Based on the IBM contest criteria plus other things MCMC thinks are important.
Updated: 2005-06-01
| Criteria | Org | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Does the opening page load quickly? | IBM | Yes |
| Are the in-site links quick? | IBM | Yes |
| Does markup conform to a published standard? | MCMC | Yes, HTML 4.01. Use the W3C Markup Validation Service to confirm validity. |
| Do style sheets conform to a published standard? | MCMC | Yes, CSS 2. Use the W3C CSS Validation Service to confirm validity. |
| Do web pages conform to accessibility guidelines for disabled readers? | MCMC | Probably W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, level 2; needs to be checked more carefully. |
| Does the site conform to W3C Quality Tips | MCMC | Probably; needs to be checked more carefully |
| Link to I.B.M. website | IBM | Yes |
| Contact information | IBM | Email addresses for secretary and webmaster. Should we add addresses for other officers and TVP? Should we say something about contacting someone before attending a meeting or say it's not necessary? |
| Meeting information | IBM | Yes |
| Calendar of events for year | IBM | Secret page listing upcoming events. We should have a public events page. |
| Meet your members | IBM | Page listing members with links to 12 bios. Need 29 more. Need a form for members to fill out. |
| Guest book | IBM | Do we want this? |
| Other magical links | IBM | There are links to other magicians on some of the Bio pages which is nice. If we want to include more links, we should come up with a way to do it that provides some context, such as Ring 35 commentary on whatever person or organization is being linked to. |
| History | MCMC | We have lots more info we can add. |
| Photos of members | IBM | Currently 14 photos, need 27 more. If people who have cameras start always bringing them to the meetings we could get a lot more quickly. If someone has pro equipment that would be really great. |
| Photos from events | IBM | We need this |
| Streaming video | IBM | If anyone can provide video, already encoded, it can be put on the site |
| History | IBM | We should add some more recent stuff, the last thing mentioned being from 1996. Something about the 60th anniversary would be good. |
| Member list / Officers | IBM | Yes |
| Meeting | IBM | Yes |
| Aesthetics | IBM | There is a consistent theme, including a logo. We need feedback on whether people like the way it looks. |
| Ease of use | IBM | We need feedback on whether the information is well organized and easy to find. Additional navigational controls are probably not necessary. Browser navigational controls should be sufficient. |
| Fun Factor | IBM | This could probably be improved a lot. Most of the "fun" stuff is in the Secrets area, which is of course password protected. Maybe some of that could be moved to the public area. |