| Nominations
are accepted from January 1st through June 30th. The staff members
at kyband.com
will review the nominated website against the criteria listed below. A
site must receive a score of 100% to receive the award.
Please allow up to two weeks to receive notification of an award.
If your site does not receive the Select Site Award you may make
suggested changes or updates and resubmit your site for another
review up to three times each year. |
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| 1. |
* Required - Web site must be
dedicated primarily to a
High School or Middle School
Band in Kentucky. |
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| 2. |
*
Required - Site must have current
contact information or a contact form. If site contact link or
form does not work or we do not receive acknowledgement from a site
contact form the site will not be considered for an award. |
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| 3. |
Content -
Website should provide useful information for the students, parents and
visitors. Content must be appropriate for all visitors, including
external links. |
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| 4. |
Overall appearance of
the website. |
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| 5. |
Content should be
reasonably current. |
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| 6. |
Text color and
background should compliment each other. Text must be easy to read. |
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| 7. |
Site should be easy to navigate. |
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| 8. |
Site should easily identify
the school that site is about. |
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| 9. |
Site should have calendars and
or event schedules. |
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| 10. |
The web site should
have no inoperative
internal links. |
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| 11. |
The site should work
well at
different resolutions and on different browsers. Site cannot have any
errors that cause the home page not to load in any browser. |
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| 12. |
Content above the fold.
- How much information can you see without scrolling. |
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Length of URL - Web
address should be easy to remember. |
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| 14. |
Site does not use slang or
abbreviations. |
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| 15. |
Amount of content.
Site should have more than 3 pages. |
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| 16. |
Site should provide On-Off function if
sound is used. |
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| 17. |
Site should provide skip function for
intro pages. |
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| 18. |
All pages should be
titled and named properly. |
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| 19. |
No spelling errors. |
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| 20. |
Site should have
limited pop-ups or banner ads unless they are for specific sponsors
or activities related to the band program. |
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| Bonus |
5 Point Bonus if site has a link to the kyband.com website. |
