[Ben]

Hi,

Thank you to all of you who have submitted a website for August. We have created a shortlist 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 for August.

There have been stacks of nominations for August but we have managed to get it to a shortlist of 7. If you are not succesful 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 16th August 2008.

Entries in Alphabetical order (by username):

Acuity
www.acuitydesigns.net

Badmotherz
www.tirlebrook.co.uk

Barrel
www.hiveproperty.co.uk

Boyles Web Design
www.boyleswebdesign.com

Curvball
www.pixeldeath.com

Paul Boreham
www.paulborehamwebdesign.co.uk

TruePresence
www.truepresence.co.uk

[Boyles Web Design]

yea, im just happy i made the shortlist

[diabolikal616]

I voted for Paul Boreham. That site looks amazing!

[Cabbage]

I was first to enter and didn't even make the shortlist . So much for having a chance of winning .

[Boyles Web Design]

I think you should have made it

[sunwukung]

Boyles doing it for me, nice style, friendly and uncomplicated

[Peartree]

For me it was between TruePresence and PixelDeath - they are both fantastic sites but in the end I had to go with PixelDeath because I saw Cerven (Curvball) build it from the ground up and know how much attention to detail and passion he put into it.

I remember seeing it when he had just started and thought that it would never work but I am amazed to see how wrong I was and that his several weeks of hard work have paid off

[wizely]

Yep - it's got to be Curvball's PixelDeath - the first time I saw it on the review thread I loved it! I did um and ah over a couple of the others, but PixelDeath had already grabbed my vote! Good sites from all.

[TruePresence]

Good luck everyone! there are some great sites this month.

[BenG]

true presence for me, its the strongest layout there

[Garyfarry]

had to be truepresence. So minimalist but still really effective

[tigerlabs]

diabolikal616, on Aug 3 2008, 16:30, said:

I voted for Paul Boreham. That site looks amazing!

I also did.

I think TruePresence has an awesome site too.

[DarkNotes]

Shame I didnt get on the shortlist But yeah, I like Acuity the best...

[Rachael]

True presence for me, yo.

I've always been a fan of large, simplistic, chunky layouts... especially when they work in IE6.

[Cabbage]

I voted Acuity.

[ErisDS]

I voted for curvball. I found it was quite a tough choice, but pixel death is just so different, it really grabbed my attention.

[TruePresence]

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especially when they work in IE6.

Yea, IE 6 is a pain. But I think it is really important that sites work well across all the common browsers.

[Dizi]

well done all, I have voted for someone

[Paul Boreham]

Wow, shortlisted!

Thanks to anyone that votes my way, I promise to be a great president and a strong lead.... oh...

[barrel]

^^

[barrel]

nice sites

only 2 are non-agency/ portfolio sites(unless my arithmetic is off)

is your own portfolio site the majority every month or just this time (of course its also down to the shortlist)?

[Acuity]

great sites. every

[headcoat]

Congratz all. Tough choice and all very good sites.

Really nice to see the trend for using the full browser - stretching the banner and footer and using a centred wrapper seems in vogue. Something I've been experimenting with.

One thing I found difficult across most sites was the sheer weight of 'repeated content', links to every social networking site in the universe, links to another blog or article on 'how to do this in web design' , repeated links in footers and within content areas to stuff that's already linked in the main navigation. If anything I think it's overkill and detracts from the main content...felt a bit like self perpetuation/justification and perhaps unnecessary when the designs and one off content was so good.

Can't help feeling from a usability perspective and for a clean aesthetic that it'd be better to keep it minimalist and avoid the clutter.

[TruePresence]

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links in footers and within content areas to stuff that's already linked in the main navigation.

My site is guilty of this. Purely because I haven't written the "learn more" pages yet, I need to get a copywriter to look at them. They will eventually be detailed descriptions of the services. For now I have just linked them to the contact page.

[barrel]

seems like there were quite a few that didn't get shortlisted

whats the usual number of shortlisted entries? Is 7 a lot?

[J.P]

Garyfarry, on Aug 4 2008, 00:05, said:

had to be truepresence. So minimalist but still really effective

I totally agree!

[Curvball]

Cheers for the votes so far everybody - much appreciated. Some great sites again this month, good to be in such good company:)

Thanks to those of you who commented on my site - the aim was to create something a little different, so I guess I achieved my goal regardless of whether I win or not...

...already got my entry for September lined up

[wizely]

TruePresence, on Aug 5 2008, 01:22, said:

My site is guilty of this. Purely because I haven't written the "learn more" pages yet, I need to get a copywriter to look at them. They will eventually be detailed descriptions of the services. For now I have just linked them to the contact page.

Bonjour!

[fruit & veg]

I'm going to show some love for Badmotherz primary school site. As previously mentioned most of the other sites are for the webdesigner themself, so they are free to experiment and make changes on the fly.

The primary school site is great looking, simple, well put together with WP and has the added hurdle of having to be approved by an external client...no small thing.

btw, it's better than cabbagination too

[barrel]

I actually really liked the primary school site as well - for what it is, it is pretty good

[Dizi]

Argument moved to http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/index.ph...ic=9646&hl=

So please leave this thread to be about the members who made it to the shortlist and about their websites, stop spoiling it for them.

[Boyles Web Design]

Ya 2 now lol, O well ill have a new site for next month btw great sites from everyone!

[Mihai Georgescu]

TruePresence got my vote for simplicity and whitespace usage.

[Cabbage]

Sorry for causing the debate, other thread is closed but I should have really checked the link first .

Anyway I think I said already but I voted for Acuity, I love the simplistic look mixed with the vector work and the content is brilliant too.

[deanp]

My vote went to Paul Boreham for his website. i loved the idea of this being his personal website, and having personal space and additions to it, aswell as trying to use it in the traditional promote yourself professionally sense. very clean and appealing to the eye and a well laid out design.

good work Paul and congrats to everyone who made the shortlist!

[shonk]

I know I'm still a newbie on this forum, but I still find it incredible that everyone comments on who they've voted for while the voting is still going on.

I think that valid points about the sites and their design, or constructive criticism is to be expected but comments like "I voted for site x" don't make sense.

I hope I'm not disrupting the flow of the force in here or anthing deep like that, but just felt that I needed to voice this.

The work that goes in to these sites of the month is great and I'm hoping that one day I'll produce something that I feel is worthy of your eyes.

Keep up the good work!

[Paul Boreham]

deanp, on Aug 10 2008, 16:43, said:

My vote went to Paul Boreham for his website. i loved the idea of this being his personal website, and having personal space and additions to it, aswell as trying to use it in the traditional promote yourself professionally sense. very clean and appealing to the eye and a well laid out design.

good work Paul and congrats to everyone who made the shortlist!

Thank you Dean, most appreciated

[Boyles Web Design]

almost to the deadline

[Acuity]

What I do not like about competitions, is how they fail to recognise ad reward those who come in second place. I really think a runner-up shoud recieve monetary reward for their obvious effort. This board is another tragic example of societies emphasis on being number one and nothing else will do. It disgusts me.

[Boyles Web Design]

lol thought you were serious for a minute , and I think 6th place should get some monetary reward lol