NATS Template Design Contest! $1000 for each winning set of templates!

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  • TMM_John
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    • May 2004
    • 6665

    #1

    NATS Template Design Contest! $1000 for each winning set of templates!

    We're doing another design contest but this one is going to be a bit different.

    What we need are some different "skins" for NATS. These will be sets of templates that NATS clients can use for the visual look of their program. Not all program owners want to spend the time and money creating a custom template set and we are the first to admit that our "default" templates are not the most beautiful.

    This contest will run like this:

    We will take entires in this thread until the end of Feb, 2005. We will pick winners both as we go and after the contest concludes. We may pick one winner and we may pick 20. Once we pick a winning concept we will work with the designer to complete the rest of the required templates (easily done based on the two required for the concept). After all of these templates are complete we will pay the designer the $1000 prize. Again, this is open ended and we may pick 1 winner or many.

    Here are the rules for the entries:

    1. Every entry must consist of two things:
    a. A design of the "join program page" on the outside of the program.
    b. A design of the "stats" page on the inside of the program.

    2. You should use the respective pages on the NATS demo at http://natsdemo.toomuchmedia.com to know which elements you must include on these pages.

    3. Other than the required elements the designs are totally up to you. You can move elements around. Display them as text or images. Make your design simple or fancy. Use radio buttons instead of select boxes, etc. etc. You have total design freedom.

    4. The designs should have a "placedholder" for the client's logo to go.

    5. This is a reseller interface design. You should not include any of the adminstrative stuff.

    6. We would like to see designs which use CSS as much as possible to allow customization of the design.

    We would like to see some really creative work on these concepts. You may want to view some of our clients for ideas (tho you should not copy them directly). We have a clients page which is not officially released yet which you can use to view some of them. It is a partial list which we are still putting together. http://www.getnats.com/clientlist.html (if you are a client reading this and you would like to be included on the list please contact me)

    We of course may have changes to some things as this develops and there will of course be question to answer so please feel free to post them here.


    Too Much Media - Makers of the Industry's Leading Payite Management Platform, NATS!
  • Manowar
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    • Dec 2003
    • 71528

    #2
    Great contest

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    • Harmon
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      • Mar 2004
      • 20012

      #3
      Good stuff
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      • TMM_John
        Confirmed User
        • May 2004
        • 6665

        #4
        Also, I almost forgot to add. We will be distributing the info of the designer with the template set(s) they do so that any clients using their template set may contact them for customizations to these sets. (Graphically and what not). This should lead to additional design work to the winning artists from NATS clients. Which is a win-win situation for everyone.


        Too Much Media - Makers of the Industry's Leading Payite Management Platform, NATS!

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        • JSA Matt
          So Fucking Banned
          • Aug 2003
          • 5464

          #5
          Nice contest, can I enter my templates? LOL

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          • TMM_John
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            • May 2004
            • 6665

            #6
            Originally posted by JSA Matt
            Nice contest, can I enter my templates? LOL
            If you make them a bit more generic, sure, why not?


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            • BluMedia
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              • Dec 2002
              • 3973

              #7
              Very cool. I think it would also be cool if webmasters could change the skin in the stats area by their own preference. You could have a couple of skins so webmasters could change it to their liking.

              Mark
              IntenseCash - If you can't convert us then you might want to look for a new job
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              • NaughtyINC
                Confirmed User
                • Jul 2004
                • 1288

                #8
                very cool... cant wait to see some of these
                meh

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                • MattO
                  The O is for Oohhh
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 10861

                  #9
                  Very nice contest

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                  • TMM_John
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                    • May 2004
                    • 6665

                    #10
                    Originally posted by BluMedia
                    Very cool. I think it would also be cool if webmasters could change the skin in the stats area by their own preference. You could have a couple of skins so webmasters could change it to their liking.

                    Mark
                    These templates will of course be editable like the templates we provide now. They are just to give everyone several starting points to choose from or some nice templates to use without editting them should they want to.

                    EVERYTHING in NATS visually is editable by the client. You can make NATS look however you want as you can see by viewing a few of our clients and seeing how different their programs look.

                    Sorry for the confusion on that.


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                    • TMM_John
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                      • May 2004
                      • 6665

                      #11
                      *bump bump*


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                      • bigdog
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                        • Jul 2001
                        • 6964

                        #12
                        this is the best contest i have seen in a while

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                        • BluMedia
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                          • Dec 2002
                          • 3973

                          #13
                          Originally posted by PBucksJohn
                          These templates will of course be editable like the templates we provide now. They are just to give everyone several starting points to choose from or some nice templates to use without editting them should they want to.

