I'm on Brand.

but they are primarily search. They want it simple... get the surfer off their site asap while giving them what they came looking for.

Men.com being a portal, it will want visitors there as long as possible, so, it will need sticky content., not minimal like Google

your a retard... fuck off... :321GFY

great comeback.

Just dont come back with any more stupid ass suggestions, mmmkay?

Remember, I got those clues for sale, cheap.

"webmaster enterance"


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I hope at least KRL gets designers that know how to spell - cant say the same for you tho.

yea, but your away :(

I always use that too when people get out of control with opinions.

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If that simplistic design doesn't speak volumes nothing will.

I really like the one Maxim did on your contest: http://maximuza.com/mendotcom/mendotcom1.html

I like that kind of style for a portal, a clean and futuristic look.

I still have some lovely unused headers :1orglaugh

http://www.prodesignlab.com/clients/men/recap.jpg

http://www.prodesignlab.com/clients/men/men9.jpg

http://www.prodesignlab.com/clients/men/men8.jpg

I think you need to stay away from dark backgrounds, I also don't like the fact that you use flask for your menu.

This is the best I've seen,
http://www.dreamache.com/mencom/newshow111.gif

s11 is too similar to http://www.healthygo.com/ ....

askmen.com = great design. Of course if you want men.com to be a men's portal.

in time their version will be completely redesigned to set it aside from healthygo.

and bodygain is more geared towards men, and weight lifting, building muscle mass. i think the dark harder appearence suits it well :)

im going to be making a mainstream version of it though with a white background.

:thumbsup In the future is the site going to contain some good writers so surfers will come back? seems now that the articles posted could are gentric and it is a 50/50 chance if the surfer will hit the back key or an ad. Either way, let me know.

Btw, I am not a writer. :)

designs are very neat. great job! i like the yellow bron header very cool to look at.:thumbsup

Yeh, that was in the top 2.

We bought thousands of dollars of articles from writers but really weren't that impressed by what they turned in.

I'm telling you, most guys here do sites based on pictures. Try doing a magazine and you'll see how fun it is. NOT!

I have adult in the back pocket if this becomes too much of a headache, but we are getting advertisers and some of the other features we have upcoming can't have adult, so we're going to give them a shot and see what happens.

The one nice thing about a direct navigation domain is the free traffic flow never stops, so you have the luxury to experiment at minimal risk and cost.

I'd hate to see that happen. It'll work out :)

It would be shames too use it for adult. I think there is much more opportunity/potential keeping it as a men?s portal/magazine, long term that is. I think in house writers/designers is the way too go with such a big project?..

However, even if its keep mainstream you?ll probably see most of your traffic going to you ?sex? pages?.you need a doctor sex, get someone exclusive.

Also, don?t forget about seo, askmen is huge with that?.

If you don?t mind me asking, what is/was your vision/goal for this project?

http://www.mr2creationz.com/mr2____p.../01/index.html
http://www.mr2creationz.com/mr2____p.../02/index.html
http://www.mr2creationz.com/mr2____p.../03/index.html

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So far its going fine with the mainstream approach it just takes way longer than doing it adult style, and adds many more elements to the equation.

I need to find a way next to build in an extremely discreet navigation route to adult content on there without turning off the mainstream advertisers. Any ideas would be helpful.

One idea we had was to build it into the concierge club which is another feature we're still developing where only registered members will have access to those links.

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Those ones + the ones posted by Galleryseek, thats what you are looking for! Very good! :thumbsup

1.. 2... 3.....

5 thumbs up! can we talk now? :winkwink:

goodluck on finding your new men.com design.

Top site on the Net to search for single men (and women) and also provide a full featured entertainment style magazine.

I personally liked Ray's 3rd one quite a bit.

we have differing tastes, that is the one i like the least. if I had to choose I'd pick the first one - although its pretty much a toss up between the 1st and 2nd.

Got it. That's cool stuff on there. Forwarding over to my content manager now. Should he contact you or them direct?

good designs but to much flash - good color choices!

they look good but ease out the flash a bit.

i like your colors. that rollover click is nasty.

This is what kills me. So what is just enough flash???

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Really, for such a big big (big) portal - minimize the amount of flash.

But you gotta admit that flash really gives sites that designer's edge.

Well, yes, but we all come to a point when we understand that its all eye candy. This is a highend site so some subtle flash effects would be good, but not if you have to sacrifice usability. Read "Dont make me think" by Steve Krug.

flash is a bit more difficult to manage in terms of content. and then there's that problem of SEO, although that is something that might not be a problem in the future.

Actually old anarchy.com designs rocked

definitly looking better then what it is rightn ow

Just my :2 cents: but anyone trying to make a design for Men.com, I would avoidany circular shapes (even the logo...)

Curves, circles = softer for women
Squares, lines = harder for men

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Direct Navigation. Come on has the Marchex announcement really changed what we call a typein now ?

Good Shit.

KRL thanks for the chance and I'd love to enter but I'd say you go straight to the big boys for a design.

Oh and P.S. ---- Guys kill the Bevels and Shadows :2 cents:

Which reminds me. KRL, you really should SEF (search engine friendly) your forums. Just my :2 cents:

Btw, GallerySeek, did you do the design for Dache's BodyGain?

hehe. I am "Dache" (aka Dreamache)

i own bodygain.

The last contest had some great entries.

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I was verymuch hoping that was you! LOL! Otherwise I was going to email you and say, hey, there's this guy over at GFY ripping you off! :1orglaugh

Sweet designs, buddy. :thumbsup

lol thanks.. how do i know you?

Er, look at the sig, silly.

ahh yes, thought you looked familiar, forgot about that site!@@ hate when that happens.

What? I gotta buy you some Ginko Baloba now? :)

I know. The chat room is empty and there are responses to your thread from weeks ago! Drop on in!

Yep, and I raced to buy that domain term and it was already gone.

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Humm...

Well I think we see eye to eye on somthing:glugglug


Indeed ya can not argue with direct simplicty.
Fight as some do about the way Yahoo looks or google...
Google says far more than a full page @ Yahoo.

Thats how the web works.
Thats why I always ask..

"Whats it do?"

If it does nothing. It has no purpose.
The result of no purpose is oblivion it will be lost, forgotten.

i think you need a google/yahoo look.... simple and to the point, maybe some custom buttons..etc...

there's only one guy here who does all that and more the best:

www.gablu.biz :thumbsup