Last week i was hired to make a directory design for www.ultimateblogdirectory.com The old design looked

like a design from ‘95. The client wanted something fresh yet web 2.0 and simple(check picture). First of all i started thinking about a color combination so i decided to use a combination of green/blue/yellow/grey/orange and the usual stripes.

Check out his preferences:

It needs to be 3 column with the right and left columns available for adds and sponsored links.

Center colum would have categories, on the front page the center should have a place for ads or featured sites above the categories.

It should be a rounded web 2.0 style.

At the menu i designed a light blue hover that really blends into the design.

For the logo i used a cut lemon and added mirror effect to it, making it the symbol of the directory.

The coder didn’t design it quite as it is in my design, but in my opinion he did a good job although he omissed some elements, but 2 things that really matter are that the theme is XHTML and CSS valid

You can check out a working demo at www.ultimateblogdirectory.com