[REQ-TEMPLATE] $150 for a PokerZero.com facelift

[DutchBoyd]

Type of Contest : Template Design

Prize : $150.00

Contest End Date & Time : Monday, February 9th 1:00 PM PST

Size Requirements : None

Color Requirements :I'm open... feel free to experiment and change the logo any way you want to match

General Requirements : I setup PokerZero.com as an affiliate site to the National League of Poker. They agreed to let me brand my own website and the download is branded with the PokerZero logo. Then they set me up with a website. The only problem is that the website they built me sucks. It's little more than a landing page with their little flash commercial on it. I'm sending plenty of customers directly to their site and am not getting credit for the signups. And the landing-page design has no potential for ranking in search engines or doing search-engine optimization.

So I need a new template for a site offering free-poker for real money. I want something very Web 2.0 that is simple but has room for enough words to be well optimized in the search rankings (200-300 words on each page, including the homepage). An example of what the site's content will be looking like can be found on the main nlop.com website... I'll basically be rewriting much of that content. I'd also like an elegant way to link to my other poker sites: a poker blog (maybe even a stream), a poker strategy site, a poker dvd site, and a poker books site. The use of icons as opposed to the boring header design that nlop.com uses for navigation would be nice. And I need to get rid of that flash commercial ASAP.

Also, I need the template to be coded.

Additional Information : The tagline I'd like to use is : "Play for zero!(tm)"

Look forward to your good submissions, NP!

 

[.:Mammoth261:.]

Logo entry removed. I'll submit later with a new design probably.

 

[DutchBoyd]

Arghhhhh... wasn't quick enough to see the logo. For what it's worth, if anyone wants to experiment with the logo in their template design, feel free... I haven't spent any money promoting the logo yet, so now is the time to change it if you come up with something better.

 

[.:Mammoth261:.]

Here's what I was thinking:

Where the poker chips are (above the home link) there would be icons for each link.

The logo is likely to be remade, as I feel something more 'in your face' about being a poker website should be there.

The red and yellow boxes were for 'New Players' and 'Existing Players'.

I'll carry on if you like this direction.

 

[DutchBoyd]

Yeah, that looks quality. I like it a lot.

Hoping to see some other people's ideas, as well...

 

[.:Mammoth261:.]

Appologies Dutch, I've been ill the past few days and haven't had much opportunity to continue the design or design new. However - as today im feeling a little better, I thought I'd design a new logo for the template, feedback would be appreciated. There is a deliberate error with the logo (on the "o" of the card) which will be fixed if you like it. Anyways:

 

[DutchBoyd]

I really like the logo in your template... the 0 cards are cool, but I kind of think they'd look better as an icon replacing the spade cards on the lower left of the template...

looks like you're the only submission... I'm very happy with your work, though.

 

[.:Mammoth261:.]

 

[DutchBoyd]

Ok guys... the contest is over and mammoth was the only one who submitted anything... so the award goes to him. I'll pm you, mammoth.

 

[James]

Thanks Dutch :tu:

- Closed.