Web Design for Youth Outdoor Adventure and Service Organization website

Status: Closed
Prize: $201
Entries Received: 9
Winner: JosephNgo

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Contest Brief

We need a simple friendly design that we can reuse for various webpages on a site that helps parents, new leaders, and youth understand Scouting. This job does not involve creating multiple pages nor generating any content -- we only need a template. The main content is written like blogs and many articles and news blurbs. The work may include HTML coding and CSS style creation. The main topics for the target audience are outdoor recreation (like backpacking, canoeing, camping, mountain climbing, biking, fishing, etc) and community service. The target age range varies, but mostly ages 11 to 18 and ages 30 to 60. The colors commonly associated with this are forest greens, khaki light brown, or other nature colors (but no camouflage), and USA colors - red white and blue. The website currently does not have a logo decided. The size of the css, html and images (if any) for a single page should be minimal (maybe a lot less than 1MB).

The main layout of the website is blogs and articles with discussion forms. (No CGI or backend code is needed.) It currently has multiple columns for advertising or pullout content. It must be portable to different browsers. Even if css and javascript is lightly used, the site must be usable using a test-based browser like lynx, w3m, or elinks. Rounded corners on boxes would look nice.

If you would like sample content let me know. Some of the proposed sections or links include: home, about, ask a question, new to scouts? (maybe with drop down menu of types), archives, resources, and book.

I can provide various nature photos if that style is considered by designer.

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“@JosephNgo won the contest on 12 October 2013”

reedjc, United States.

Public Clarification Board

Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
#8 and #11 are good. But #8 image is too large. #11 image may be right size. I will provide outdoor photos that may be used. In my case I think I only want to columns for the articles -- one column for the content and one column for side content (advertisements, links, etc). I think for #8 I'd rather have nature or forest colors or Red/White/Blue *USA Eagle Patriotic" theme, Maybe try using a longer blog article in example (see my earlier content links). Thanks!
- 9 years ago
1. jcitbournemouth
  - 9 years ago
  I am happy to tweak the #8 design with you over a Skype call, with remote desktop so you can see the changes being made live.
  - 9 years ago
JosephNgo
- 9 years ago
Hi please check #17 , thank you
- 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
#1 is also copy of a website that already exists on the internet. I easily found it. Please don't copy an existing site and propose that. I rejected it. It had nothing to do with my project.
- 9 years ago
Stuti29
- 9 years ago
Entry#16 : My entry is called Alive ! This has Sporty outlook fit for adventure and adrenaline rush. It is modern, highly customizable. This urges a sporting activity and is inviting to join. YA logo at the top stands for Youth Action.
- 9 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 9 years ago
  #16 is a copy of a website that already exists on the internet. I easily found it. Please don't copy an existing site and propose that.
  - 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
Some example photos you may consider are at http://www.beginningboyscouts.com/tmp-oicy9485by/
Feel free to crop or adjust as needed. (By the way, these were taken at the world's largest and most famous "high adventure" base.)
- 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
Examples should also include space used for banner and square advertisements.
- 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 9 years ago
Some examples of competition sites include:
http://www.scoutmastercg.com/
http://www.boyscouttrail.com/
http://www.scoutorama.com/
http://www.scouting.org/
http://www.philmontscoutranch.org/
- 9 years ago
PeraGraphics
- 9 years ago
Should we work on this?
- 9 years ago
PeraGraphics
- 9 years ago
Reed,
Do Not Worry.I just only saw this now.I will make you a website design.I am sure you will like it.

Regards
Kanishka
- 9 years ago
aigneis101
- 10 years ago
I have three templates which I wish to share with you. Sir, Please seal this project. So that we designers would be comfortable in sharing our best designs.
- 10 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 10 years ago
  Sorry I don't plan on losing more money on this freelancer.com contest. I misunderstood how it worked and as it is now I have lost over US$200 for no valid designs.
  - 10 years ago
2. aigneis101
  - 9 years ago
  Hi Reed, I can understand the issue. This is not a general trend on freelancer. But you need to understand that why would someone share best of his/her designs on a public platform, leaving it open for others to copy their designs. Lot of people have been copying designs here. Therefore if you bid high and guarantee & seal the project then you can expect very good designs. Your bid is already fairly priced and guaranteed. You are just one step away.
  I would suggest that you seal the project and extent the deadline by few days. I am sure that you will get very good designs from all of us.
  I hope this helps you.
  @James
  - 9 years ago
gravitygraphics7
- 9 years ago
hi wait for my entry i will submit soon.
- 9 years ago
Contest Holder
- 10 years ago
I was told by Freelancer.com Support that the bogus entries will share the prize money if none is awarded. This is dishonest and misleading. The three entries as of this date are: two images that have no representation of a website and the third entry is a screenshot of an existing real world website (I easily found via google on the first page of search results). Is this normal for these contests? So anyone can submit any graphic and get a share of the money? As a workaround is it okay to for me to invite someone I know to submit a bogus image so I can award money to them (simply because I know them)?
- 10 years ago
gravitygraphics7
- 10 years ago
hi wait for my entry.

i submit as soon as possible.
- 10 years ago
Contest Holder
- 10 years ago
I have two entries that have no relation to the desired job description. Is this because they share in the prize money if I don't select anyone? Is this common for freelancer.com contests to have bogus entries so they can share the money?
- 10 years ago
simonrandazzo
- 10 years ago
I can manage what you are asking, I just need more information like a sample template as you said.
Let me know, it will take for me 2-3 days.
- 10 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 10 years ago
  I don't have the design for a sample template like I want (that is why I have the contest), but you can see some existing content: http://www.beginningboyscouts.com/book/Camping_Gear-node93.html and http://www.beginningboyscouts.com/new/adult.html
  - 10 years ago
yogeshsharma89
- 10 years ago
any website you are inspired of ? Please let me know.
- 10 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 10 years ago
  http://demo.cosmothemes.com/iloveit/ (but it is for wordpress and is too complex)
  http://www.joyofcamping.com/camping-gear/camping-gear-other/camping-headlamps/
  http://www.startbackpacking.com/travel/responsible-budget-travel/
  - 10 years ago
koustavpal
- 10 years ago
Hi,
Please provide some sample content.
- 10 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 10 years ago
  http://www.beginningboyscouts.com/book/Camping_Gear-node93.html
  http://www.beginningboyscouts.com/new/adult.html
  - 10 years ago
aneeque2690
- 10 years ago
Please guarantee the contest
- 10 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 10 years ago
  Okay. Done.
  - 10 years ago
GenuisDesigngo89
- 10 years ago
plz Guarantee the contest so we can start working
- 10 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 10 years ago
  Okay. done.
  - 10 years ago
Contest Holder
- 10 years ago
Now set to Guaranteed.
- 10 years ago
Contest Holder
- 10 years ago
The website's Public Clarification Board was broken for a few days and I couldn't see any of the messages until today(even though I had 4 Msgs.
- 10 years ago