Tech Talk: Auza.Net Holds Website Design Contest

Auza.Net, the pioneering information technology firm in Bohol, holds the first Auza.Net

Web Design Contest currently participated by 17 students from the three universities in

Tagbilaran City. Contest entries are still accepted until June 30, 2010. Final judging and

announcement of winners will be held during the Sandugo festival in July.

The contestants are required to find an actual company or organization as sponsor in order

to join. The contestant will develop the website design for the sponsor and if the contestant

wins the contest, the sponsor will get a 1 year free subscription to Auza.Net’s Website

Management Service. The contestant will win a cash prize of Php5,000.

Contest entries should comply to the following requirements:

1. Must be based on core installation of WordPress from www.wordpress.org version 2.9.2.

2. Template design should be based on any of the existing WordPress templates found on

the WordPress website

3. Template code of the final design must not be significantly different from the original

template except for the graphics and CSS

4. Domain name for the sponsor should be either currently owned by the sponsor or is

unregistered.

5. Must work using PHP5 and MySQL5 and must be installable on Auza.Net web hosting

server

6. Should not require extra browser plugins. Only Flash plugin is allowed

7. Should only use WordPress plugins installable from the WordPress administrator

interface

Entries will be judged as follows:

1. Compliance to requirements: 40%

2. Relevance to sponsor’s line of business: 10%

3. Aesthetics and user friendliness: 30%

4. Popularity: 20%

After the contest entry is submitted, the contestant may ask friends and family to vote for

his contest entry and the entry with highest votes will get 20% in the popularity criteria.

Contestants should submit the contest entry in person at the Auza.Net Internet Media

Center at the K of C Recreation Center in Tagbilaran City. The entry will be loaded in the

web server and will be checked for compliance to requirements.

Contest entries will be accepted on or before June 30, 2010 but voting will start on June 15,

2010 to give more time for voting so contestants are encouraged to submit early to have

more time to promote his entry. The contest is open to high school and college students

and graduates from school year 2009-2010.

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