not too fond of the way the navigation links beneath it are set up, hopefully that can be improved.

SlayDragon:

Nice design, but the site's a little bit too "plain" for me.

Biboz:

I like the header graphic/image used, but not the blank "links here" spot to the right, a full header, I think would be best overall.

SV:

Great design and layout there! My only request is that you try and incorporate the domain name somewhere into the header, and perhaps add a few other images/graphics throughout the design to "liven" it up a bit.

SammyLoski:

Wow! What can I say? I like your unique layout and color scheme, it's professional, yet relatively simple. I like that. Let me think about any suggestions for your design.

 

[Sammyloski]

SammyLoski: Wow! What can I say? I like your unique layout and color scheme, it's professional, yet relatively simple. I like that. Let me think about any suggestions for your design.

Hey daddypi, Thanks for the great feedback...I will wait for your suggestions, right now I am thinking of making some space for advertisements...Please let me know what size ads you need! Thanks again, and take care!

Regards,
Sammy

 

[Eric]

K, my original entry revised.