Awards Program Criteria/Requirements

1.) Absolutely NO: Porn, warez, hate, cracks, excessively vulgar, and discriminative sites or anything explicit or illegal in that nature are not eligible for our awards.

2.) The design and layout should be appealing.

Some of the elements we like to see when evaluating design are:
a.} Music controls.
b.} Working links, graphics, and sounds.
c.} Height, width and alternate text {alt} tags on all images.
d.} A fairly original layout. (originality in design)
e.} Easily accessible content.
f.} Great organization. (a well designed layout)
g.} A design scheme should be present. (multi-theme, a different scheme for each unique section would be nice)
h.} Readable text. (Your text must be perfectly readable on your background)
i.} Graphics that compliment your content. (look great, load fairly quick, and not over-optimized)

Some of the elements that can hurt your evaluation include:
a.} Loads of blinking things everywhere.
b.} WoRdS LiKe ThIs.
c.} Under-construction signs. (automatic disqualification)
d.} My browser giving me the "error on page" message in the bottom corner.
e.} Tons of spelling and grammar mistakes.
f.} Java applets with no real purpose.
g.} My browser crashing. (automatic disqualification)
h.} The necessity for seldom used plug-ins. (hint: I really don't like Comet Cursor)
i.} Horizontal scroll bars at 800x600 resolution. (some leniency is given here, but not much)
j.} Enormous font sizes. (keep things small and readable)
k.} Paragraphs that are centered throughout the site.
l.} Automatic pop-ups. (except those placed by free web space providers)

3.) Your site must not contain a large amount of content in a "members only" section of your site. I shouldn't have to register to see all that your site has to offer.

4.) If you are under the age of 14, you must get a parent to submit for you. Please view our Privacy Policy.

5.) Load time should not exceed 2 minute on a 56K modem. A fast load time is a very crucial element. If you can get the load time to a minute or less, you're in good shape.

6.) The site MUST be in English or have an English translated version to apply for our Awards. We can't evaluate the content if we can't understand it. Sites that are not in English are more than welcome to apply for our Outstanding Web Design Award as this award is focused towards graphic and overall design quality.

7.) Our Awards are, for the most part, geared towards creative, resourceful, entertaining, and very well designed websites. Links-only sites and portals with no content of their own are excluded from our Awards Program.

8.) You should have a good amount of quality content. Galleries and other non-written material are also considered, but there must be some kind of written work present.

9.) Good navigation is essential. There should be some type of a navigation menu on your pages giving easy access to the pages of your site. (the Browser back button is not exceptable)

If you can go through this list and honestly consider your site ready, then you have a very good chance of winning an award from Meme & Pop's Home Page.