Pimped Up: Site of the Month
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- damo
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Site of the Month is changing and we'd like your help.
The idea is that we want the award to carry more kudos and we've thought about three or four awards a year.
My first thought was 'Site of the Season' (i.e. winter, spring, etc.) but I'm not convinced so I thought I'd ask for help and suggestions. If you have any suggestions or ideas for names/format, please let us know below.
The last ever winner of the SOTM award was www.joomla-themes.biz . JThemes used Macphoria as a base and a write up will be coming soon. - www.c3p0.se - sweden
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- Dave Goodwin
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OK, damo, this is a little brainstorming. Eat the meat, spit out the bones. Take what's useful - if any.
1. Have the Rocket Theme Annual Modification Award. I know it seems that an annual award is not too often, but that leaves open other types of competitions throughout the year. Rocket Theme Annual Modification Award will give enough time to catalog, show and the members vote on the best RT template mod for the year. Having it just once per year will give the award some value and give members something to strive for. Members could vote or a panel of judges, which will rotate among members each year. A badge can be created to reside on the winners site and a dedicated page would be given on the RT site for the entire year. One of the benefits would be the link from RT (with heavy traffic) to the site of the annual winner.
2. During the year, rather than let all the nominations or competing RT sites pile up for the annual award, have a showing of the best mods for that month. The ones that are selected to show (members vote or judge(s)), will be the pool out of which the Rocket Theme Annual Modification Award is given. This showcase would give a wide variety of members plenty of exposure and give them something to look forward to with the Rocket Theme Annual Modification Award.
3. Also, during the year, various other peripherally template related competitions and/or showings can be given for things such as menu mods, gallery implementations, CSS editing, custom components and modules, etc. I'd say just a few not to dilute the activity on RT.
4. You could have an award for the most helpful individual or group of individuals on the RT site that has consistently offered help to others. You could offer this to more that one because of the good number of folks that step up to help.
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- James Spencer
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Dave Gee! wrote:
OK, damo, this is a little brainstorming. Eat the meat, spit out the bones. Take what's useful - if any.
1. Have the Rocket Theme Annual Modification Award. I know it seems that an annual award is not too often, but that leaves open other types of competitions throughout the year. Rocket Theme Annual Modification Award will give enough time to catalog, show and the members vote on the best RT template mod for the year. Having it just once per year will give the award some value and give members something to strive for. Members could vote or a panel of judges, which will rotate among members each year. A badge can be created to reside on the winners site and a dedicated page would be given on the RT site for the entire year. One of the benefits would be the link from RT (with heavy traffic) to the site of the annual winner.
2. During the year, rather than let all the nominations or competing RT sites pile up for the annual award, have a showing of the best mods for that month. The ones that are selected to show (members vote or judge(s)), will be the pool out of which the Rocket Theme Annual Modification Award is given. This showcase would give a wide variety of members plenty of exposure and give them something to look forward to with the Rocket Theme Annual Modification Award.
3. Also, during the year, various other peripherally template related competitions and/or showings can be given for things such as menu mods, gallery implementations, CSS editing, custom components and modules, etc. I'd say just a few not to dilute the activity on RT.
4. You could have an award for the most helpful individual or group of individuals on the RT site that has consistently offered help to others. You could offer this to more that one because of the good number of folks that step up to help.
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That is a great idea there Dave! - James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- damo
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thanks for the input ;D
the community has a voice in this as it is a community award. the final decision will rest with andy and kevin but i as many suggestions as possible are needed ... so for everyone else that has read but not commented please get involved
i'm hoping to properly announce something soon! - www.c3p0.se - sweden
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- Bob Ateah
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I like all of Dave's ideas and there is nothing that I can think of to add to his list. Great stuff there Dave!
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- How about a "pimp my site" giveaway, where members are entered into a drawing for the chance to have your site pimped by Andy himself? This would be a great way to increase membership. Just a thought I had when I saw the title of this thread.
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- Dave Goodwin
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Jason Painter wrote:
How about a "pimp my site" giveaway, where members are entered into a drawing for the chance to have your site pimped by Andy himself? This would be a great way to increase membership. Just a thought I had when I saw the title of this thread.
Ooooo! I like that! That is a fantastic idea!! You could even do a short video about it. Maybe interviews with the winner before and after. Interviews and B-Roll of Andy and Kevin as they 'pimp' the website. Show the old website and in the end, show the new one. Post the videos on RT. What a great idea, Jason!
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- Dave Goodwin
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damo wrote:
dave
thanks for the input ;D
the community has a voice in this as it is a community award. the final decision will rest with andy and kevin but i as many suggestions as possible are needed ... so for everyone else that has read but not commented please get involved
i'm hoping to properly announce something soon!
Very good, damo. I hope we get a whole slew of input.
UPDATE: Those that liked my ideas (and thanks, BTW): But I'm sure you guys can think of additional ideas too, right? Like Jason's idea. KnowwhatImean?
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- GollumX
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Great idea's.
I'll post some soon as i come up with with
one would initially assume that in the case of a SOTY contest, sites entered at the end of the year would have better chances because they have better base templates to work with. However, the last ever SOTM proves this is not so.
If you're going to have a SOTY, lets start by backdating the contest. I nominate Albaniac.com for winner of the Rockettheme 2006 SOTY Award. - Say no to Internet Explorer 6.
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