Contest for holiday-dressed sites
The Silicon Valley chapters of two Internet organizations sponsor a contest rewarding festive home page decoration.
It's time for the first "Homepage for the Holidays WebAwards," being offered to folks who have, as the contest name would imply, decorated their home pages for the holidays before December 14.
The Silicon Valley chapters of the Association of Internet Professionals (AIP) and Webgrrls International are cosponsoring the project to bring some attention to their organizations and to, well, have some fun.
Thus was born the holiday contest.
The idea actually was inspired by another Web site, Cathcart said. "A few years back, Arizona State University for Christmas had snow falling onto the logo. They had Christmas lights all over their site. It gave the site a neat feel to it," he said. (Incidentally, the page is decorated with lights this year and features free holiday email cards users can send to each other.)
Representatives from corporations and elementary schools as well as individuals have entered the contest. For instance, Orchard Hill Elementary School has dressed up its page along with a company called Clear Ink.
"I've been getting about a submission an hour the last couple days," Cathcart said.