Web Competitors 2008

[MaxS]

<http://www.team1540.org/>.

Our team won the Best Website Award at PNW and Championships in our rookie year (2005, see <http://team1540.org/2005>). Our webmaster dude was too busy managing software the other two years managing the Software department to really update it for the next two years, so we didn't really have much to offer in the following years. This year we have a new dedicated webmaster who has time to actually work on it, and is also quite artistic. Also, we decided to use Drupal, instead of coding it manually.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by MaxS

<http://www.team1540.org/>.

Our team won the Best Website Award at PNW and Championships in our rookie year (2005, see <http://team1540.org/2005>). Our webmaster dude was too busy managing software the other two years managing the Software department to really update it for the next two years, so we didn't really have much to offer in the following years. This year we have a new dedicated webmaster who has time to actually work on it, and is also quite artistic. Also, we decided to use Drupal, instead of coding it manually.

Looks great. I always like the websites with that much content and organization. Congrats on your Chairman's Award btw I read the Outreach link and it looks like a lot of great work!

[joeweber]

http://team1322.org/ We have changed our adress this year and have been adding content. We do not have an advanced web person so we don't have a fancy display. We have been using Front page because some of use don't know html. We have been trying some tricks so when some one googles us we show up.

[RyanCesiel]

AdamBots.com is currently the home of Team 245 of Rochester Hills, MI - otherwise known as the AdamBots. We're currently in the process of creating a new theme for both our MediaWiki and phpBB3 forum that has more of a team look.

As far as content updates go, we'll be adding a resource section with AdamBots-Live and AdamBots eMedia sections with various files for FIRST on Linux (AdamBots-Live) and website construction/modification/updating/prettiness (AdamBots eMedia). AdamBots eMedia will include our old theme for download (MediaWiki Skin) after we take it down.

The theme is gonna be released in about a week, or possibly after the Kickoff. I'll post again here when it's up.

[MaxS]

Originally Posted by joeweber

http://team1322.org/ We have changed our adress this year and have been adding content. We do not have an advanced web person so we don't have a fancy display. We have been using Front page because some of use don't know html. We have been trying some tricks so when some one googles us we show up.

Well, my first suggestion is to make sure that the music does not automatically play when you load the front page. Many people, including me, find it pretty annoying to open a bunch of tabs and then have to track down which page is making the noise and figure out how to shut it down.

My second suggestion is to create some separation between the links meant for visitors and the links for internal team use, such as Forms and Forums.

[joeweber]

I have the music turned off on my computer so I don't hear it. A student that set up the entro is now graduated and has not returned our e-mails, we want to edit it and don't have his password. I was going to delete it but We have not figured out how to replace it. I set up a slide show at the same web site but was not able to make it show up on our web site. It is tough finding students that are good with web design or that want to spend time on it. Our students want to just build the robot.

[DB_UPS]

Ultimate Protection Squad

Its still being worked on. But tell me what you think?

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by DB_UPS

Ultimate Protection Squad

Its still being worked on. But tell me what you think?

The theme and set-up are nice. How about adding seperate pages for sponsors and awards..etc...

Check out some of the other sites on here. They'll help you understand what pages you might want to add.

[hipsterjr]

team 342

Here is 342's site. I'm sure that there are better, but it suites us.

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by MaxS

<http://www.team1540.org/>.

Our team won the Best Website Award at PNW and Championships in our rookie year (2005, see <http://team1540.org/2005>). Our webmaster dude was too busy managing software the other two years managing the Software department to really update it for the next two years, so we didn't really have much to offer in the following years. This year we have a new dedicated webmaster who has time to actually work on it, and is also quite artistic. Also, we decided to use Drupal, instead of coding it manually.

Nice site! I noticed you're using Drupal and using Clean URLs. Who's hosting do you use? 1and1.com is not very opensource friendly, but everything else is pretty good. Also, what calendar module are you using?

[MaxS]

Originally Posted by blakcheez

Nice site! I noticed you're using Drupal and using Clean URLs. Who's hosting do you use? 1and1.com is not very opensource friendly, but everything else is pretty good. Also, what calendar module are you using?

We actually have it hosted by our school, Catlin Gabel. As far as external hosting goes, my personal website is hosted by MediaCatch.org. They offer Linux-based hosting for $47.40 a year, and they even have a thing called Fantastico, which will automatically install and configure many different software packages, including Drupal 5. However, the basic plan limits you to 350Mb of space, meaning that you might have trouble hosting tons of photos without paying for a more expensive plan.

[Deacon Blues]

www.robolions.org is ours. It was designed from scratch by a member of the PR team.

[RyanCesiel]

Originally Posted by MaxS

<http://www.team1540.org/>.

Our team won the Best Website Award at PNW and Championships in our rookie year (2005, see <http://team1540.org/2005>). Our webmaster dude was too busy managing software the other two years managing the Software department to really update it for the next two years, so we didn't really have much to offer in the following years. This year we have a new dedicated webmaster who has time to actually work on it, and is also quite artistic. Also, we decided to use Drupal, instead of coding it manually.

The content is great, the programming intro is nice!

The simple theme with the great logo is also lovely, nice work.

[Uberbots]

http://uberbots.org/2008/

dunno why, but we have never submitted ours for an award.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Uberbots

http://uberbots.org/2008/

dunno why, but we have never submitted ours for an award.

I wonder why too because that's a great looking website you go there!