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View Full Version : TopQhost ripped layout of NameCheap


Jay August
03-09-2007, 03:01 PM
Please help me with this, I'm not blind am I?

http://www.topqhost.com/
http://www.namecheap.com/

I think ripping a site design is very, very bad practice! What do you think about this?

the_pm
03-09-2007, 03:26 PM
There are some stylistic similarities, but other than using broken lines in similar places, and positioning the nam and tagline, they are really quite different. I wouldn't call this a rip at all.

iGravity
03-09-2007, 04:37 PM
The page background image is called bgcolorc.jpg, the same as the one on namecheap.

coralnutz
03-09-2007, 05:23 PM
Hmm. Honestly I could probably find a 100 sites pretty easily that look pretty close to both. But IMO they don't look that much alike.

Lpal-Jay
03-09-2007, 08:00 PM
While I agree it's not exactly a rip. There are some striking similarilties:
- Header is quite similar with positioning of slogan at around the same place, just a bit to the left.
- Both logos have a reflection though I wouldn't call this one as a major point.
- The navigation looks very similar apart from a change of colour.
- The "Feature Includes" part on TopQHost has the exact same effect as the headings have on namecheap
- Looks like the same blue colour has been used, again not too major.
- The biggest giveaway in my opinion is the footer and how they look so different apart from changing of words. Look at the spacing between the '|' and 'domain features at Namecheap and then at the spacing between the '|' and 'shared hosting' at TopQHost.

RobertMaltby
03-09-2007, 08:16 PM
While I agree it's not exactly a rip. There are some striking similarilties:
- Header is quite similar with positioning of slogan at around the same place, just a bit to the left.
- Both logos have a reflection though I wouldn't call this one as a major point.
- The navigation looks very similar apart from a change of colour.
- The "Feature Includes" part on TopQHost has the exact same effect as the headings have on namecheap
- Looks like the same blue colour has been used, again not too major.
- The biggest giveaway in my opinion is the footer and how they look so different apart from changing of words. Look at the spacing between the '|' and 'domain features at Namecheap and then at the spacing between the '|' and 'shared hosting' at TopQHost.

Not to mention, in the selection source, they are the same thing for both places..

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Jay August
03-10-2007, 02:14 AM
open two browser windows and alt-tab between these two sites. the positioning is exactly the same, filenames are t he same, colorscheme is almost the same... I call this a rip.

tanfwc
03-10-2007, 03:29 AM
has anyone contacted NameCheap regarding this? :)

zenndex
03-10-2007, 08:42 AM
Too much similarities if you ask me. Even if it's not a 100% copy, I would think I just visited the namecheap website. Colors, structure, stylesheet, it all looks the same.