Awards Programs

Best of Athens

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Requirements for Best of Athens:

Site must be in Athens
No violations of Geocities Content Guidelines
All links and images work
Text and images fit on screen and within frames even at 640x480 resolution. See Layout and Compatibility
Text is easily legible against the background. See also Compatibility
Site is enjoyable and navigable even with a non-graphical non-Javascript browser. See Compatibility and Images
Site is well-organized and easily navigated, with a link on each page to either the index page, a site map page, or the main page of the section
Reasonable load time for all pages - 30 seconds or less on a 28.8K modem for all main pages
No glaring spelling or grammar mistakes
No noticeable HTML or Javascript errors. Badly nested tags are fine, but not a stray > floating on the page.
Each of the main pages must have a TITLE tag with a reasonably good description of that page.
Autoloading sound files are discouraged, and if used should have a control so they can be turned off
There must be significant content that fits one or more of the Athens themes in some fashion, and that content must be well-organized. Normally this means each essay, article, poem, or whatever will be on a separate HTML page. The content must be laid out in a manner pleasing to the eye. Content must be enjoyable, educational, or other useful resource. See also Layout and Consistent Look