Site of the Week (July 20 - July 27)

talk design
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If you wish to be considered for this week, please read the summary of rules:

  1. Reply by the end of July 27th to be considered for this week’s award.

  2. Include the URL and your email address.

Only the webmaster/creator of the site can submit.

Only one submission per person per week.

Submissions are capped at 10 each week, so don’t wait or hesitate until the last minute. Entries beyond the 10 entry limit will not be eligible for the SOTW for that particular week.

Include a brief synopsis of your site inluding its purpose, or maybe some features you wouldn’t want anyone to miss.

  1. Your site does not have to be full Flash to be eligible. Whilst you still must employ Flash to some extent, we are also looking for the overall design and usability of your site, not just your Flash skills.

  2. While it is understood that sites are perpetually under construction, please submit only complete sites. Do not submit a site that is less than 80% finished.

  3. Submissions must be actual websites with sections and content. Examples of ineligible include (but not limited to) flash games, movies, etc.

  4. There will be a private poll among the moderators and a winner will be announced.

  5. No critiques or feedback is allowed in the submission thread. If you wish a concentrated critique of your site, you may start a thread in Site Check. However, mod critiques will be posted when a winner has been selected.

For more information or questions, please refer to the Official SOTW Rules. Once you have read and understand the rules above, you may submit your site to this thread. Sites not adhering to the rules above will be disqualified and deleted. Submitting your site is an agreement and acceptance of the rules.

Kirupa :inc:

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ok heres my portfolio/company i completed recently

http://www.onemodeinteractive.com/

email: [email protected]

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gro2 productions is a new Canadian Design studio , just itchin to get our name out!

Here is the URL:

http://www.gro2.com

Here is my email address:

[email protected]

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MAB Web Design
The flash version of my web site:
http://www.mabwebdesign.com/flash/
E-mail: iloveitaly(at)comcast(dot)net

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[left][font=Trebuchet MS][size=1]http://george-harrison.info/[/size][/font][/left]

[font=Trebuchet MS][size=1][color=blue]George Harrison[/color] & [color=blue]John Lennon We Will Remember You![/color][/size][/font]

[font=Arial Narrow][size=1][font=Trebuchet MS]

Give Peace a Chance
[/font] [/size][/font]

[size=1][font=Trebuchet MS]

Give Me Peace on Earth
[/font] [/size]

[font=Trebuchet MS][size=1][color=blue]A Retrospective of The Beatles and An Era in Music[/color][/size][/font]
[font=Trebuchet MS][size=1][color=#0000ff][/color][/size][/font]
[size=1][color=#ff0000]EDIT by kirupa: doesn’t seem to have any Flash.[/color][/size]

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http://www.xscapeproductions.com
[email protected]

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Portfolio and Display site.

CONCIPERE at [url=“http://www.fndzinz.com/”]www.fndzinz.com

There is a lot of FLASH examples throughout the site, as well as links to my other sites.

I hope you enjoy.

Findal

[email protected]

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Only 4 more entries from here on - DON’T POST ANYMORE AFTER 10 SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, 4 SUBMISSIONS FROM NOW !

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Site: 3dnirvana Studios
Email: [email protected]

Personal Portfolio/Startup Studio
All music, sound effects, and graphics by me.

Thanks,
-3dnirvana

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Drinks By Appointment. Website for a new London based company providing alcoholic refreshments and service for corporate/social events.

http://www.drinksbyappointment.com

[email protected]

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My portfolio:

http://www.johngodfrey.net

email: [email protected]

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My portfolio and freelance site:

http://www.sl25.co.uk

email: [email protected]

Good luck all!!!

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A portuguese multimedia company

http://www.djomba.com

email: [email protected]

best regards

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After the voting, the results are as follows:

yamill 10.00%
peteyro 0%
iloveitaly 0%
[size=4]seanmee 50.00%[/size]
findal (disqualified) 0%
3d nirvana 0%
matigol 0%
johngo 0%
sl25 20.00%
shaolin 20.00%

Congratulations to **seanmee **for winning this week’s SOTW! You will be featured on the main page of kirupa.com for this week. You may also post a graphical award from this page: http://www.kirupa.com/gallery/awards.htm

Good job to all the participants. One of the valuable aspects of SOTW is to get valuable feedback about your site and get an idea of how well it stands beside some of the best on the web. Mod critiques will be posted shortly.

Kirupa :cons:

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yamill: neat site. sound on button are annoying though(but thats being picky) also would be better if you had music to start at 50 percent. Would of liked more things to change when i selected sections, does seems to get a little boring after a while.

**peteyro: **cool site, things are a little large though, for instance the type in service i believe dosent need to be that large. Content is clear but like i said type too large. Navigation is smart but mouse over looks a tad cheap, would be better if the mouse over was quicker and if the cover would center up with the section name.

**iloveitaly: **there are some really cool animation and concepts here but sadly hey are cheaply executed. Also I always believe a navigation system should be in view, i really dislike the go back to nav kinda sites.

**seanmee: **interesting colour scheme, kinda afternoon haze style, i like it. animation with-in the site is fresh and keeps the site “alive”, while not taking too much time. My only rant(only a small one)is that while in portfolio, you have to select a item then when finished it close it then go back and select another one, why didnt you use the bottom window for those images? its not too much of a hassle i guess, anyways, great job.

