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21-07-2003, 06:30
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Free Ring Ding™
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Manchester
Posts: 9,535
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A Hosting site
Im trying to design a hosting site and want to go for something different, the sites at the moment all seem to have boring faded montages of server hardware / stock smiling happy cheesy faces. Anyone got any ideas for something to break the mould ? Or any examples of a hosting site that is actually a bit different ? Pipeten.com and switchmedia.co.uk are two, but again they are a bit dull. Cheers. |
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21-07-2003, 06:49
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i do lines
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Poland/Denmark
Posts: 3,233
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is the company actually willing to go for something different?  off the top of my head: what about using a birds nest? seen it before - but you could push the concept further - visually. (cuckoos drop off their eggs in other birds nests  )but it's probably a bad idea... ...
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21-07-2003, 06:52
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Free Ring Ding™
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Manchester
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well yeah, its my company. I think a birds nest might be pushing it a little too far tho  I want something professional looking but Id like it to stand out a bit as well, or is that just not possible. |
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21-07-2003, 13:32
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Chicago
Posts: 197
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Well for one...if you really want to get people saying "wow, I want to use them" I wouldnt do what every other hosting company does, which is get photos of *ahem* "real life" people with their computers and stuff like a photo of a server...instead, I might show things that a website could be used for, like instead of the different photo for each page of a server and a guy next to it, put a clever use of a site w/ a discription...Im sure it would look better if you came up with your own ideas...but heres a example of what Im talking about...   huh?huh? cool right? anyway...thats my idea...   |
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21-07-2003, 13:50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Chicago
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Is that LOL for my post? what you dont get it? ok, you know how hosting sites show people with a laptop or a line of servers? well I think instead of those over-used images...have graphics that show what a site could be used for... show a bakery or something and say "small business" ...see? I think that would show the visitors that websites are for more than just huge companys... |
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