awesome design needed for directory for t-shirt printers $777.77 in Web Page Design

Held by Rodney

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Congratulations to the winner, roldanh!
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Prize
$778
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Created:
Thu, 15 May 2008 00:05:50 +0000
Ends:
Thu, 22 May 2008 00:05:50 +0000
Modified:
Thu, 15 May 2008 21:15:01 +0000
Last Feedback:
Tue, 27 May 2008 21:18:52 +0000
Comments:
50
Designers:
46
Feedback:
104%
Brief Summary

We're looking for a homepage design and 2 secondary pages (category listing and a individual business listing) design for an online directory of t-shirt printers. The prize is guaranteed. Your goal is to deliver awesome.

This contest is for the DESIGN ONLY. Someone else will do the actual coding.

Are you the BEST web designer on 99designs.com? With your skills you could win the super lucky prize of $777.77 . That's 5 sevens. What could be more lucky than that?

Star rating scale:

1 star - long distance call from awesome town
2 stars - needs more awesome
3 stars - has awesome potential
4 stars - wowed me with awesome
5 stars - beauty. contender for the awesome prize.

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    1. This contest is guaranteed! A winner will be picked, and the prize money has already been pre-paid to 99designs. The contest holder has even thrown in the extra 23c to bring it up to $778 ;)

      Good luck everyone!

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      Paul Annesley
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 04:08:38 +0000
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    2. Hello CH - do you require any Top Level navigation Menu for this site layout ? Sorry if i missed it in the brief

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      webknix
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 14:48:37 +0000
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    3. Great question webknix. I think I did leave that out of my brief.

      The top level menu navigation should be:

      HOME - FIND A PRINTER - ABOUT US - LIST YOUR BUSINESS - CONTACT US

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      Rodney
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 15:56:40 +0000
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    4. I just want to say that you have the best design brief that I've ever read! lol.

      "That's 5 sevens. What could be more lucky than that?"

      I'll be working on a design for you =p

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      mooreofjake
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 16:06:13 +0000
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    5. Thanks mooreofjake! I look forward to seeing your awesome entry.

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      Rodney
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 17:15:09 +0000
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    6. Guaranteed contests are great. I should be entering soon :)

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      KimKiyaa
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 18:08:33 +0000
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    7. Count me in aswell. Already started working on it but it may take a day or two.

      Cheers,

      Karma

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      Karma
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 20:57:51 +0000
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    8. KimKiyaa and Karma, thanks for taking time to let me know you guys are going to be entering :) I understand that may take some time to get the mockups together.

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      Rodney
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 20:59:29 +0000
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    9. It's not that it takes loads of time to design it, it's that right here is 00.25 and I am going to sleep. Tomorrow is office day and After I get home I can do it. I am pretty speedy, working in this field for a good number of years so I am pretty used to work as fast as possible.

      Thank you for your ultra-fast reply.

      Karma

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      Karma
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 21:27:14 +0000
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    10. I will submit something as well.

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      Jad Graphics
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      Thu, 15 May 2008 22:56:30 +0000
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    11. I left this out of the initial brief writing (it's in there now), but please make sure the background color behind the main content area (where the categories go) is WHITE (#FFFFFF)

      The other color accents can be a background behind that area or within that area, but I want the main content text to be on a white background.

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      Rodney
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      Fri, 16 May 2008 01:10:59 +0000
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    12. G'day! Looking forward working on this one.. watch out, things really hot up over the weekend when the "big" designers go home.. and do designs for 99designs.com LOL (just kidding dont get excited.. but you never know ;-)

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      Flamin Designer
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      Fri, 16 May 2008 20:41:08 +0000
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    13. Hey Jad Graphics and Flamin Designer, I look forward to seeing your entries.

      It's already heating up over hear in California ;) It's supposed to be 102 degrees Fahrenheit today.

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      Rodney
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      Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:40 +0000
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    14. To all the designers: I'll be giving feedback and rating the most recently submitted entries on Monday. My wife insists that I take the weekend off (although I'll still be peeking in from time to time).

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      Rodney
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      Sat, 17 May 2008 16:21:27 +0000
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    15. I have a great idea, submitting tomorrow!

