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e2solutions
12-06-2007, 03:37 AM
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Template Design Assessment

Company Details

1a) Name of Company

ebusinessscoop.com

1b)Company Tag Line or slogan:

Get Your Daily e-Business Scoop

1c) Do you have a company logo?

Yes, please see attachment

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.)?

Nothing other than the logo at this point. This is a new venture.

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

We plan to create a content portal about e-business, from everything to a glossary and opinion and editorial pieces about various aspects of e-business and e-commerce. We plan to have a user forum area for discussion threads and to encourage people to upload and include their own pieces and opinions. We want this to be young, interesting and not the normal staid content portal.

1f) List the things that make your company/product unique.

Our perspective is going to be mainly focused on small business and small e-commerce businesses because that is our passion. Our main business focuses on building and consulting with small businesses and now we want to get useful information out to more small businesses and business owners.

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

Small business owners and people interested in e-business.

1h) What advantages do you expect this project to bring you?

An exciting look and feel to properly promote our new venture and to invite readers and small business owners into an informative and useful e-business website.

Website Details

2a) Do you have an existing website? If so, what is the URL?

No, we do not.

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.



2c) What colors or color schemes would you like?

Primary colors, see the logo for some guidance.

2d) List any color that must be used or must be avoided specific for this web site:

None

2e) List the Navigation links for your Site:

Home, e-commerce, Small Business, Software Reviews, Forum

2f) What is the single most desired action for a visitor to take while at your website? (e.g. call a phone number, fill out a form, sign up for a mailing list, make a purchase, request a free report, choose your company over a competitor, etc.)

For now, we want people to read and to register.

2g) Would you like Flash elements? What are the Flash elements (e.g.: intro, header/banner, menu etc.) that you want in your website? Please describe them.

Perhaps, but not necessarily.

2h) What type of look are you trying to achieve? (e.g. clean, high-tech, conservative, warm, neutral, gothic, spiritual, artsy, fun, flashy, etc.)

Clean, professional and interesting and young.

2i) Please provide the addresses of competitors' sites, if possible:

N/A

2j) 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:

Not at this time.

Deadlines and Deliverables

3a) What is the deadline for the design of your project?

We need this ASAP!

3b) What is required breakdown of the files you require our designers to supply you with on finalization of your project?

We'll need photoshop files.

3c) Are there any other comments/specific ideas we should keep in mind while designing your project?

The site is going to be very "texty" so we need
an interesting layout, some interesting graphical elements to break it up. We look so forward to your submissions!

gypsimind
12-10-2007, 11:29 PM
here's my 1st concept, feedback apreciated.

e2solutions
12-11-2007, 02:17 AM
Hi gypsimind!

I really like where you've gone here. The layout is clean and the text is well broken out.

My only thought is that I would like to see more image incorporation like what you did with latest news.

Also, some sort of image block, either a banner or an ad-ish space that encourages them to Register because that will be the main call to action.

Thanks so much for the submission again and I look forward to your feedback. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Blair

cozoe
12-11-2007, 08:28 AM
Hello Blair,

I'm currently working on a concept. It should be ready this afternoon.

Thanks,
Pamela

e2solutions
12-11-2007, 10:31 AM
Thanks Pamela,

I look forward to your submission.

Thanks,
Blair

cozoe
12-11-2007, 11:54 AM
Hi Blair,

OK... Here is my concept.

Thanks,
Pamela

e2solutions
12-12-2007, 07:49 AM
Hi Pamela,

I really like your color scheme and layout. I hadn't thought about earth tones and you made this template look really nice and polished.

I'm just trying to figure out what to give you for feedback and the only thing I can think is that I wish it had a little bit more fun, or "zip" to it? I know that is very vague and I want this site to be taken seriously, but I also want it to be a little fun, a little lively and to have a little humor.

Thanks!
Blair

cozoe
12-12-2007, 10:16 AM
Hi Blair.... I'm glad you like it :) I'll see what I can do to add a splash of fun to it.

Thanks,
Pamela

cozoe
12-12-2007, 12:20 PM
Hello Blair,

I've made some revisions and wanted feedback to see if this is the direction you wanted as far as "fun" looks.

I look forward to your feedback,
Pamela

Fabian
12-13-2007, 02:58 AM
Hi Blair,I'll be post mine very soon:D

e2solutions
12-13-2007, 03:07 AM
Hi Pam,

Thank you so much for the changes. I feel like you gave me a couple of concepts in the new post to work with and I really appreciate it.

