Win a £25 iTunes Music Card
April 28th, 2006 8
You’re giving away what? Yes, that’s right! You could be the owner of a shiny new Music Card pumped full of £25 worth of credit. All I want you to do is design me a new footer.
A New Footer?
Yes, ever since the design re-launch the footer has been a kind of work in progress. In it’s current state, it’s simply functional - I’d hardly call it beautiful. But looks aren’t everything, a footer should be the work horse of any decent blog, linking to things that’re going to pull in traffic left right and center. So then, these are the things that I want from my footer…
- Good Looks - In a word - Stunning (obviously fitting in with the rest of the site)
- A link to my CC licence
- A link to Wordpress.org
- A link to lloydyweb
- I have two ‘traffic’ links on here at the moment, I kinda want to keep the technoranki…
- Anything else you can think of that is essential for a good footer
- Valid xhtml 1.0 Transitional
So I’ll be judging all entries (assuming I get any) on their design AND functionality. Bonus points for original ideas, or integrating (good) third party tools.
The prize, the deadline and all that gumph
The prize is a £25 iTunes Music Card for use in the UK store (sorry guys from other countries). Feel free to enter if you’re not from the UK, I can still send you the card, use it if you can. I’ll be judging all the entries, and my decision is final. Closing date for entries is 28th June 2006, and the winner will be announced on this site a week later (5th July 2006).
All images, code and anything else that goes with your entry becomes my intellectual property. You agree to to all these terms when you enter. Nothing scary, just want to make sure no one can come back demanding money for using their design, cos that’s just mean.
Ok, ok, so how do I enter?
Look at the html / css that currently make up the footer (easy for those in the know), and design something spectacular. Zip it all up and e-mail it to makeMeAFooter(at)roobottom.com.
I’m looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with.
8 Comments (+0 in the moderation queue).
#1 On April 28th, 2006 at 2:11 pm Si said...
Nice idea Jon.
I’m not sure whether I’ll have the time to submit an entry for ya but it would be a nice birthday present on the 5th July if I did get round to it and win.
BTW, will you be joining us for the next Multipack meeting?
#2 On April 28th, 2006 at 2:39 pm Jon said...
The next Multipack, on the 6th of May, 3pm at the Mailbox in Birmingham you say? Why, yes I may just be.
#3 On April 28th, 2006 at 3:11 pm Si said...
Glad to hear it buddy.
It’s been a while since you last made an appearance! There are many new faces for you to familiarise yourself with. The Multipack certainly is growing nicely.
#4 On April 28th, 2006 at 4:47 pm Paul said...
…and a £50 Voucher if we redesign you whole site? Only kidding, this is great idea, and hopefully I will have time to knock something up!
BTW, I’ve linked to this post on Stylegala, so you should hopefully get a few entries to choose from!
#5 On April 30th, 2006 at 11:51 am dave said...
why dont you redesign your own footer?
#6 On May 2nd, 2006 at 9:19 am Jon said...
To be honest Dave, I guess I could. It’s the fresh ideas for the technology used as much as the design I’m looking for.
Also, I love ‘audience’ participation. The offer of the Music Card is to get people interested more than anything. Why not give it a go? You may just win.
#7 On May 3rd, 2006 at 8:41 am Paul said...
Are we building a footer for roobottom.com or roobotom.com as the badge on your homepage would suggest. Shameful.
#8 On May 3rd, 2006 at 12:43 pm Jon said...
I erm… whoops.