1. All applicants for
Starchaser's Awards must be 15 years or older to submit an
application.
2. Sites must NOT contain explicit
language or pornography.
3. All sites submitted must have at
least 5 pages of original content.
4. Sites should have very few if any
'under construction' or 'coming soon' signs. I understand that web
sites can be works in progress.
5. When I first started my web page, I
added music to every page. I learned from surfing other sites just
how annoying that really is. Sites that play music must have a way to
turn it off. It would be best to not have any at all.
6. ALL images on the site must load!
This includes web ring graphics and banners. I have webrings with
graphics that just stopped loading. I removed them from my
page.
7. Give credit where credit is due
especially with graphics. Sites must display their copyright
information or reference information.
8. There must not be an excessive
amount of broken links within your pages.
9. Please, no unnecessary plugins that
require a download.
10. Avoid excessive use of animations
and clip art. Load time is also an issue here.. I can handle a FEW
animated graphics. I hate animated backgrounds.
11. Pages with multi-colored and crazy
fonts are not a good idea. I hate the tiny tiny font crazy. You pages
need to be easy for everyone to read! That's the entire point of a
web site.
12. Sites that are password protected
or require a membership to view the contents will not be
evaluated.
13. I understand that many webmasters
build their sites on free servers and can not help but to have banner
ads or pop ups, so try to not have anything in excess of this.. like
banner ads that take up more a great deal of your page. This does not
include banner exchange pages!
14. Sites must not crash my browser.
15. Excessive scrolling on a web page
is unnecessary, you can separate your pages for better viewing.
18. You MUST be willing to display t
award some where on your site and link back to my site. If you don't
want to display the award, then please don't bother to apply! After
all, I will be putting your site up on the winners list and linking
to your site.
19..Sites should be easy to navigate.
Avoid making your views go back to your first page to link to every
other page on your site.
20. No commercial sites.
21. No border lines around graphics. I
will provide a link to a wonderful site that will help you correct
that issue. Visit Lissa Explains It All. This is a great site for
many fun effects. See for yourself. 
22. If you have a side border make sure
the content of your page does NOT cover it. Use a table with a clear
graphic to avoid that problem. I will provide a link to a wonderful
site that will help you correct that problem. Go see Lissa at
23. Have very few applets.
24. English only, please
25. You may re-apply for an award after
8 weeks.
26. I reserve the right to substitute
one award with another. If you apply for one but I think a different
award would better suite your site, I will offer that -in place of
the one you applied for.