                          EVERYTHING in NATS visually is editable by the client. You can make NATS look however you want as you can see by viewing a few of our clients and seeing how different their programs look.

                          Sorry for the confusion on that.
                          That is awesome John. Can webmasters auto disable the system do it does not email them when they make a sale?

                          Mark
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                          • charlieb
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                            • Jul 2004
                            • 344

                            #14
                            Originally posted by bigdog
                            this is the best contest i have seen in a while

                            Thank you

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                            • Karupted Charles
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                              • Jul 2001
                              • 1662

                              #15
                              Originally posted by BluMedia
                              That is awesome John. Can webmasters auto disable the system do it does not email them when they make a sale?

                              Mark
                              Yes you can.
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                              • PushButton
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                                • Dec 2004
                                • 247

                                #16
                                bump .. maybe ill give it a try ... i like joining contests anyway
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                                • Platinumpimp
                                  Logos and such.
                                  • Jan 2004
                                  • 10214

                                  #17
                                  I just love the NATS green layout. Simple but to the point. No eye candy needed for statistics
                                  I design logo's.

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                                  • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                    best designer on GFY
                                    • Mar 2003
                                    • 30307

                                    #18
                                    affiliate program design 1500-5000.

                                    contest prize 1k.

                                    Gonna sit this one out, there is a high percentage that the clients contact me at the end of day anyways to design a template

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                                    • FreshChecks
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                                      • Dec 2004
                                      • 210

                                      #19
                                      This is nice contest.

                                      I could use a more simple template with smaller text. looks neater. I just like it.
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                                      • Dynamix
                                        G F Y not
                                        • Jan 2004
                                        • 2910

                                        #20
                                        hrm. anyone know the URL's of the exact pages to design? I don't see a "join" page at the link provided..

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                                        • tenderobject
                                          Need Designs? 312352846
                                          • Dec 2004
                                          • 11688

                                          #21
                                          nice contest!

                                          by the way, can you direct us to "join program page" and "stats page" so we have an idea. i can't see it.


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                                          • Rui
                                            web
                                            • Dec 2001
                                            • 9533

                                            #22
                                            Amazing contest

                                            /me bookmarks this thread ;D

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                                            • AdultRMX
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Jan 2005
                                              • 1021

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by tenderobject
                                              nice contest!

                                              by the way, can you direct us to "join program page" and "stats page" so we have an idea. i can't see it.

                                              yeah we'd love to see those pages

                                              pls post it here..

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                                              • Nathan
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                                                • Jul 2003
                                                • 3108

                                                #24
                                                Signup Page:
                                                http://natsdemo.toomuchmedia.com/signup.php

                                                Stats Page: (login first)
                                                http://natsdemo.toomuchmedia.com/stats.php
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                                                • AdultRMX
                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                  • Jan 2005
                                                  • 1021

                                                  #25
                                                  thanks

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                                                  • Rui
                                                    web
                                                    • Dec 2001
                                                    • 9533

                                                    #26
                                                    Nathan - in order to make real proper skins shouldn't you guys make available the base templates?

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                                                    • Nathan
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                                                      • Jul 2003
                                                      • 3108

                                                      #27
                                                      Rui,

                                                      we did not do this specifically because we do not want it based on the templates that much. We need the same ELEMENTS on the pages, but you can make them look however you want, as long as they can do what the real ones do.

                                                      We also do not expect you guys to create actual smarty templates, just the HTML, we will make them dynamic.

                                                      Its probably best for the stats page to check the Admin Stats also (http://natsdemo.toomuchmedia.com/admin_stats.php) so you see what it would kinda look like with rows of data in it.

                                                      You can of course also check any other NATS program to see how they made them look to get some ideas and the like.
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                                                      • justsexxx
                                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                        • Aug 2001
                                                        • 13723

                                                        #28
                                                        Great idea, because it's hard to find designers who can design this...(personal experience)
                                                        Questions?

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                                                        • Rui
                                                          web
                                                          • Dec 2001
                                                          • 9533

                                                          #29
                                                          Nathan - basicly, what somebody needs to do in order to make the skins is to look at those 2 locations you mentioned and rip the form info and just make one from scratch using the same forms and that includes the links is that it?