I think I like the little cartoony buildings above small business but I think I don't need the cartoon character guy. Is there some way to bring out that building element in other ways?

Fabian - YAY! I very much look forward to your concept.

Best,
Blair

cozoe
12-13-2007, 05:41 AM
Thanks for the feedback Blair. I've updated my post rather than posting another image in the thread.

Thanks,
Pamela

Severner
12-13-2007, 01:13 PM
Hello Blair,

Just letting you know I just opened photoshop for this project ;)


Thank you.

Warm regards,

Sev (:

e2solutions
12-13-2007, 01:19 PM
Thank you Sev!!!

I'll have more feedback later Pamela - I'm under 6 inches of snow and counting!

Severner
12-13-2007, 01:36 PM
Hello Blair,

Just a quick question is this an ad-revenue driven business site? (Just need to know if your looking for some solid ad placement design)

I envy you! - Not seen real snow in here for at-least a decade (we sometimes get ice, but it's not really thick enough to call snow :()


Thank you.

Warm regards,

Sev (:

Severner
12-13-2007, 05:02 PM
Hello Blair,

My concept is not quite done, but I wanted to share it with you now to get preliminary thoughts before progressing?

I envision that if you plan to do software reviews.. these are paid reviews?
If that's the case I would suggest you run this through the featured article section along with top articles when you have no paid reviews to do.

I assume you'll have paid text links and have included them in the left column along with ideal spacing for banners underneath.

Let me know your thoughts?

Fabian
12-14-2007, 02:15 AM
Hey Blair,

This is what I had in mind,the idea is to break up the content blocks with Ad placements or links to other parts of the site.Hoping this creates the right amount of visual interest to keep people reading.

The text is in large reader friendly fonts in order to reduce eye strain,the headings all use New times and the content is arial.

Oh yeah...and it has cool icons:brows:

Interested in what you think of it:D

Thanks
Fabian

e2solutions
12-17-2007, 03:58 AM
Hi Sev,

Excellent question, yes, this will partially be driven by ad revenue.

Thanks,
Blair

Hello Blair,

Just a quick question is this an ad-revenue driven business site? (Just need to know if your looking for some solid ad placement design)

I envy you! - Not seen real snow in here for at-least a decade (we sometimes get ice, but it's not really thick enough to call snow :()


Thank you.

Warm regards,

Sev (:

e2solutions
12-17-2007, 04:07 AM
Fabian and Sev,

I really like both of your concepts!!

Sev,

I love how you used the piggy bank and the ads from sponsors to add the visual interest but you have kept the design really clean and simple. I also really like the blue and orange fonts.

We won't be doing any paid text links - so we can take that out.

Fabian,

I love how much thought you put into this - and I can see it in the clarity of design. The only feedback is that I would love to see you incorporate stock photography instead of the cartoon guy! :-)

I am going to solicit some additional feedback for everyone from my business partner and my assistant and I'll try to post that today!

Thanks,
Blair

Fabian
12-18-2007, 02:16 AM
Thank you very much Blair,Im glad you like it.Here is a revised version :D

Anne
12-19-2007, 11:52 PM
I am working on a design and will post it later today

Anne

Anne
12-20-2007, 03:27 AM
and here is my entry

Anne

e2solutions
12-24-2007, 03:55 AM
Anne,

Thank you for your submission!

Fabian, thank you for the revision!

I should have more feedback for everyone after the holiday.

Regards and Happy Holidays!
Blair

e2solutions
01-03-2008, 06:21 AM
Hi everyone,

Again I want to thank you for your awesome submissions!

Sev, right now you are the leading design. We like the use of a little tint to delineate the 'boxes' of text from one another without using lines that chop up the whole image.

The piggy bank is cute and friendly without being unprofessional or cheap looking.

The circle around the login area is a good way to draw the eye up to the call to action and echo the circle of the ebusinessscoop circle.

We don't love the way that the pale orange at the top looks pink. Can it be tinted a bit more to make it more orange or if that would be too much maybe it should be blue?


Gypsimind

If we wanted just a straight professional site, we like this one best. It's simple but has good use of color, text and lines with a minimum of clutter.

Pam

We like the template very much. It has an overall professional look and the boxes aren't so boxy that you feel like it is all lines lines lines.

