[Project Complete]Due Jan. 31st - Hip Hop Site - $450

[v12kid]

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Company Details

1a) Name of Company - HipHopPrime.com

1b)Company Tag Line or slogan: n/a

1c) Do you have a company logo? n/a

1d) Do you have a corporate visual identity (a customized (non stock) logo and color scheme carried out throughout your office, stationery, business cards, etc.)? n/a

1e) What is the nature of your business?: Briefly describe your products or services: a hip hop website discussing all things hip hop

1f) Who is your target market? Who are you hoping to reach with your site? hip hop fans worldwide




Website Details

1b) Do you have an existing website? If so, what is the URL? www.hiphopprime.com

2b) IMPORTANT: Please list at least 3 URLs (web addresses) of high quality sites that you like the look of (these do not have to be sites who’s business is similar to yours. It aids us in determining what your design style is.) Please consider layout, colors, navigation, graphics, and typography.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/
http://www.allhiphop.com/
http://sohh.com/

3b) What colors or color schemes would you like?
im not partial to any specific but "web 2.0" with a hip hop style thrown in might work

4b) List the Navigation links for your Site:
Home, News, Gallery, Submit









5b) What type of look are you trying to achieve? (e.g. clean, high-tech, conservative, warm, flashy, etc.) clean, professional

6b) Please provide the addresses of competitors' sites, if possible:
http://www.hiphopdx.com/ - like this the best out of these 3
http://www.allhiphop.com/
http://sohh.com/

7b) Do you have any images for use in the design of your site? If not, do you have images, can you offer suggestions of what you type of imagery you feel would be most suitable for your website: hip hop culture, dancers, mc's, microphones, turntables etc




Deadlines and Deliverables

1c) What is the deadline for the design of your project? 1/15 or sooner if possible

2c) What is required breakdown of the files you require our designers to supply you with on finalization of your project? psd and sliced on delivery


Are there any other comments/specific ideas we should keep in mind while designing your project?
not keen on any specific colors but once I see some submissions ill let you guys know which ones are working and which ones are not. For other examples of hip hop sites please google "hip hop news" for other sites. I am open for new ideas for this site as I want it to be the best so feel free to suggest things

[V + E + R + T]

Do you have a general idea of the list of elements/features you'll be having on the front page (album reviews, columns/editorials, etc.)?

[v12kid]

great question vert, answer is yes, heres what I envision

News section, this will be broken down into areas like Music news, beef's, lifestyle, videos etc etc

also Reviews, Mixtapes, Gallery, and things like Columns

[Luc]

Hey nice to see you here! I'll submit an entry.

[v12kid]

hello MaryLuc, its nice to see you again! I look forward to your entry and everyone elses :)

[V + E + R + T]

Let me know what you think of my entry so far. It's not fully complete-- still missing a few of the other main page content elements, but I just wanted to make sure I'm on the right track. I wanted to get across that hip-hop, urban vibe with the dark color tones (with the gold color for contrast). I placed images in the header to give the layout some life and to represent the hip hop culture as a whole.

<b>Click to view the layout in browser mode (http://www.doubletonic.com/hhp/hhp.html)</b>

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[v12kid]

thanks for the submission! Look good but the elements are not to my liking. Too much emphasis on videos and such, the site will have some videos but the main attraction will be news and info and such. Also it can be much wider :) No reason to leave too much space ;)

please reference http://www.hiphopdx.com/ as a good example of where I want to go. Obviously I woudlnt include all of their elements but it gives you a good idea :)

keep them coming folks :)

[V + E + R + T]

thanks for the submission! Look good but the elements are not to my liking. Too much emphasis on videos and such, the site will have some videos but the main attraction will be news and info and such. Also it can be much wider :) No reason to leave too much space ;)

please reference http://www.hiphopdx.com/ as a good example of where I want to go. Obviously I woudlnt include all of their elements but it gives you a good idea :)

keep them coming folks :)

Ah, ok. Thanks for the response. I can easily change the content boxes so that the focus is more on the news. Are you fine with the overall theme of the layout though (e.g. the header, colors, etc.)?

[v12kid]

Ill br honest its nice but id like to see others before I commit to anyone specifically, its in the right direction but could use a bit more. Maybe once you adjust it around it might agree with me more.