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                                                          • AdultRMX
                                                            So Fucking Banned
                                                            • Jan 2005
                                                            • 1021

                                                            #30
                                                            bump bump bump

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                                                            • Nathan
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                                                              • Jul 2003
                                                              • 3108

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by Rui
                                                              Nathan - basicly, what somebody needs to do in order to make the skins is to look at those 2 locations you mentioned and rip the form info and just make one from scratch using the same forms and that includes the links is that it?
                                                              Yes, thats exactly it.

                                                              Like John said, once you are picked as a winner you need to create the other pages too, but thats not a lot of work once you have the base design done. Those 2 pages we ask you to do now are just sample templates we feel are good pages to test the design with. If those look good, all others will look good too.
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                                                              • sexdwarf
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                                                                • Jan 2005
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                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by Nathan
                                                                Like John said, once you are picked as a winner you need to create the other pages too, but thats not a lot of work once you have the base design done.
                                                                out of curiousity, how many pages would it be in total (if chosen), since i am assuming that would be part of the $1k...
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                                                                • Rui
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                                                                  • Dec 2001
                                                                  • 9533

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by sexdwarf
                                                                  out of curiousity, how many pages would it be in total (if chosen), since i am assuming that would be part of the $1k...
                                                                  good and very important question...

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                                                                  • sexdwarf
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                                                                    • Jan 2005
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    bump tha bump
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                                                                    • Nathan
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                                                                      • Jul 2003
                                                                      • 3108

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by sexdwarf
                                                                      out of curiousity, how many pages would it be in total (if chosen), since i am assuming that would be part of the $1k...
                                                                      More than 10 should not be needed. The page structure is very similar through the site, unless ofcourse you want to make it totally different. Most work on the other templates really is the graphics if you use graphical headers and such things.

                                                                      Like we said, we do not even require you to do the smarty coding, we do that.
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                                                                      • Rui
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                                                                        • Dec 2001
                                                                        • 9533

                                                                        #36
                                                                        How many entrys did you guys have so far? Any approved skin?

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                                                                        • candyflip
                                                                          Carpe Visio
                                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                                          • 43073

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Hmmm...when does this end?

                                                                          I've got an some old affiliate program designs I was working on at one point for learning purposes and still have them sitting around here somewhere.

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                                                                          • Tanker
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                                                                            • Nov 2000
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                                                                            #38
                                                                            I can not wait to see what you guys end up with. It should be very good

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                                                                            • PushButton
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                                                                              • Dec 2004
                                                                              • 247

                                                                              #39
                                                                              Please view my Template Entry

                                                                              Hope I made it correct
                                                                              Last edited by PushButton; 02-01-2005, 08:04 PM.
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                                                                              • basschick
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                                                                                • Jan 2001
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                                                                                #40
                                                                                damn, pushbutton - do you have a portfolio and some prices online somewhere?
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                                                                                • Major (Tom)
                                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                                  • Nov 2003
                                                                                  • 32492

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Great news!

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                                                                                  • Nick416
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                                                                                    • Sep 2003
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    nice contest!


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                                                                                    • chronic avenger
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                                                                                      • Aug 2003
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      nice... maybe I should do this contest.

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                                                                                      • Dynamix
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                                                                                        • Jan 2004
                                                                                        • 2910

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Originally posted by PushButton
                                                                                        Please view my Template Entry

                                                                                        Hope I made it correct
                                                                                        Classy lookin Touch up the "Fresh CASH" logo a tad bit and I'd say we have a winner. Nice work.

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                                                                                        • Dynamix
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                                                                                          • Jan 2004
                                                                                          • 2910

                                                                                          #45

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                                                                                          • Gottis
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                                                                                            • May 2004
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                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Sleazy isn't the contest judge, right?
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                                                                                            • tenderobject
                                                                                              Need Designs? 312352846
                                                                                              • Dec 2004
                                                                                              • 11688

                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by Jon Adolfsson
                                                                                              Sleazy isn't the contest judge, right?

                                                                                              hahahaha!

                                                                                              lets try on this contest jon hope we can grab something here.


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                                                                                              • pornpf69
                                                                                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                • Jun 2004
                                                                                                • 15782

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                this is an awesome contest...pherhaps I will give it a try....(if only I was a designer...)

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                                                                                                • mudsaliva
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                                                                                                  • Jan 2005
                                                                                                  • 568

                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  goodluck to everyone

                                                                                                  I'd love to join too, this should be my first one joining a contest,
                                                                                                  good luck to me too
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                                                                                                  • Rui
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                                                                                                    • Dec 2001
                                                                                                    • 9533

                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Nice entries PushButton & Dynamix, I think I will also make an entry.. eh

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