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#1 User is offline   Ben 

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  Posted 11 December 2008 - 09:43 PM

Hi,

Thank you to all of you who have submitted a website for December. We have created a short list of websites for you to vote for.

Please find below a list of 7 websites that you can vote to be the website of the month.

If you are not successful this time around please re-submit your website next month.

Remember:
If you click "View Results (Null Vote)" - that counts as your vote, so you won't actually be able to vote on anyone.
You only have 1 vote, so make it count! :)

Voting will close on 21st December 2008.

Entries in Alphabetical order (by username):

Anth Winter
www.digitalwinter.co.uk

Boyles Web Design
www.jakeboyles.com

Eskymo
www.hazelldesignsbooks.co.uk

j5-payne
www.torrfc.co.uk

Raoul de Boer
www.ziehetwel.nl

SteveBrown
www.perius.co.uk/portfolio.html

Traxor
www.traxor-designs.com
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Posted 11 December 2008 - 10:11 PM

voted :)
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Posted 11 December 2008 - 11:29 PM

Hi Ben, just to let you know the website that I wanted to be submitted was AidahRauf.com. In my message to you, I said more information at 'www.perius.co.uk/portfolio.html

So i am confused, what is exactly up for nomination?

edit: forget it, its already been a day,
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 12:22 AM

How very exciting :)
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 12:51 AM

Voted! Was a tough choice as they are all good.
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 01:44 AM

I'm going through a dark phase so Traxor got my vote. :D
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 05:03 AM

Traxor by a mile. I didn't like any of the others. :)

Espescially Boyles. I don't like it at all!
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 09:52 AM

I don't want to look until the closing date! But I can't help it, I'm properly excited.

Thank you for your votes so far :) it's really nice of you.
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 10:04 AM

that netherlands dudes site is awesome!
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 10:51 AM

eskymo got my vote, nice and clean with a bit of personality :)
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 11:26 AM

I was torn between Boyles and Traxor ....well done everyone and btw Ben - LOVE the hat :)
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 11:46 AM

Eskymo got my vote (I'm obsessed with light sites at the moment)
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 11:54 AM

One clear winner for me this month.
Well done everyone :)
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 12:36 PM

Nice work everyone. I have picked my favourite :)
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 04:50 PM

HHHmmmmm its down to Traxor or Eskymo, tough one this.
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Posted 12 December 2008 - 07:40 PM

Was torn between Eskymo's and Traxor's but in the end Traxor got my vote as his site is rather sexy. =)
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Posted 14 December 2008 - 07:51 PM

Bump
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Posted 14 December 2008 - 07:54 PM

View Postandymayhem, on Dec 12 2008, 11:04, said:

that netherlands dudes site is awesome!

thx! :D :D
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 10:35 AM

Easy decision to make based on layout, typography and colour.
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 12:17 PM

View PostBadmotherz, on Dec 15 2008, 10:35, said:

Easy decision to make based on layout, typography and colour.

Yeah, to be honest... If I lose to Eskymo, it's hardly a bad loss, his website is really really good.
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 12:23 PM

View Posttraxor, on Dec 15 2008, 12:17, said:

Yeah, to be honest... If I lose to Eskymo, it's hardly a bad loss, his website is really really good.



Correction Her websites is... :lol:
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 12:45 PM

View PostDizi, on Dec 15 2008, 12:23, said:

Correction Her websites is... :lol:


Haha, apologies. It's hard to know really, this forum doesn't have a M/F thing that MyBB does (which is what I'm used to). I didn't know you were a girl until last week.
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 01:34 PM

The typography devides the very good sites from the average ones. You can make truly beautifull websites, but without good typography they wont stick out. Both Traxor and Eskymo looks to know what they are doing, but I perfer Traxor's in the end. I feel that Eskymo maybe was a little to safe with the colors this time, but I'm very fond of her eskymo site, so I know she can too. :)

Good work Eskymo and Traxor.

Edit: Not Dizi of course. Eskymo :)
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Posted 15 December 2008 - 04:37 PM

The Dutch one is awesome, not accessible etc but very surprised to see it has so few votes...very, very creative and stands out.

Not that I voted for it mind ;-) (or maybe I did?)

:flm7:
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Posted 16 December 2008 - 09:27 AM

Some great looking sites there. I totally misclicked the vote button, so don't have a voice in this one, but agree with who is currently winning...
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Posted 16 December 2008 - 11:13 AM

I seem to be in the minority but i really liked the j5-payne site
nice job :D
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Posted 16 December 2008 - 07:53 PM

Hi

I am sure everyone is proud of their website entry - and so they should be. I have never seen anything like that Netherlands website before. Goodness knows how long it took to design, but it is definitely something very unique.

However, they all have their strong points and I have voted.

Nederlands – ner – points

That could translate as either a winning shout or a very slight miss.

All yours Ben.
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Posted 16 December 2008 - 09:09 PM

I have voted, it keeps getting harder and harder to pick the best one each month :)
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 12:29 AM

Oop, it's slowly slipping away :).
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 06:56 AM

Traxor u deserve it man the sites looks professional, clean i liked it :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 09:15 AM

WOW! that was a tricky one, some brilliant designs. I voted for Traxor but it was a close call as I though Eskymo's site was awesome then in third of my choices was Raoul de Boer's site.

Great stuff!
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 10:32 AM

Traxor is getting there. Now it's even between Eskymo and Traxor.
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:27 AM

traxor ftw :D
don't know what you all find so special about Eskymo's website. It looks cool but thats all if you ask me ;)

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 06:24 PM

ill glady take a tie for 3rd against this bunch lol!
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 10:27 PM

View PostBoyles Web Design, on Dec 17 2008, 19:24, said:

ill glady take a tie for 3rd against this bunch lol!

:lol:
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Posted 17 December 2008 - 10:30 PM

ooo it's another nail biting close contest!! :)
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Posted 18 December 2008 - 12:46 AM

View PostSono Juventino, on Dec 12 2008, 05:03, said:

Traxor by a mile. I didn't like any of the others. :)

Espescially Boyles. I don't like it at all!


Didn't your mother tell you, If you have nothing nice to say don't say nothing at all!

Great Stuff, Nice designs...
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Posted 18 December 2008 - 12:57 AM

^^ Ya, thanks d*** head.
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Posted 18 December 2008 - 12:21 PM

Only 50 votes!
there are so many people using this forum come one more votes!!
B)
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Posted 18 December 2008 - 12:49 PM

View PostRaoul de Boer, on Dec 17 2008, 11:27, said:

traxor ftw :D
don't know what you all find so special about Eskymo's website. It looks cool but thats all if you ask me ;)

greets


Eskymo's site looks good and adheres to standards / accessibility etc...it's a good one no doubt.

I loved your site Raoul - (though did find it akward to use with new tabs opening in the browser etc.)

It's my opinion many votes on WDF site of the month tend to be very 'safe' and 'conformist'...people are easily swayed by those they consider established opinion formers / leaders within the WDF community...not that said folk don't talk a lot of sense i should add.

A good (even very good) site always wins, but originality or stretching the boundaries appears to be low down on the list of criteria for most when voting.

Very brave of you all to put your sites up for votes, and don't forget if you don't win it doesn't mean your sites necessarily worse (or better for that matter).

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