Website Entrance

[Tom Bottiglieri]

I know the deadline is coming up for websites.. but how exactly do we enter ours? I did see as long as it is in the FIRST database then you should be all set, but im not sure because people are also talking about how entries are due in 3 days. Could someone please clear this up?

[Brandon Martus]

It just has to be in the FIRST TIMS Database by Friday @ Noon. That is all you have to do, as I understand it.

[jonathan lall]

You are both correct. If Timmy's got it, you have nothing to worry about.

[Sam Lipscomb]

how exactly does it get in the database?

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by innovativechic

how exactly does it get in the database?

Have your primary FIRST contact enter the URL to your team's entry into the TIMS. If you view the team list for a regional you are attending and your team's name links to the website you want entered into the website competition, then you know FIRST has received the correct information.

[Sam Lipscomb]

Originally Posted by Joel J.

Have your primary FIRST contact enter the URL to your team's entry into the TIMS. If you view the team list for a regional you are attending and your team's name links to the website you want entered into the website competition, then you know FIRST has received the correct information.

alright, thanks, just wondering if that's all we had to do. ^^

[kjohnson]

As long as FIRST has the link, and the site link doesn't change, can we still edit the site?

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by nukemknight

As long as FIRST has the link, and the site link doesn't change, can we still edit the site?

I would think so. One of the hints given in the manual this year with respect to the website award is that the judges will expect the site to be up-to-date (seeing a website that hasn't been updated in 2 years may not give the best impression to the judges). So, go ahead and keep updating your website and making it better. However, there will come a time that the updates you perform on your website won't count towards your teams score for a specific regional--the judges will eventually visit your site and score it. Take a look at section 8.8 of the manual for further clarification.