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Administrator · March 2nd 2004, 11:10 AM

As you may or may not know, the last few steps are in place to finally finish this web hosting directory. Soon we will have a fully searchable database of web hosting and web design companies. One of the services we will be providing is a ping test that when passed will enable web hosting companies to display a hosting certificate on their websites.

I am offering $120 to the person who can design a certificate that i decide to use on the directory. I need something very professional looking.
This competition is ongoing, please place examples on this thread . The competition will end when i see a certificate that i want to use.

Competition rules and payment . The winner of the competition must be willing to sign over the full copyright of the design. I will write the contract which you must sign and post to me. Once i have recieved the copyright contract i will then post a cheque back. The copyright contract will only pass on the copyright of the design once payment has been recieved.

This competition will be run on several forums. I will keep you updated on all the forums it is being run on. The winner will be announced on all forums.
Currently this competition is being run at,
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/show...554post1128554
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...hreadid=243219
http://forums.devshed.com/t127761/s.html
http://graphicdesignforum.com/?f=37&m=31202

The Certificate
I am not completely sure how i want the certificate to look which is one reason for this competition. If possible i would like www.hostcompanies.com to be included in the design. Something like "Server Pass!"... "Certificate"... but you can be creative. As for colors.. i want some kind of color system that would look good with most websites, since the certificate will be displayed on all different web hosting sites. The best thing is to imagine how you would want a certificate to look if you owned your own web hosting company. It needs to look professional and clean that it will apeal to web hosting companies enough for them to display it. I have found some certificate examples on the net but they are not great examples. Something of around the same size or perhaps a little bigger would be about right. Below are the examples:

http://www.hostcompanies.com/graphics/one.gif
http://www.hostcompanies.com/graphics/two.gif

These examples are not great but they give you some idea of what i want. The certficate can be a different shape or style... your imagination is the limit.

Good luck to all the designers will enter.

March 2nd 2004, 11:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Administrator The Boss Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London Posts: 339	Competition! Web Hosting Certificate Graphic As you may or may not know, the last few steps are in place to finally finish this web hosting directory. Soon we will have a fully searchable database of web hosting and web design companies. One of the services we will be providing is a ping test that when passed will enable web hosting companies to display a hosting certificate on their websites. I am offering $120 to the person who can design a certificate that i decide to use on the directory. I need something very professional looking. This competition is ongoing, please place examples on this thread . The competition will end when i see a certificate that i want to use. Competition rules and payment . The winner of the competition must be willing to sign over the full copyright of the design. I will write the contract which you must sign and post to me. Once i have recieved the copyright contract i will then post a cheque back. The copyright contract will only pass on the copyright of the design once payment has been recieved. This competition will be run on several forums. I will keep you updated on all the forums it is being run on. The winner will be announced on all forums. Currently this competition is being run at, http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/show...554post1128554 http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...hreadid=243219 http://forums.devshed.com/t127761/s.html http://graphicdesignforum.com/?f=37&m=31202 The Certificate I am not completely sure how i want the certificate to look which is one reason for this competition. If possible i would like www.hostcompanies.com to be included in the design. Something like "Server Pass!"... "Certificate"... but you can be creative. As for colors.. i want some kind of color system that would look good with most websites, since the certificate will be displayed on all different web hosting sites. The best thing is to imagine how you would want a certificate to look if you owned your own web hosting company. It needs to look professional and clean that it will apeal to web hosting companies enough for them to display it. I have found some certificate examples on the net but they are not great examples. Something of around the same size or perhaps a little bigger would be about right. Below are the examples: http://www.hostcompanies.com/graphics/one.gif http://www.hostcompanies.com/graphics/two.gif These examples are not great but they give you some idea of what i want. The certficate can be a different shape or style... your imagination is the limit. Good luck to all the designers will enter. __________________ Add your web design or hosting company to my Hosting Directory. Register to post on the forums.