The use of the ebusinessscoop as its own box logo in the 'Software Reviews' section looks great. We would love to keep that element and maybe have one that
looks like a book for book reviews.

Having one element of cartoony art (the cartoon buildings, or newspaper or quote bubble) would be ok, but having three or more starts to make the site look less professional. We know we asked for something more fun, but we want to make sure we don't slide from professional to do-it-yourself looking.

Fabian

Overall we like the top banner, with the circles and hoops is much more dynamic. We like it best of all the top banners. We do feel the design is a little icon heavy though.

Anne

Certainly a clean and professional design. Right now this is lacking the 'fun' element that we want, but overall a really nice design. We particularly like
the 'Latest News' section and how you used the little newspapers as icons. They are subtle but cool.

Severner
01-03-2008, 07:54 AM
Hello Blair,

Some changes and another possible header to go along with the other, and how is this orange top?

Severner
01-03-2008, 07:55 AM
Also so you can see the top in blue;

clink
01-03-2008, 08:42 AM
I hope that I am not too late for this project as I would really like to enter. Please let me know :)

Thanks.

e2solutions
01-03-2008, 08:47 AM
Clink,

More ideas are certainly welcome!

Thanks,
Blair

cozoe
01-03-2008, 09:22 AM
Hello,

Thanks for the feedback! I've made some modifications to my design.

CLICK FOR FULL SIZE VIEW (http://www.designsbypam.com/designoutpost/ebusinessscoop/)

Thanks,
Pamela

clink
01-03-2008, 09:48 AM
Ok great, I will start my design now :)

clink
01-03-2008, 06:23 PM
Just a quick update: the design is going really well, and should be completed tomorrow.

Regards,

Tom.

gypsimind
01-04-2008, 10:49 PM
hi, here are some modifications as you asked.

clink
01-06-2008, 08:52 AM
Hi,

My design will be ready for you very shortly.

Kind Regards.

clink
01-06-2008, 09:31 AM
Ok, here is what I've done so far. I tried to think very carefully about content as well as design, and I hope this shows.

Feedback is greatly appreciated, and I'm happy to change anything you need. :)

Regards.

e2solutions
01-07-2008, 10:06 AM
Thank you for the revised submissions gypsimind and Sev!

Clink, thank you also for your submission!

I'm reviewing them today and putting together more feedback.

Blair

mwolfram
01-07-2008, 04:49 PM
i'll be submitting a design shortly...

mwolfram
01-07-2008, 06:41 PM
Here is my submission...enjoy :)

I did two variations, because I couldn't decide which one worked better. let me know if you need anything adjusted or changed.

thanks,
mike

http://wolframonline.com/clients/design_outpost/bizscoop_design1.jpg


http://wolframonline.com/clients/design_outpost/bizscoop_design2.jpg

e2solutions
01-09-2008, 04:56 AM
clink and mwolfram thank you so much for your designs!

We have decided after much deliberation to award the project to Sev whose submissions really blended the modern, clean and fun aspects we need to make this work.

Again, you all submitted really great layouts and we thank you so much for making this a difficult choice!!

Blair
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Severner
01-09-2008, 05:09 AM
Hello Blair,

Fantastic, I look forward to working on the changes with you.


Thank you.

Warm regards,

Sev (:

clink
01-09-2008, 06:22 AM
Congrats Sev :)

Fabian
01-09-2008, 12:42 PM
Congrats Sev and Blair,great design!

This has been moved to revision. Once final files are received can you please place a quick note in here.

Thanks
Fabian

Severner
01-19-2008, 01:02 PM
Cheers guys. :)

Hello Blair,

Is there an update to this?

Would you like me to send you the files whilst waiting for the revision process if there is to be any?


Thank you.

Warm regards,

Sev (:

e2solutions
01-28-2008, 09:50 AM
Hi Sev,

Yes please - and can you come up with a "category" page concept and a "content item" page concept?

Thank you!
Blair

Severner
01-28-2008, 09:58 AM
Hello Blair,

Expect to see the files in about ten minutes (uploading now).

I also should have those pages to preview tomorrow.


Thank you.

Warm regards,

Sev (:

Severner
01-28-2008, 10:40 AM
Should be in your inbox now :)

BlueCherryGraphics
02-06-2008, 09:33 PM
PROJECT UPDATE: moved to Template Archives.