Website Layout Contest Number Two........

[Dr. Web]

Contest Number Two: Bust-Da-Bank Inc.

Who can come up with the most innovative way to promote this new credit card for the 2002 holiday season? Read over our requirements, and post your completed layouts in this thread (as attachments or linked gifs/ jpgs). Good luck!!!



Contest Number Two: Bust-Da-Bank Inc., and the all new Dread-It credit card.

Start Date: Monday December 2nd Contest begins.
End Date: Sunday December 15th Last submissions are taken.
Moderator finalist pool: December 15th-20th.
Poll Dates: December 20-25th. Winners to be announced shortly afterwards.

*** the moderator finalist pool will just have the mods determine the finalists that have met the criteria, and are up for the prize of 1 free domain name.


Request: post a one page layout that effectively sells the Dread-It credit card idea. You are free to create logos for Bust-Da-Bank Inc., the Dread-it credit card, and any icons you see fit. Your one page layout may be of the home page, or any of the sub pages that you'd like to demonstrate.

Background: Bust-Da-Bank Inc. is a lending company based out of wachachoobee Florida. They have been successfully lending money to over 12 customers for a period of no less than 2 months. They would seriously like to break into the market this holiday season, and need your help to promote their new Dread-It credit card. Low, low 59% intrest rates, a nominal (re-occurring quarterly) $59.95 cardholders fee, $159.95 over the limit fees (which are dirt cheap!), and unlimited balance transfers (with a $.59 charge for every dollar transferred). In addition to all these great deals, you must promote Bust-Da-Bank Inc. as a reputable lender, and try to hide the fact that we do in fact intend on selling your name, address, email address, phone number, and any identifying information to anyone with a pop tart, a waffle iron, and a questionable checkbook.

Site Purpose: uhm... we are marketing... all we do is provide you with the facts. YOU make it sell to the customers. Make them beg to apply for our card. Make them LOVE us. Make them trust us! Make us look like we wouldn't reposess their car to get back $50 in overdue fees. This website should make Bust-Da-Bank Inc. into a household name!!!


What we'd love to see: Exciting, explosive, vibrant site that conveys trust in our new credit card. A site that shows how much you could buy with our new Dread-It credit card! Tell 'em that everybody is instantly approved and that they will get a $5000 credit limit. (hide in fine print somewhere that we charge $59.95 for each application, and another $59.95 to approve the application. $59.95 charge for denial also applies. Oh, and $59.95 of the initial issue card. *$59.95 for each replacement, and we automatically send five replacements upon account activation.... but try to hide that as well!)



What we'd like to avoid: Anything that makes them not trust us. Anything boring that doesn't distract them from the high intrest rates, or numerous fees.


We look forward to your sample work!

[Pegasus]

Sheesh! And I suppose you expect us to keep a straight face while we're doing this, too, huh? <huge sigh>

Well, I'll try.

Peg

[Jason]

Great contest Doc, I'm sure that this will become even more successful than the first one. To kick thing off, I'd like to chime in my own honorary contribution:

http://www.htmlforums.com/jasonsimages/bustdabank.html

[Jason]

Note: I will be adding a prize of 50,000 banner impressions to be displayed on HTMLforums to the winner of this contest. Happy designing.

[Paul]

As on the last contest I will give away 1 domain. Also I am working out a deal for more servers for my hosting business. If we get it I will include 1 year free hosting for the domain and a seperate hosting account for the person that gets 2nd place. Again, I am about 90% sure that this deal will go through, if it doesn't I will still offer the domain.
BTW: Looks for my submission this weekend.
Thanks and good luck,
Paul

[illusionaz]

Ill get started on this project :D

[transmothra]

some questions:
1) does it HAVE to be a screenshot, or can i link to the actual page on the web?

2) by "one page," does that mean no pop-ups?


and a boast:
i'm gonna have half of you people rolling on the floor, and the other half sending me death threats! and i'm not turning it in until the last minute, either!

i definitely won't win (not with what i'm doing!), so don't worry-- i just don't want anyone else doing anything similar after seeing how i've "adbusted" mine. hee hee haw snort!

[Dr. Web]

TM,

we'd like to have all entries in 800x600 jpg or gif formats. That way you can do the whole thing in a photo editor without coding. However, if you really want to design a whole page... pop ups and all, your welcome to... I can't wait to see it!