Im curious as to what other colors might work as opposed to the dark look asw well.

cmon people, more entries!

[Luc]

Here's mine...

[v12kid]

Luc

looks nice so far, yours seems to be on track with what I have in mind.

Can you provision areas for text ads like asense and integrate them into the various parts of the index? Also can you condense the Reviews into a smaller section. It goes too long horizontally.

keep the coming!

matt

[Luc]

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[Severner]

Hey,

This is a very intriguing contest, you can expect something from me in a day or two.


Thanks very much,

Sev (:

[abby]

Project Update: The project deadline has been extended to Jan 31st.

[v12kid]

Luc- you have 2 spots now for news, 1 in the top and 1 on the bottom, mgiht just need to remove one of them and replace it with another element. Not sure what to place but im sure you can think of something ;)

Sev- look forward to your entry!

keep them coming folks!

[Luc]

Fixed. That was suppose to be Columns.

[v12kid]

Luc- can you move the Hot Picks over to where Columns is and in place of hot picks insert a "featured member" area. This is where we we will feature a registered member with their pic and a short bio

any more entries?

[Luc]

So I will remove the Columns?

[v12kid]

yes and replace with Hot Picks and where Hot Picks used to be place the Featured Member profile area as stated in my post

[Severner]

Hey there,

Is this heading in the right direction?

[Luc]

Ok, here's the revision Matt.

[v12kid]

Severner - that is nice. I would make the Whats Hot and make it half the size to place another section there since there wont be enough content to fill that spot. Maybe Reviews? I also need spots for google or ypn code so make adjustments for strategic ad placement and maybe a spot for a banner somewhere

Featured member is also a bit too big. Maybe shrink it and add something else there along with it. Maybe a banner ad block with ext ads? Not sure

- also id try a different logo than the current one.



Luc- that looks nice. I would suggest that Hot Picks only take up half that size as well. We dont have enough content to fill that area. Maybe split the size in half and add another section of some sort


Both designs are OUTSTANDING. Look forward to revisions!

more entries!

matt

[Luc]

I added Audios but i'm not sure. Let me know what you want in that area.

[v12kid]

Luc - congrats you are the winner

[Fabian]

Congrats Luc:)

Project has been moved to revisions, client could you please post a quick note once files received.

Thanks
Fabian
DO Moderator

[Luc]

Thanks Matt! Just let me know if there are any more revisions. :)

Thanks Fab!

[Luc]

Hello Matt. Do we still have any revisions or do you want me to send this over to you?

Thanks!

[v12kid]

Luc

sorry, had a funeral and some family things to work out over the past week ;9

as far as chnages I have been told that the colors match hiphoipdx too much. Can we do something to adjust the colors? Maybe add them somewhere to make it a bit diff?

[Luc]

Matt,
I'm sorry to hear about that. My condolences.
I will try another color scheme.

[Luc]

Here's another take

[v12kid]

luc thats interesting. Is it possible to make the top half as the bottom half and the middle part the brown you used before?

[v12kid]

any updates luc?

[Luc]

Hi Matt,
Sorry I didn't see your reply. It's weird I always check here everyday and there were no new post. Strange! Sorry about that.

Your request is confusing though.
Do you want the black area to be gray? And the gray area to be light brown? Please be more specific. Thank you! :)

[v12kid]

I actually forgot how I wanted it :(

think I was trying to say can we try to keep the colors flowing a bit better? I like the gray and the brown but they seem to contrast too much. So can you make the bottom half and top half more matching?

[Luc]

Here's with blue and gray

[Luc]

All blue

[Luc]

Hello Matt,
What do you think of the new theme?

[v12kid]

MaryLuc

I am bit a frustrated at myself becuase I am not able to convey what im looking for. Your work is outstanding and I know you are not a mind reader so its hard to get the proper look completed.

I will accept the design as is for now and will try to figure out what exactly what I want out of it.

Please send me the psd as it it now and lets consider this project a success :)

regards

matt

[Luc]

Ok. You can edit everything to your desired color though.
I've sent the download link thru private message.

Thanks for choosing and good luck to your new website!

Luc

[BlueCherryGraphics]

PROJECT UPDATE: This thread has been moved to Template Archives.