Competition: A new .tel look for a new decade
When it comes to design, taste can be very subjective. Realizing a design in real-life technology solutions can also be challenging.
That said, the team at Telnic always relishes a challenge and there's nothing like a new year (and a new decade) to take a fresh look at things! So, with that in mind, we're kicking off a design competition for the community to submit a new .tel template for computer browsers. Not only will you win the chance for your template to be used by the entire .tel community, you'll also win a cash prize.
We'd like you to design a universal template that reflects the spirit and purpose of .tel as the super-fast online presence that is global, efficient, easy and accessible. The winning design(s) are intended to be incorporated into the template gallery that .tel owners can choose from.
Your design may be strictly corporate, awesomely funky or anywhere in between. You can re-use as many elements of the existing templates as you wish, or create an entirely different design - the sky's the limit! To see some examples, take a look at some selections at our .tel of the week winners. To see a .tel with all of the elements possible displayed, visit http://nowthatwasfast.tel.
Requirements
The width of the page is 728px and the information is displayed in two columns with the Left Column being 450px and the Right Column being 256px. You may provide a design with an alternative layout if you wish. Similarly, the current design has the owner's image at 78x78px in size, which is customary for an online avatar.
Ideally, it should support the ability for the .tel owner to change the colour scheme in line with existing options.
The submitted design should not include any video, flash-based or other interactive media or widgets that aren't supported on existing .tel templates today or that cannot be visually represented in the submitted static design. it should be as lightweight as possible to maintain speed of delivery over low bandwidth connections.
You may wish to suggest additional features such as social sharing tools, etc.
Design elements
A successful submission needs to include design support for all of the following elements that .tel owners need to display:
- Page heading
- Description (text header)
- Image (the owner's avatar or logo)
- Contact information of various types (phones, email, generic web links, IM handles, etc.)
- Embedded Google Map showing a geo location
- Various structured and free-flow text information
- Adverts in different parts of the page
- Status bar with links ("Login to see private data" / "Logout", "Manage")
- Actions block (Print, Download, Share, Connect)
- Search box with additional toggles
- Breadcrumbs or similar type of navigation through .tel directories
- (if using non-standard icons) a complete set of icons for all types of contact information (excluding trademarked icons for specific services like Facebook or Skype)
- .tel logo
Currently, all contact items are shown in full (i.e. no masking of contact information) so that visitors will know what they're clicking on, as well as providing information for search engines to index for businesses that wish to be found online. .tel owners can make any sensitive or personal contact information private and share it with only those they trust.
As a .tel is for delivering quick and easy access to contact information and not content, the submitted design should not include any video, flash-based or other interactive media or widgets that aren't supported on existing .tel templates today or that cannot be visually represented in the submitted static design. This is to ensure best practices for search engine optimization (SEO) are maintained.
You may wish to suggest additional features such as social sharing tools, etc.
Submitting your design
The competition is being run through 99 Designs and designers in the .tel community are encouraged to submit their entries. Designers can sign up for a free account. Designs following the contest brief should be submitted no later than 9th February, after which time Telnic will choose the winner or winners from the entries.
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