*only 800x600 jpg/ gif entries are valid for winning prizes

[transmothra]

aw, what the hell... i can't wait.

http://meat-thing.com/tmp/nocreditnoproblem/

[transmothra]

p.s., i know it's not in the right format (800*600 GIF/JPEG), but i didn't do it for the nifty prize anyway :D

[illusionaz]

Nice, but whats with the yellow outline of my IE browser?

[Dr. Web]

TM,


thats GREAT! LOL! I've revisited that page a lot already!

Cmon folks, don't let TM steal the show with that outrageous example! (its gonna be hard to top that one!)

Who's up next??

[Dr. Web]

TM's gif entry into the contest....

[transmothra]

Originally posted by Dr. Web
TM's gif entry into the contest.... haha, thanks, you didn't hafta :D ...and it looks better than any screenshot i've ever captured!

to illusionaz-
that's just some dumb CSS trick i learned a while back and haven't been able to wean myself from. i put those stupid things on practically every thing i do and it's even making ME sick, but i just can't help myself!

[illusionaz]

Heh, that's prettty funny trans. I think we all have some weird things we do. Wait till you guys see my entry, is it ok If I use some of your content (just words) trans?

[Jason]

Originally posted by illusionaz
Heh, that's prettty funny trans. I think we all have some weird things we do. Wait till you guys see my entry, is it ok If I use some of your content (just words) trans?

Hey Adam,

I think that it would be best for the contest if everyone submitted a completely original entry based only on the criteria provided by Dr Web.

[illusionaz]

Ok, no problem ;)

[illusionaz]

My first not so serious layout for this site looks somethin like this (http://www.paoliwd.com/clients/bdb/). I think I might go with the design...

[Dr. Web]

good job illusionz. Remember, you don't have to code a HTML page... you can just whip up the whole thing in a photo editor (if thats easier for you).

Lets keep 'em coming!

[illusionaz]

Thank Doc'. A photographer on the web gave me permission to use the image on the top :D My version isnt done, it's only begun :)

[suejon designs]

Ok,

I hope this entry isn't too far off the mark.

Check IT !

http://members.cox.net/suejon/Dread%20It/

[Dirk Lance]

love the terms of agreement there suejon.

[Pegasus]

My turn. And my irreverent sense of humour. Oh, and yes, my math is correct.

[Dr. Web]

Nice touch Peg, "a Bin Laden holding company" LOL!!

[Pegasus]

Well, my original reference was going to be to the "Bay of Pigs", but I wasn't sure too many people would understand it. *wg* It's the same idea, though.

Peg

[Option1]

FWIW, Bin Laden's daddy had a major construction company. For those who are afficianados of Formula 1 car racing, the Williams FW07 of the 1980's carried the sponsorship words "Baroon Bin Laden". This was the building company owned by Bin Laden's father where he inherited his fortune from. It was the early days for Williams GP Engineering and nearly all their sponsors came from the Middle East (apart from British Leyland!)

How's that for useless trivia?

Neil

[illusionaz]

Isnt Bin Ladens daddy a rich Saudi?

[suejon designs]

Some of these posts are really good!

Howz' come we are being asked to submit a jpeg?

I couldn't determine if this jpeg thing was an option or mandatory fer' the entry ???

Anyone?

[illusionaz]

Yea, I'd prefer to use a regular html page so you can check out things like my css rollovers, if people have image rollovers, etc... Just my opinion .:rolleyes:

[Dr. Web]

to be eligible for winning prizes, entries must be submitted in gif/ jpg format, 800x600.

The reason was simple.... we wanted to have graphic entries... you know, let people create the whole thing in photoshop/ paint shop pro/ fireworks/ whateverPHOTOeditor.

It is purely an excercise in graphics skills. If you would like to enter with a full HTML coded page, thats fine, as long as it is accompanied by a screenshot (800x600, jpg/ gif).

[suejon designs]

Back to the drawing board.. litterally !!!

[illusionaz]

That's what I figured. Thats understandable Doc :D

[illusionaz]

So I should enter with something like this? Make sure you view it with ACDsee or a photo editor, IE garbles it unless you click the little button on the bottom right to magnify it to 100%.

[Dr. Web]

illusionz,

jpg/ gif s come out just fine in IE. If you have automatic image resizing on in IE 6 (tools, internet options, advanced) then it will resize it smaller. If you have that box unchecked, there will be no problem viewing.


Remember, jpg and gif images are meant to be seen on the web, not via a photo editior.

