[Ben]

Hi,

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

Please find below a list of websites that you can vote to be the website of the 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 3rd May 2009 @ Midnight

Entries in Alphabetical order (by username):

DamianH
www.damianherrington.co.uk

ErisDS
www.erisds.co.uk

kree8or
www.paulwatt.info

MolotovRuss
www.russbishop.co.uk

TFM4th
www.whipped-media.com

trianglehead
www.trianglehead-design.com

[Tom]

It's gotta be Russ for me, such a beautiful, clean site. trianglehead, TFM4th and Mamoon Rashid were very close though.. there are some pretty amazing sites this month.

[caraewilton]

There are some very cool sites this month. I really liked W3C Web design but Russ's site just remains one of the coolest portfolio sites I have ever seen.

[Nick Reffitt]

I feel sure I have seen a design VERY similar to Mamoon Rashid's before in a css gallery, can't find it though which is real frustrating.

I'm stuck between Russell's and trianglehead's designs. Both have that fresh modern feel to it, but I'm not keen on the harsh background and strange spacing between the navigation links at the top of Russell's, at the same time it has quite a strong impact to the visitor. Trianglehead's design is unique, but just doesn't jump out of the page as much as Russell's does, plus I'm not keen on the typeface used.

Russell got my vote in the end

[bocaj]

Nick Reffitt, on Apr 20 2009, 20:59, said:

I feel sure I have seen a design VERY similar to Mamoon Rashid's before in a css gallery, can't find it though which is real frustrating.

Yeah i concur, but i might be getting it mixed up.

I voted earlier, there was one that i just loved from the offset (:

Good luck to all.

[TFM4th]

voting has begun! good luck everyone

[a.g.r.c]

OH wow So i never got entered then :'(

[Scott S]

Voted

Some cracking sites this month, but Russ gets my vote this time round.

[designer3:16]

Is this really website of the month? Because the entries are good I think it should be website of the year. I must say your all very talented. Good luck to all.

[notbanksy]

One of the best collections of work in members site of the month ever I think. I have voted for Trianglehead as I think it's the best combination of design, copy and accessibility, with ErisDS coming a VERY close second. I do like Russ Bishops site from a visual point of view, but I didn't think it was accessible enough. Still very nice work though.

[ChristopherDarling]

trianglehead design for me, great design.. needs to sort out their W3C validation though!

[Jarvooo]

I voted for mamoon, great looking site

[a.g.r.c]

Russ takes the cake on this one, for a number of reasons.

Consistency, good use of colours, good use of modern tech, clear image conveyance.

It is also a little bit different but not too much.

[MolotovRuss]

Hellishly tough competition this month, I'm gonna vote Mamoon Rashid for carrying his theme so brilliantly

[kree8or]

Wow, i'm so hooured to be included in this list, if i could vote, i'd vote for molotov.

[terydinho]

I went for MolotovRuss. His site just looks really nice and slick.

Some great designs for April and it was a tough call to be honest.

Tel

[Tom]

Nick Reffitt, on Apr 20 2009, 20:59, said:

I feel sure I have seen a design VERY similar to Mamoon Rashid's before in a css gallery, can't find it though which is real frustrating.

I think this might be the one you were thinking of. Some of the images Mamoon has used have clearly been lifted from Todd's site. Considering the quality of the original, this is a pretty poor copy.

Mamoon, I'd recommend taking the site down. I've sent an email to Todd, so you'll probably be hearing from him.

[Todd Adams]

I would like to ask that you please remove:

Mamoon Rashid
www.w3c-webdesign.com

from this competition as he has completely stolen my images and graphics to use as his own. My lawyer will be contacting him shortly with a cease and desist letter.

This kind of design rip-off really sickens me.

Thanks,
Todd Adams
http://www.61pixels.com

[Tom]

Wow, that was quick

[MolotovRuss]

Good job Todd, hope that website's down very soon.

[ErisDS]

Wow, I only just noticed that I got included! Too busy being a spam assasin to actually read threads

Thanks for everyone who voted for me. The entries are all so fantastic this month, beautiful, fully-fledged, content-rich portfolios, I'm amazed to even have any votes!!!

[Todd Adams]

Just wanted to update everyone that as of this morning Mamoon has removed the images taken from my site. Thanks to Tom for informing me of the issue.

[TFM4th]

wow. i bet he even got the light bulb idea from your think magic site too. So frustrating to see people getting ripped off like that

[notbanksy]

Well it good that the copied images have been changed, but it seems a little strange that w3c design is still in the running for the competition... Ben - doesnt it seem appropriate to remove this entry? I thought this competition is supposed to showcase members own design.

[MolotovRuss]

I'm pretty sure that Ben is yet to come across what's been said, so give him time.

[a.g.r.c]

Oh I want to swear so much.

*Edited, i went overboard but yeah

[Helen]

The problem has been reported to Ben, and I'm sure once he sees it, he will act on it.

[Ben]

notbanksy, on Apr 25 2009, 10:31, said:

Well it good that the copied images have been changed, but it seems a little strange that w3c design is still in the running for the competition... Ben - doesnt it seem appropriate to remove this entry? I thought this competition is supposed to showcase members own design.

Absolutely, the entry has been removed.

Helen, on Apr 26 2009, 08:20, said:

The problem has been reported to Ben, and I'm sure once he sees it, he will act on it.

Thanks very much.

[Nick Reffitt]

Yep I knew I saw it before - felt absolutely sure of it, but couldn't find the original. Well done all for acting accordingly

[Skysurge]

It was a toss between Russ and Triangle, and I believe I voted for Russ last time, so Triangle it is

Regarding the plagiarism, the W3C Web Design Inc site does look really similar but I'm not sure if you can say its a complete rip off. (Maybe it's changed since the topic started)

[TFM4th]

skysurge. yes he did change it after he was called out. it was the actual graphics from the other page

[Skysurge]

Owch.

[TFM4th]

too bad those 20 that voted for him cant vote again

[LYKC]

There was only ever going to be one winner... MolotovRuss! And that's who I went for. Good effort all

[TFM4th]

Changed my site a bit. take a look (Too late now I know haha) but what you guys think about the change? (header less boring now)

[Tom]

TFM4th - I really like the new header! Only thing I'm not sure about is the orangey/brown you've used on the ice cream - doesn't make it look very appetizing imo

[TFM4th]

Tom, on May 4 2009, 09:42, said:

TFM4th - I really like the new header! Only thing I'm not sure about is the orangey/brown you've used on the ice cream - doesn't make it look very appetizing imo

Thanks, Yea Iwas thinking about changing that part of my logo in the near future. possibly remove it all together

[Tom]

TFM4th, on May 4 2009, 15:22, said:

Thanks, Yea Iwas thinking about changing that part of my logo in the near future. possibly remove it all together

I think it would look really good if the colours were more.. ice creamy. It's a good representation of 'whipped'

[TFM4th]

thanks for the idea. i probably will go with something along the lines of that. or possibly make a similar twist in the clouds in the header and remove the large one i currently have