Auza.Net ends this year’s summer OJT program with a simple ceremony held at the
Auza.Net main office with the 15 trainees receiving certificates of completion. The program
included about two months of on-the-job training on Linux, Google Apps, web development,
content entry and a bit of photography.
In his inspirational speech, Jerome Auza, the technology consultant of Auza.Net,
congratulated the students for successfully completing the OJT program. He said that the
things they have learned during the training should be shared with others to help spread the
skills and knowledge to more students to prepare for future jobs. He also encouraged them
to use their skills so they could earn money to help support their final year in college.
The trainees tackled different website projects covering different aspects of website
implementation such as data collection, design and implementation of WordPress themes as
well as content development. Some of these websites will be released for public use later
this year, adding to the company’s portfolio of free online information websites.
Previous OJT programs yielded successful projects that are now used commercially
such as the DYRD-AM Worldwide Broadcast via media streaming technology
(www.dyrdam.com), Bohol News Daily (www.boholnewsdaily.com) and Bohol Classified Ads
(www.boholclassifiedads.com).
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[JOIN NOW!] Auza.Net Web Design Contest
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.