Project Detail

Description

Project Details
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This design project is for a Price Comparison website. The website (as with all price comparison sites) allows users to compare prices of products from X number of merchants in order to find the lowest price.

The site should take on a similar look and style to that of [Trademark masked].com, but absolutely NOT be a copy of it. Consider it merely a reference point for constructing the design as they do many aspects of price comparison right.

General Requirements
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- Optimized to 1024 resolution
- Original and creative design
- Logo that makes sense to the project (will give name to the winning bid)
- Use of CSS and DIVS as much as possible
- Clean and fast-loading design that's cross-browser compatible
- Fav Icon to match logo (please)

General Framework
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- Bookmark, download toolbar, and social bookmaking options always visible (see top section of www.FreeLinksDirect.com)
- Top-level menu navigation via TABS (similar to those on [Trademark masked].com) that keep the color theme on selection
- "Quick links" below nav that are always visible and accessible where I can rotate out links of relevance (coupons, rebates, holiday items, etc)
- Search box, with category drop-down, clearly visible and accessible at all times
- Left-menu / boxes for special promotions, coupon codes, articles, etc at 160px wide.
- Left-menu boxes should accommodate 160px width for banners and adsense
- Bread crumb navigation
- Footer with various links, including Privacy Policy, Usage Agreement, and Sitemap

Homepage Elements
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- This one is up in the air... thinking something simple, non-cluttered, and non-distracting for shoppers... just don't know what.

Category Selection Page
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- Should take on a very similar interface as on [Trademark masked]
- Appropriate header icon, followed by Category Header text
- Brief description of the category in text format (1 paragraph, maybe 2 or 3 sentences)
- 2 Column categories with sub categories
Category
subcat1, subcat2, subcat3, more
- Under the main category section should be a "Popular" or "Recommended" category box

SubCategory Selection Page
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- Easy enough... see http://electronics.[Trademark masked].com/audio-components/c/18/
- If possible, anything else that can be added that the winning bidder can apply is very much welcome

Products List Page
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- Again, see how price grabber does it since they have it down right
- I'll need some options for the item displayed. They are:
Discuss, Send to a Friend, Rate & Review, Printer Friendly Version, More From Manufacturer, Similar Products
- The bottom of the product list should have a "Recommended Links", which is basically sponsored links
Please see the bottom of: http://www.mysimon.com/9015-11633_8-36406706.html for some details.

Product Details Page
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- I like the way it's done for Shopping.com (http://www.shopping.com/xFS?KW=mario+galaxy&CLT=SCH), though I want it to have the additional TABS from [Trademark masked].com (http://video-games.[Trademark masked].com/wii-games/m/44579639/search=mario+galaxy)
- I need 4 tabs on this page. Price comparison, Product Details, Product Reviews, Product Discussion

Article Directory Page
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- Page with a listing of articles with a drop-down for filtering

Additional
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- Anything else creative that can be added or something I may have missed.

The budget for this project is $125.00 to $150.00. If it turns out excessive icons will need to be created or the homepage requires a lot of time and through, will pay up the the $150.00 to accommodate for the extra efforts. Thanks.