Tutorial-Index Layout Contest

Yes, it’s that time again! Time to redo our (Tutorial-Index.com) layout and give you something more sleek, and beautiful. Better yet, you get to choose it(!) but, you we do have a couple of preferences of our own that you need to keep in mind.

Preferences for making a layout:
1.The layout must be 2-3 columns.
2.We don’t want anything too colorful but we would like colors that stand out and are effective. Also, if you can, please limit the colors to the kind we have on the site.
3.Make sure that when you create the layout, keep in mind that we use quite a bit of content, but at the same time, know that we do not want too much content in the layout.
4.There must be a spot for a 468X60 near the top of the layout.
5.A Layout that can fill up most, if not all of a page. 98% preferably
6.When making a layout, remember that the winner will have to provide the Photoshop Document (.PSD), so save the file as a PSD also.

Prize:
$200(USD) Via Paypal + 6 Months AdBanner Advertising On Tutorial-Index.com ($100 Value!)

Some good sites to model after:
http://digg.com
http://good-tutorials.com
http://newstoday.com (not their layout, but their style is pretty nice)
http://9rules.com
http://photoshoplab.com

Places to look for inspiration:
http://deviantart.com
http://notcot.org
http://styleboost.com

Submitting entries:
Submit Your Entries by either:
1) going to http://tutorial-index.com/contact.php
2) email to tutorialindex+@+gmail.com (without the “+“‘s)

Within your email to us be sure to include:

Name (nickname if you’re registered & Real Name)
Email Address
Link or Attachment with a screenshot or shot of your entry.
Any other comments you would like to add with your entry.

DEADLINE is Friday, March 2nd
UPDATE: DEADLINE CHANGE -> March 9th!

Tutorial-Index.com reserves the right to cancel the contest if they see any good reasons to do so.

Thanks!

Remember to use the Design Showcase forum if you are in need of suggestions, to get them from other members.

If you plan on entering you can go ahead and talk on this topic.

I will be entering. Best of luck to the other peeps.

Nice to see you’re entering Michael.

Same, here.

Nice prize btw!

Oh, I’m totally in this, or my friend, either one of us, lol.  That banner ad would be good for us :D, and the money...lol

sounds good. ill also be entering. hope to see lots of entries for this one!

Nice to see you guys are also entering :D

lol, cant let you have a free win. its also more fun with more people. i love variety.

Believe me, there will be lots of people

Hmm, I’m fairly familiar with IPB 2.2 skinning, but I’m not sure how I’d go about doing the coding on this… Any way I can get like, a forum software thing so I can test it out? Or an I going to have to make dummy html files and hope they accurately represent your software here?

you don’t have to code the layout.

Oh, nvm, my friend just informed me that we don’t have to do the coding, is that correct? If so I’ll include a text file of the general CSS that I was going to do (kind of hard to do dotted and dashed borders in photoshop and display them accurately, also mouse-over’s and selected images (as in the bar that I’m working on for the nav menu)

yeah; thats fine; if you can, try and screenshot it too. If not, hen just send the css

Index View:
LINK

Forum View:
LINK

(what I got in the first say 30 mins, gona get in TeamSpeak with my other siteadmins and such and see if we can refine it a tad more and do the buttons)

Tell me what you think so far though… Don’t want to finish it and have it not fit for your site… XD

Note: It’s for the entire site.
Also: 1.The layout must be 2-3 columns.