[Mike 101]

:S, heres my pathetic attempt: http://css.agamerz.com/dreaditcredit.gif

[illusionaz]

jpg/ gif s come out just fine in IE. If you have automatic image resizing on in IE 6 (tools, internet options, advanced) then it will resize it smaller. If you have that box unchecked, there will be no problem viewing. Doc your a genius. I hate that stupid feature, it distorts perfectly good images! :mad:

[followth3sm0ke]

Originally posted by Mike 101
:S, heres my pathetic attempt: http://css.agamerz.com/dreaditcredit.gif

Mike that's pretty good :)

[Mike 101]

really? ya think? i think its terrible compared to the others posted, and im changing it to .jpg its slightly fuzzy as gif. so the new URL will be http://css.agamerz.com/dreaditcredit.jpg

[Option1]

A new take on an old theme... http://www.motifwebs.com/dreadit_neil.jpg

(Had to use two images for which the copyright is not mine to use, but it's hard to find free images of people. Oh well I 99% sure parody is allowed under copyright laws. :) )

Neil

[Mike 101]

lol, that pic u put in top left corner is one i was looking for, for my bg, rofl. took me ages to find one that looked okish lol

[Option1]

Originally posted by Mike 101
lol, that pic u put in top left corner is one i was looking for, for my bg, rofl. took me ages to find one that looked okish lol Got it from http://search.freefoto.com/

Neil

[Mike 101]

cheers :)

[suejon designs]

I got the winner right here. Don't bother posting any more entries. just give up and admit defeat !

Dread-It-Credit (http://members.cox.net/suejon/Dread3.jpg)

[kemikalfire]

Alas, my computer is still not running up to par, so I can't get photoshop reinstalled. Maybe I'll be able to participate in the next contest, but everyone's entrys so far have been great!

kate

[Pegasus]

Originally posted by suejon designs
I got the winner right here. Don't bother posting any more entries. just give up and admit defeat! I'd love to suejon, but I've got this small.. difficulty. I'm too stupid to give up and too stubborn to roll over and die.... Or is that too stubborn to give up....? <sigh> I'll get it straight eventually. ;)

Actually, I'm beginning to think that quite a few of these designs would work quite well. It would all depend on what area of the market you're looking at - the Babyboomers, GenX or Generation Next. Very impressive, everyone.

Peg

[Paul]

Here is my entry.
Thanks,
Paul

[GREGO]

lol, that was great hacker,


Iv got an idea cooked up, we have til the 15th right?


some very nice entries, good job guys

[transmothra]

haha, Paul that is awesome!
:rofl:

[kevin]

I couldn' t resist :P

Guess since the mods will be voting my entry is honorary. Went for the in your face advertising. May display slowly as the file is about 150K.


Dread-it-credit (http://www.e-pixs.com/pics/bust-d-bank.gif)

[Jason]

Originally posted by kevin
I couldn' t resist :P

Guess since the mods will be voting my entry is honorary. Went for the in your face advertising. May display slowly as the file is about 150K.


Dread-it-credit (http://www.e-pixs.com/pics/bust-d-bank.gif)

Feels like I just watched a late night credit commerical during Jenny Jones :P

[transmothra]

Originally posted by kevin
I couldn' t resist :P

Guess since the mods will be voting my entry is honorary. Went for the in your face advertising. May display slowly as the file is about 150K.


Dread-it-credit (http://www.e-pixs.com/pics/bust-d-bank.gif) jayzuss!!

:rofl: love the disclaimers at the bottom!

[kevin]

I just tried to follow the guidlines:

What we'd love to see: Exciting, explosive, vibrant site that conveys trust in our new credit card. A site that shows how much you could buy with our new Dread-It credit card! Tell 'em that everybody is instantly approved and that they will get a $5000 credit limit. (hide in fine print somewhere that we charge $59.95 for each application, and another $59.95 to approve the application. $59.95 charge for denial also applies. Oh, and $59.95 of the initial issue card. *$59.95 for each replacement, and we automatically send five replacements upon account activation.... but try to hide that as well!)


I see I missed the five replacement cards catch though :(

[entimp]

Wasn't going to enter this round due to time constraints, but spent an hour on this... hopefully it will get a laugh or two at least. Haven't spent that much time on it but here ya go.

[transmothra]

Originally posted by entimp
Wasn't going to enter this round due to time constraints, but spent an hour on this... hopefully it will get a laugh or two at least. Haven't spent that much time on it but here ya go. awesome!

[Dr. Web]

okay folks! the contest is noooooooooooooooooow closed!

As soon as the mods decide who the lucky finalists will be, you'll be allowed to vote a winner!

thanks for all the entries... and we're open for suggestions for the next contest. Open a thread and suggest a contest youd like to win!