**3d nirvana: **i see you have changed your background, looks better, ties much better with the site, sound on the buttons are better as well, but and this is a BIG **“BUT” **why have you left the navigation the same? it still hides away when you select something and the animation error still occurs when you go back to the main after selecting a section (the site seems to flash on and off)

[size=1]// oh my!.. big error dude… when you select a section the mouse overs are still available when they are hidden//[/size]

keep working on it dude… hope these comments dont discourage you… we are only here to help, not make you give up. :slight_smile:

**matigol: **although i dislike popups, this site is really cool, fresh concepts/animations and nice illustrative navigation. really like the play with typography and paragraphs that are off center, all looks messy yet clear and clean… colors are unique but i assume that was based on the logo or coporate colours… nice work.

**johngo: **wow, i wish you had used some sound effects. the animation is great, content and look to the site is great, seems you have a little pixelation in the menu system as a result of flash and you using a serif font. Great content your work is amazing… if you can add some simple sound effects and fix the font issue then this will be even better. nice job.

**sl25: **My first impressions of this site was "woah there is a whole lot of pink in here, lol… it works though, but i wonder if it would be easier on the eyes if you had a grey or some other colour for the type. in any case, site design is nice and so is the animation within in. nice job.

**shaolin: **splash page needs some work, but the preloader was pretty nice and so was the intro to the site, great stuff. very original concept through-out the site, which keeps it fun to go through, nice work.

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yamill: Very nice layout and colour scheme, though very CPU intensive. I also noticed that you seem to have forgotten to embed the font outlines here and there, because I see the default Times New Roman, for example in
the rollovers of the 3D thingies in the portfolio section. It’s also possible to load the same section you’re already in and things like that, so you’re gonna have to take a second look at the transitions coding.

peteyro: Not bad, but there can be more from this concept. The way it is now it looks kinda empty, especially the header. You need to spice it up a little, add some interface elements here and there, some more animation
perhaps too. It would look much better with some more things to it.

iloveitaly: Some of the effects are very nice such as the white coming over the blue like goo at the beginning, but that box absolutely doesn’t fit it. Neither does the font fit the site. It’s too big. Try using some more
textured boxes, add some stuff to it, perhaps some leaf curling around the edges and things like that.

seanmee: A very nice site, though again very CPU intensive. Drops the framerate and reduces the viewing pleasure (at least on my crappy pc). Very nice rollovers too. It has happened several times to me that the hit states for the buttons were out of place, like suddenly 150px higher. Not only has this happened to the main buttons, but also the buttons in for example the portfolio. Impressive portfolio by the way !

3D Nirvana: Framerate is way too low. The site is a bit too simple too imo. It restarts after pressing the Home button by the way. Needs more variation too. The only effect I’ve seen was a simple fadein/fadeout. I don’t think this is SOTW material.

matigol: I love the cartoon-like imagery on this site, very cool ! Cool transitions as well, and a nice colour scheme. The concept is quite original too. Congrats on a job well done !

johngo: The dark feel to this site is awesome ! Great interface and grunge effects, it all fits together perfectly ! I have a feeling you forgot to embed some of the fonts though, on the menu I think. I see Times New Roman, but in fact it looks very good, I wouldn’t change it. That’s why I’m wondering why you used a different font for the content. I’d stick with Times New Roman for this, it fits the dark theme perfectly imho. Music is great too !

sl25: Very nice and smooth interface, with some soft grey to it. Transitions could have been better though, the section just spawns away instead of smoothly fades out of view, or whatever you would choose as an outro
transition. Some music wouldn’t hurt here.

shaolin: The splash page doesn’t look very good. Very original concept here, and greatly accomplished. I love the random thingies that happen when you rollover or click on certain items, cool dat. The animations are very nice too. Well done !

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yamill: uninteresting and a bizarre mix of clean / messy design (overlapping stuff), took too long to find this tiny “enter” button!

peteyro: —

iloveitaly: too bad, started out nice, looked good initialy, but then…too much text, disappearing menu that needs an extra click to come back… with a bit more work, would be great.

seanmee: nice fx, no error checking on (empty) contact form, opens on “about” but the item is still clickable and nothing happens, too much of a textblock with tiny chars to make anyone want to read it, nice portfolio (close button just a tad too small), nice buttons, nice audio player, useless link section… not bad. question: why does it reload stuff even on 2nd/3rd… visit…?

3d nirv’: sorry, no

matigol: darn, i liked this site a lot…untill i had to wait for the “home” animation to finish for the 3rd time!! please, folks, add a “home intro seen” shared object to this and cookie me!! what we offer: this is flash, you do have nice vector grafix there, so at least use flash to show a quick rollover pic’ for each of your menu items! same for the “menu”: give your guests something to keep them coming back: add a “print this drink” button to each!! nice but not 100%

johngo: i like! only things i’d change is, if you provide a phone number, at least add the country… i’d be calling from France to…where? and make that “enter” button big(ger)

sl25: useless spalsh page, no indication on where to click to enter, interesting colors, something different! disable menu item for active section!!! very anoying button sound! nice guestbook, why the pop-up? use it in your main app!

shaolin: ok, the loading anim is original, but how long will it take? as i’m writing this, i’m still waiting…and waiting (on cable!) and waiting… and it kept hanging at 10km! so i closed the broadband and went for “short band” … and voted for ya. fun, easy nav, original ideas, good. and broadband worked on 2nd attempt…