CSFV Website Social Media Enhancement Design Contest

Web 2.0Color ModesUI ComponentsAdobe Photoshop

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Challenge Summary

Welcome to CSFV Website Social Media Enhancement Design Contest. We need to improve the social media icons and behavior of the CSFV website header. We need creative ideas that show good use of social media functionality. 

Round 1

For your R1 deliverables please submit all the features requested under “Design Requirements” section.

Round 2

Final design will contain all the requested features under “Design Requirements” section plus any updates from client feedback.


The primary goal of this contest is to improve the social media area design on the CSFV website header. We need them to be prominent and useful; at the same time, they must engage the users to share the pages content.
 
We envision a very user-friendly widget design on top, with new social icons and functionality that makes the header section interactive.

Branding and Guidelines
- Use Template.psd to work your design within.
- Use web-safe fonts. If you have any issue with the provided source file fonts just replace those fonts with a regular one (like Arial) and add a note in your submission explaining you made the change. You will be asked to replace those fonts if you become the winner. Declare your fonts according to the Studio font’s policies.
- Colors must match and appeal the current colors from the provided design.
- Provide hover effects/screens for all the UI elements you design.
- Think of web 2.0 when you’re creating your solution. We want to appeal to teens, and the general population.

Design Requirements
- As mentioned above, the design goal is to redesign the social media icons for Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Youtube.
- The dark gray top area should be rethought in a design that allows that area to be interactive.
- Your design must drive users to share any content of the site.
- We are open to suggestions and ideas.
- USE PLACEHOLDERS for the social network branding items (logo/icon). If you become a winner you'll replace them with the real branding in the final fixes phase.
- We liked these references (DON’T COPY ANYTHING)
    - Mashable. Engages the user to share any page, any part of the website. We liked that.
    - USA STEM. It expands and explores social media options when interacting with the icons on the right side. It looks useful somehow.

Target Audience
Casual gamers, everyone who likes games from children to adult persons.

Judging Criteria
- Consistency with the current look of the site.
- Design Quality.
- Originality.

Submission File
All requested contest requirements/screens as JPG or PNG files at 72dpi.

Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered PSD files.

Preview Image
Create a 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode and place a screenshot from your submission within it.

Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.

Stock Photography

Stock photography is not allowed in this challenge. All submitted elements must be designed solely by you. See this page for more details.

How To Submit

  • New to Studio? ‌Learn how to compete here
  • Upload your submission in three parts (Learn more here). Your design should be finalized and should contain only a single design concept (do not include multiple designs in a single submission).
  • If your submission wins, your source files must be correct and “Final Fixes” (if applicable) must be completed before payment can be released.
  • You may submit as many times as you'd like during the submission phase, but only the number of files listed above in the Submission Limit that you rank the highest will be considered. You can change the order of your submissions at any time during the submission phase. If you make revisions to your design, please delete submissions you are replacing.

Winner Selection

Submissions are viewable to the client as they are entered into the challenge. Winners are selected by the client and are chosen solely at the client's discretion.

ELIGIBLE EVENTS:

2014 TopCoder(R) Open

Challenge links

Screening Scorecard

Submission format

Your Design Files:

  1. Look for instructions in this challenge regarding what files to provide.
  2. Place your submission files into a "Submission.zip" file.
  3. Place all of your source files into a "Source.zip" file.
  4. Declare your fonts, stock photos, and icons in a "Declaration.txt" file.
  5. Create a JPG preview file.
  6. Place the 4 files you just created into a single zip file. This will be what you upload.

Trouble formatting your submission or want to learn more? ‌Read the FAQ.

Fonts, Stock Photos, and Icons:

All fonts, stock photos, and icons within your design must be declared when you submit. DO NOT include any 3rd party files in your submission or source files. Read about the policy.

Screening:

All submissions are screened for eligibility before the challenge holder picks winners. Don't let your hard work go to waste. Learn more about how to  pass screening.

Challenge links

Questions? ‌Ask in the Challenge Discussion Forums.

Source files

  • Layered PSD files created in Adobe Photoshop or similar

You must include all source files with your submission.

Submission limit

5 submissions

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