Contest Entries Thread

I did this because it gave me an excuse to do some things that I don't normally do:

I used an all css layout (I normally still use tables and control everything with css)

I did a fixed width layout (This is something I never do, I always use fluid design/layout)

I optimized it for 1024 X 768 minimum (I still use 800 X 600 an the minimum for *real* sites)

Anyway...it was fun!

Here is my entry.

This was a bit of a group effort with the help of some friends. We decided to create a site as a laugh for a certain good friend of ours. As I was already planning on having a pop at this competition, it seemed logical to combine the two.

Anyway here is our entry

Please just judge the first page for the competition as it's the only bit I kept all valid xhtml strict. There are two other links on this 'site' which have evil embedded sounds and are purely the 'fun' part of the site. Oh yeah I forgot not all the 'links' are real lol.

Right well credit where credit's due... so here are the credits:

• Appeal text - The Ikon
• Testimonies, appeal background music - Woodhouse
• Site intro, Adverts - Sir Tony of the Stead
• Pop-up image and background sound effect - La Resistance
• Site coding, Logos, Articles - My good self
• Ideas and Inspiration - All

Thanks for looking

OMG, that's hilarious!

Keep 'em coming

that was funny.

Alright, contest deadline is here and we've got 2 entries ! Does anyone want some extra time to finish up? Let me know - we could extend it to the weekend. Otherwise it's Roo's or Monkeyboy.

(I also heard from 2 people trying to submit their entires early but I haven't heard back...)

Heck I'd say if it's only two, just let it go for this time, and hope for more next time.

Can't wait to go back and read Monkeyboys's site when I have the time to do so. What I read was hysterical!! LOVE the content!

I thought meg would post my entry in my behalf, it was finished a week ago... anyways, my entry is www.blogaholik.com,.

This is a pet project wherein I intend to share what Ive learned about colors from when I was in the print media,and how it will or will not apply to the internet... Read more about it by visiting the site. Thanks!

and BTW its halloween, people are quite preoccupied at these times, like Im now in the rural area posting in this thread in dial-up... Happy Halloween People!

That site was created by the people I used to work with before moving to Canada. As you can tell, it's quite a mad office. Seems they miss their McMarmott (my surname's McDermott) and am a Marmot because of the way I used to pop-up over some cupboards whenever the test team were having fun (well I couldn't miss out).

I also had to keep that Ikon character in check, he's the head of that so-called 'Test Team', they just sit on their arses all day raising bugs and trying to stitch-up the Engineering Dept (where I worked). I bet the whole company's going downhill now I'm not there to pop-up over those cupboards--like some annoying rodent freak--to tell Ikon what an awful job he's doing. Shunt!

The whole site's brilliant, am very flattered--you errrrrr, understand--sorry I haven't been in contact, have been busy filling out immigration forms, getting married and working on projects. Think I'm behind on the Marmot Monthly newsletter so better get my bum in gear.

As famous Canadian John Candyford once said:

John Candyford wrote: Get me a pie, you understand eh?

I presume 'Big Boy' was busy watching Top Gear over the Internet again when this production was taking shape? Send my regards.

MonkeyBoy wrote: Not sure if you've heard but Jermemy and Fi have now tied the knot at last too (but anyway it's all on his Blog if you get a chance).

Tell them congratulations from the McMarmott! Also tell him not to have any kids, they might be ginger. Or even worse: a carrier!

Well, back to the contest...

Lets wait until Jack's entry is ready and then we'll do a little poll. Joseff, we'll throw in your site too, just to make it more interesting

Yay!

I did digg the thread but it didn't get picked up... Got, like 3 diggs (including Liam and Me!)

whats the update here? we can start blog rolling for this to create more attention...

Those three sites look good

Sorry I had to be away for the past week or so and missed this. Ironic because this contest is why I initially joined :eek:

Btw - I dugg it

Okay, we'll definitely do a poll then. DDoS - do you want some time to complete an entry?

Any promotional ideas would be appreciated

Well it's a good idea, certainly. As always there's the problem of promoting. Although I would rate it as a success! We've got some good entries. These things always take time to get going, we should do more impossible design contests in the future.

There're plenty more disgusting colours in the pallette to use.

You dont need colors to make it impossible. Actually a good designer should be able to make any color combo work. I thing features is what make some design impossible.

I run into users who ask for stuff that isn't impossible per say but just isn't usable.

i.e.
I want the page to display x and y but only if x and y are blank ... so you want a blank page? ... no I want to see x and y but on the condition that they are both blank ... yeah, thats a blank page ... hmm, maybe. Hey let's give it a try and see if it works!

Sad but thats a real life incident.

Oh we've got lots of other ideas for impossible challenges

The next impossible challenge - a blank page with content!

Well I tried to promote but hmmm it takes a month to make a dent really... Why not keep this contest live for a longer duration, and start a new contest to compliment this one, like editing a photo or something, with all the contest kept alive until it gathers enough momentum.

Blog rolling I mean we start a blog about the contests here at TWF, then we add that one way link to our own blogroll to this newly created contests blog that points to the forum, that way if we reach the 100,000 link mark at technorati, bloggers will start visiting and joining and might be a good idea to increse rankings too...

Setting up a blog would actually be a little silly, we have a whole forum at our disposal, going to a link for a blog is the same as going to a link in this forum.

Probably still not a good idea, the internet right now is littered with blogs - most of them with very little good content - and if we just make one, then it's just adding to the crowd. Having a blog just for the sake of this contest is pointless. Infact, like I said before, having a blog for this site is a little pointless, we have a forum at our disposal.

The difference is, blogrolling is "targeted" if you tried blogging or find a professional blogger (which is a new job description now btw) those on the blogroll get quality hits, and attracts people who are actually interested on the topic... More ways to promote, better results... And remember, this is just a suggestion.

I was going to put it up on my blog (forgot to do that at the time), which is in technorati. Although I'm not sure how many people actually read it!

We'll do that for next time, okay?

Just wondered... is the contest still accepting entries or did it close on the original date at the end of October as I finally have time to make an entry!

No, you can make an entry. Still waiting for DDosAttack to submit. Can you have it done by Monday? We can start the poll then.

Will see what I can do this weekend!

Ok... here's my entry I hope it looks ok on IE as my crappy old windows laptop has died and all my other machines are macs!

Nice site, I really like it. The brown (ok orange apparently) shades work really well and the header is nice too.

Oh and it works fine with IE.

That's nice Andy

Cool! I will put up the poll as soon as I get a chance (that might be tomorrow...)