Ok guys lets see who is the most creative in WLP world. I am in the process of redesigning wichitalan.com again to streamline the look and remove some clutter. With this I have been looking at our logo and banner at the top of our site and said we need a new look for that.

so here is the scoop I want anyone intrested to design a Wichita LAN Party Logo and email it to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Here are the rules:

1. must be in jpg, gif, or png format

2. size no larger then 724px x 102px

3. to see the color Scheme go to http://wlp.bgillilandjr.com this is a basic demo of the new site it will show you where the banner and logon box are located over the new logo size.

4. if you use any photo's you must either own them yourself or have rights to use them. if they are not your own photo's then we must be notified who we give credit to for the picture.

5. WLP event pictures are allowed we give full rights for use.

6. If you are selected the winner you will need to provide the original photoshop, GIMP, or fireworks file for our use. You will be given credit for your work on the website and any other media we use it with.


You have until May 31st 2008 to submit your entries, the WLP staff will pick who they think are the 5 best banners and post them on the site to be voted on. The final winner will receive a $50.00 newegg.com gift certificate via e-mail. All of the top five entries will receive free entry to Summer LAN 2008!

The winner will get to see their work on the new Wichitalan.com, along with a new banner that will be printed for us for use at events.

Good Luck folks I hope to see some killer Designs!

the demo page is just to show the templating and the layout, the pre-production version residing on my development server is vastly different then what you see there. I will release an updated version to wlp.bgillilandjr.com soon.

I been in development for close to 10 years professionally and most of what you mentioned is true but things that are buried under wlp info is there for a reason. The news section currently on the old site and will be the same on the new one will contain old front page information. This is mostly to appease our sponsors and puts it in a central location for them to find. The FAQ is gone and going to be replaced with a WLP wiki that I hope people will actively contribute to beyond the staff.

login will be moved somewhere, we are playing with diffrent idea's right now, I want to eliminate as much clutter as possible and make this very minimalist in comparison to our current design.

The menu layout is usually in an order people expect it to be. with a home button first and things following behind that.

The WLP Info button needs a different name then info. again this section is for contact info for us and for sponsors looking for information. This section came to be after having a meeting with 3 of our 4 major sponsors and what they where looking for in our site and not easily finding.

Did anyone submit a design? I was going to, but then my computer got fried by lightning, and I'm still without a gaming rig.

only 2 enteries one from a staff member and one from bubba....