jizzypop.com

Me and Darwin from genmay.net have been working on a redesign for Cash Money Uploads. Its a site that lets users upload files such as images, mp3s, flash, and even video. The users actually get paid for the hits that the files they upload recieve.

We really wanted Cash Money Uploads to stand out from the other file upoad sites. First step was creating a new logo in Lightwave 3d and bringing it together in Photoshop. Next we used that color palette to build the rest of the site. It needed a more clean and modern look so there aren’t alot of graphics, its mostly just text styled with CSS. The general layout of the site is the same but we accented the navigation stand out more to make it easier for users to get to where they want. The owner was really pleased with the results when we showed him the mock-up.

We’re not quite done yet but heres a sneak peek:

This is the new jizzypop.com layout. I’ve made about 4 between this one and the last one that went live but I never finished any of them. They started off good but then fizzled out into nothing. Here’s some screenshots of them:

… and here of course is the old layout:

You might have noticed I’m using Wordpress now. I’m at a point now to where I’m too busy to write custom scripts for this site that have already been made, plus I’m getting lazy. I’m very happy with Wordpress, its super easy to skin, it validates, uses the smart urls, and the admin panel is nice. It gives alot of control and is simple to hack if needed. Textpattern was my first choice but I ended up not using it because I liked Wordpress’s php template tags instead of the Textpatterns proprietary tags and textile for editing posts.

Its now more of a blog style site because that’s what all the cool kids do. I like it dark better too, at first I was going to keep it the low contrast bright white and pale blue but I wanted to add more depth this time. Anyways, thats about all there is, leave a comment and tell me what you think.