CSB Award Program

6 pts. Maintenance:
Is your site updated regularly?
Does your site have a news page?

3 pts. Privacy policy
Does your site have a privacy policy?

3 pts. Copyright statement
Does your site have a copyright statement?

2 pts. Copyright in any pages
Does your site provide a copyright statement on any page?

6 pts. Reason for returning
Do you give your visitors some reason to return?

12 pts. Content
Does your site have original and interesting content?
Is your site well organized?

4 pts. Introduction
Does your site have an introduction to explain to visitors what your site is about?

4 pts. Images
Are images on your site well described?

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Design and layout: max 37 points

3 pts. Use of white space
Does your site have a good use of white spaces?

5 pts. Visual appeal
Does your site have a good visual appeal?

4 pts. Uniform quality and colors
Are the graphics and colors uniform on all your pages?

3 pts. Browser compatibility
Is your site compatible with IE, Firefox and Opera?

3 pts. Images ALT tags
Does your site have correct ALT tags for images?

3 pts. Contact
Is it easy to find how to contact the webmaster/mistress?

3 pts. Links
Do all external links open in a separate window and internal links in the same frame?

2 pts. Scripts and applets
Are all scripts and applets functional and working with no errors?

3 pts. Text
Does your site have text sized properly and have enough contrast with the background?
Does your site use the same font on all pages?

3 pts. W3C Compliancy
Is the site fully W3C compliant?

4 pts. 508 or AAA Compliancy
Does the site comply with either 508 or full AAA disability compliancy?
Application password is "Swiss train"

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Site navigation : max 23 points

5 pts. User friendly interface
Does you site have a user friendly interface?

5 pts. Browser control
I should be able to navigate your site easily, without having to use my default browser controls to move backwards or forwards through your site.

1 pts. Search engine
Does your site provide a search engine?

3 pts. Site map
Does your site provide a site map?

4 pts. Home page
Can I return to the homepage from anywhere on the site?

2 pts. "to top" link
Is there a "to top" link on all long pages?

3 pts. Loading time
Do the pages load within 90 seconds using a 56kbps modem?

Deductions

-10 pts. if your site is not labelled by ICRA, SafeSurf or similar

-3 pts. for any missing image

-1 pt. for any page displaying a W3C badge and has errors

-5 pts. No "doctype" found no html page

 

Update 10/04/06