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      Dawson
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      Sat, 17 May 2008 22:54:55 +0000
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    16. Great contest Rodney! I will be submitting soon also!

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      jayhem
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      Sun, 18 May 2008 03:41:46 +0000
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    17. Entry Submitted! Good Luck to All!

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      datulakay
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 05:42:11 +0000
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    18. Rodney.. the weekend is over.. Monda is over on my side of the world. :-) Back to wark.. no rest for the wicked.. BTW, do you want a item detail view yet? (still waiting for that 5 star.. tick tick tick) :-P

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      Flamin Designer
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 17:58:37 +0000
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    19. Wow, you guys were busy over the weekend! I can't believe the number of entries that came in :)

      I will starting rating them now and leave feedback in the order they came in.

      Just scrolling down quickly through the thumbnails, the one that catches my eye is from trigz (because of the green bar).

      Designers, don't be afraid to use complimentary colors in the design to help give it personality :)

      Ok, off to the ratings...

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      Rodney
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 19:18:38 +0000
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    20. After I finish rating all the designs and leaving feedback, I will also start trimming down the designs left for consideration.

      If your design has 4 stars or more and is still left a couple hours from now, it would be a good idea to show the layouts for the CATEGORY LISTING page and the INDVIDUAL BUSINESS LISTING pages.

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      Rodney
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 19:26:46 +0000
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    21. Rodney.. will u b running the contest till the end of the specified time (ie at the time of this post, 2 days 3hrs left)?

      Cheers

      Flamin'Designer

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      Flamin Designer
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 20:27:06 +0000
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    22. Yes, I don't close contest early :)

      It will run until the deadline and the winner will be selected from all the remaining eligible entries after they have been reviewed and feedback has been left.

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      Rodney
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 20:31:35 +0000
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    23. I need an edit button for typos :)

      That first sentence above should be "Yes, I don't close contests early :)"

      I forgot the S.

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      Rodney
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 20:33:21 +0000
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    24. Yeah.. ---> suggestion box pls

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      Flamin Designer
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 22:47:17 +0000
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    25. Wow, that took longer than I thought to go through and leave feedback for all the entries from the weekend.

      Some very nice entries were submitted, and I think I got all caught up with rating and eliminating designs.

      At this stage, the entries should start to include the CATEGORY LISTING and INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS LISTING layouts as part of the entry.

      Thank you to all the designers who have taken the time to enter this contest. Seriously.

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      Rodney
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      Mon, 19 May 2008 23:09:44 +0000
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    26. Just to clarify, it's not too late to enter this contest :)

      Above, I just meant that it might be better to include all 3 pages in your entry, because I don't know if entries can still be submitted after the contest closes, and this contest is for 3 pages.

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      Rodney
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 01:06:08 +0000
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    27. Hello Rodney, you need just the design of the site, or is needed to xhtml&css?

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      PannonDesigner
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 04:09:59 +0000
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    28. Working on a design..

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      CoreDesignz
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 04:32:31 +0000
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    29. PannonDesigner, it's design only (this is also mentioned at the top of the page in all caps, and on the design brief, and in the subtitle for the listing ;)

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      Rodney
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 04:42:45 +0000
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    30. Thanks for the heads up CoreDesignz!

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      Rodney
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 04:43:06 +0000
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    31. ok thanks Rodney, im new here :D

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      PannonDesigner
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 07:00:56 +0000
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    32. what do you think about my work Rodney? #111

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      Tue, 20 May 2008 09:37:16 +0000
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    33. @PannonDesigner, I've left feedback on your design entry page :)

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      Rodney
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 16:12:07 +0000
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    34. Thanks Rodney.

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      PannonDesigner
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 16:31:32 +0000
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    35. Hey Rodney,

      Design #129
      feedback + rating would be great! Thanks
      The design doesn't show the round corners i did :/
      I've uploaded here for you to see: http://i26.tinypic.com/2uhlbpk.jpg

      Once feedback is received I can do the other 2 content element pages.

