[Project Complete] Due June 30th - ColorCombos Template, $450

[rgremill]

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Company Details

1a) Name of Company

ColorCombos.com

1b)Company Tag Line or slogan:

N/A

1c) Do you have a company logo?

Yes. Use the logo file found in this zip - http://www.colorcombos.com/temp/colorcombos_logo2.zip

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.)?

Use the colors found in the logo, along with complimentary colors you choose.

1e) What is the nature of your business?: Briefly describe your products or services:

The website is used to test color combinations. It also contains a color palette library.

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

The website is mainly targeted towards web designers, but there are others groups that are interested in color palettes, such as scrapbookers.


Website Details

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

http://www.colorcombos.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.bottletalk.com
http://www.simplebits.com
http://corkd.com/

I like most everything created by Dan Cederholm over at SimpleBits.com

3b) What colors or color schemes would you like?

Use the colors found in the logo, along with complimentary colors you choose.

4b) List the Navigation links for your Site:

There are TWO pages to develop, the Front Page and the Library Page

FRONT PAGE includes (should use a 3 column layout)
1. Navigation (should be flexible enough to add a couple more links in the future)
A. Home
B. ComboTester
C. ComboLibrary
D. Login / Logged In (Bar?) - Should be able to hide it until it is implemented
2. Place for Adsense (horizontal)
3. Latest Combo Section
A. 10 Latest Combos
B. RSS image
C. Maybe a Star Rating
4. Random Combo Section
A. 10 Random Combos
5 Latest Blog Entries
A. 3 latest blog entries
B. Link to the Main blog page
6. Search Bar
7. Grab Website Colors Form
8. Footer -
Copyright Notice
Bottom Links
The "Link to Us", "Contact Us", "Blog" links can go here...
9. Welcome / About Us Box
10. Color Tags
11. Place for text-link-ads


COMBO LIBRARY PAGE - Includes (should use a 2 column layout)
1. Navigation - Same on all pages
2. Search Box if not part of the navigation header
3. 2 column layout
4. Title / Subtitle Tag
5. Color Tags in the sidebar
6. Adsense - Horizontal layout
7. Pagination (Page #, with links to the other pages)
8. Footer like the other pages
9. This page should act as a simple template for other pages
10. RSS image


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

Clean, web 2.0ish...

6b) Please provide the addresses of competitors' sites, if possible:

http://www.colorschemer.com

http://www.colourlovers.com - I like the way they've built a community around colors and palettes.
I like how they allow ratings and tagging.

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:

The only imagery would be the logo.


Deadlines and Deliverables

1c) What is the deadline for your template design?

June 30th, 2007

2c) Will you require HTML coding? (Yes/No)

Yes

3c) If so, will you require it to be ONLY CSS layout? (Yes/No --- {fees})

No

4c) How many pages coded will you require delivered? ({fees})

2


Are there any other comments/specific ideas we should keep in mind while designing your project?

Hopefully I covered enough to get everyone started.

[Anne]

Hi

Here is my go at it (http://www.alandresen.no/do/color_combos/v1.html) Hope you like the design.

Anne

[rgremill]

Hi Anne,

Beautiful! I'm very impressed.

Thanks for kicking this off for me.

I will be traveling out of town tomorrow afternoon. I hope to post some feedback by Sunday.

Thanks again!

Robert

[rgremill]

Anne,

Is your site down? I was not able to get to the design.

Thanks,

[Anne]

It should be up.

[rgremill]

Anne,

The changes I have are very minor.

Right below "Welcome to ColorCombos.com" and to the side of the "This site was built text", add two vertical Google ads.

I need to get permission to use the ColourMod image on the front page. I'll send an email tonight.

In the MEMBER LOGIN area, add a Signup link.

Below the GRAB WEBSITE COLORS area, add a "SPONSORS AREA", similar to what www.techcrunch.com does, but using your style

Change the Copyright line to: "Copyright 2007, Gremillion Consulting, Hosting by Dreamhost"

Add a "Sitemap" link to the Bottom group of links.


There are a few things that I am debating, but haven't decided upon, such as:

1. Whether or not the search box should be closer to the header.
2. Whether or not the footer should have three columns.
3. Whether or not the Combo Library section should have a "More" button.
4. Whether or not there should be a secondary menu line...

Too many decisions...

I can't wait to see the Library page.


Thanks!

[rgremill]

Does anyone else plan on entering?

Just wondering... :)

[Anne]

Revision

[Anne]

Here is my suggestion for the library page

[matude]

Hi,

I plan to enter in couple of days.

Matude

[rgremill]

Anne,

Thanks for the revisions.

For the front page, please leave the ColourMod image. ( I sent the owner an email asking for permission to use it. I am still waiting on that.) And move the Google Ads underneath the title "Welcome to Color Combos". This will move the text between the Ads and the ColourMod image. We are trying to put the ads in Context.

The library page looks good. I still need to write up the changes for it. For example, I'm not sure how the users would give a Combo a start rating.

Thanks!

[Anne]

Revision :)

[rgremill]

Hi Anne,

Please make the following adjustments to the Library page.

1. Above the Search box, put the "Combo Library" title.
2. Below the "Combo Library" title put a sub title, such as "Secondary Title Goes Here".
3. Right below the secondary title, put the Goodle Ads, and along the righthand side put a paragraph of fake (Lipsum) text.
4. Replace the "View with Combo Tester" text with a Magnifying glass icon.
5. Since most of our combos have 6 colors, can we use palettes with 6.
6. Add the Star ratings along side of the name.

Thank You!

[rgremill]

Any other entries in the works?

Thanks,

[Anne]

Revision

[rgremill]

Anne,

Thanks for the updates.

I'm feeling real good about your chances. :D

[rgremill]

We declare Anne the winner. We still have some changes we would like to make.

Thanks!

[Anne]

Thank you :)

I will make any changes you request.

Anne

[rgremill]

So how does this work?

You turn the design into HTML?

If so, go ahead and turn the last front page design into HTML. Please put any CSS into an external file.

I'm hoping that ALL of the text in the design will be TEXT in the HTML. For example, the "Home" "Combo Tester" and "Combo Library" would be text and not an image. We are planning on adding additional tabs in the future. Plus we need the Google bots of the world to be able read all of the text.

The header, side bar and footer should be the same for both layouts. We will be turning it into a template and the only thing that will change is the main content, along with the selected tab.

For the Library page, can you make a version where there is only ONE combination per line instead of two?

Thanks!

[Fabian]

Congrats:)

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

Thanks
Fabian
DO Moderator

[rgremill]

Anne,

Do you create CSS based layouts? I'm thinking about having JUST the front page converted to a CSS based layout. How much is the charge for this?

Thanks!

[Anne]

Most of it is in css but I am using tables a few places because my skills in tableless designs is not good enough to make a perfect result.

The style sheet will be in an external file and all text (including the navigation) will be in css as well.

Anne

[rgremill]

OK.

Did you see the request for the Library page?

[Anne]

Hi

Here is the revision for the library page.

I have also finished coding the homepage so if you have an e-mail address where I can send it for review that would be great. I can also upload the files and give you a link for downloading it if you prefer that.

Anne

[rgremill]

Let's stick with the two column layout.

Thanks!

Robert

[Anne]

All files has been sent

Anne

[rgremill]

Files received.

Thanks for the great work Anne!

[BlueCherryGraphics]

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