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      SuPrAiCeR69
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 19:13:52 +0000
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    36. @SuPrAiCeR69, I left feedback and a rating on your entry, but it now seems to have dissappeared

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      Rodney
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      Tue, 20 May 2008 19:28:27 +0000
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    37. Just a friendly reminder that this contest ends in 9 hours :)

      Only entries that have all 3 page layout entries can be considered for the prize.

      This is going to be a really tough decision. There are some really awesome (and creative) layouts entered and it seems more are coming in all the time!

      Hopefully other contest holders and other potential clients will see the talent that has entered this contest. I know I've bookmarked several of your portfolios for later work. Be sure to put ways to contact you in your profile! You never know when a client may want to contact you directly for more work.

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      Rodney
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      Wed, 21 May 2008 15:23:46 +0000
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    38. 1 hr and 16 min to go.. phew that was a close one !! :-)
      And also dont forget.. I do xhtml (w3c compliant) and php back ends.. cms, wordpress blogs, eCommerce etc etc (Just tell me which hat to wear :-) ) See my profile for contact details.

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      Flamin Designer
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      Wed, 21 May 2008 22:52:29 +0000
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    39. Thanks for the heads up flamin designer. That is definitely good to know. I didn't see any contact details in your profile though.

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      Rodney
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      Wed, 21 May 2008 23:01:02 +0000
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    40. Only 1 hour to go, this is probably more exciting than it should be.

      I feel like someone doused my contest with awesome. Awesome layouts over here, awesome layouts over there.

      This is a pretty big decision determining how your website will be seen by the world.

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      Rodney
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      Wed, 21 May 2008 23:03:38 +0000
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    41. Yeah yeah.. its ended!!!

      OK.. updated my contact details.. via SMS :-P and if you need changes done to accomodate requirements, feel free to contact me. Ta.

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      Flamin Designer
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      Thu, 22 May 2008 00:41:57 +0000
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    42. Good luck to all of us guys..=)..by the way Rodney..you're a very good contest holder..always giving a comments and ratings to all..that's why many submitted they're design..=)

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      trigz
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      Thu, 22 May 2008 02:10:44 +0000
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    43. I'll be going over all the designs in the next couple of days with "fresh" eyes so I can make my final decision.

      @trigz: thanks for the feedback! If the designers take the time to submit entries, it's the least a contest holder can do to keep up with giving individual feedback and ratings.

      I should have good news for someone in a couple of days :)

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      Rodney
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      Thu, 22 May 2008 02:17:45 +0000
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    44. awww, bummer

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      JapE
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      Sun, 25 May 2008 13:37:11 +0000
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    45. awesome contest thanks rodney! You were the best CH ever. I don't blame you for taking so long lots of nice designs. Goodluck to the final two.

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      brin
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      Mon, 26 May 2008 18:36:11 +0000
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    46. Wow, this was sooooo much tougher than I thought.

      There were so many 4 and 5 star worth entries that literally "nailed" the design brief specs, it had to come down to pretty subjective decision and a lot of "re looking" at the designs from different perspectives.

      Even though it seemed to come down to just 2 designs, the ones that were several 4 and 5 star designs were super hard to narrow down.

      The very nature of contests though is that lots of great entries will have to be narrowed down to one.

      Congrats to roldanh for his winning design! There are still some minor revisions, but this is the design that we're going to move forward with.

      Also congrats to siteograph. I had such a hard time picking just "ONE", that I decided to pick TWO :)

      roldanh's winning design will be used for this project and I hope to work with siteograph to slightly revise his design (for the same payment amount) to work with another directory project I've been running for a few years. I think siteograph's design will give my existing directory a fresh new look.

      So congratulations to both winners and thank you again to everyone who entered!

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      Rodney
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      Tue, 27 May 2008 20:46:45 +0000
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    47. Congrats to you, roldanh, I guess you designed exactly what this directory needs!

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      Siteograph
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      Tue, 27 May 2008 21:05:05 +0000
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    48. Did you get my PM siteograph?

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      Rodney
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      Tue, 27 May 2008 21:18:22 +0000
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    49. Yes, i've requested it, thanks!

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      Siteograph
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      Tue, 27 May 2008 21:30:19 +0000
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    50. Thanks :)

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      roldanh
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      Tue, 27 May 2008 22:41:44 +0000
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