Create the coolest, most useful and technically excellent EPiServer CMS 6 dashboard gadget and win not only the distinction in the EPiServer developer community, but also great prizes.
View all the contributions to the Gadget Contest 2009
» Gadget Contest 2009
» Open Gadget Contest 2009 (The class for EPiServer Employees)
How do I submit my Gadget to the competition?
Enter your gadgets in the contest by submitting them between October 19 and November 30 to EPiServer World. The contest entrants will be rated and commented by members of EPiServer World - this is the members’ voice - and a jury will have the final decision after reviewing each contribution. The entrants must be posted on EPiServer World no later than November 30, 23:59. The winners will be announced on the following week.
Who will win?
The jury will judge each award contribution based on five main factors:
- Coolness of the overall concept.
- Usefulness of the gadget for the dashboard user (webmaster, web editor, site owner, business manager, web marketer, developer, web writer, editor in chief, etc.).
- Technical quality of the gadget.
- Openness - submitting your solution as open source will not only support the developer community but also impress the jury.
- Time to market - submitting your solution early will also impress the jury.
Rules
- The gadget must run on EPiServer CMS 6 CTP2
- If the gadget is integrated with external systems, these systems must be publicly available (i.e. anyone using/installing the gadget must be able to set up access to the system, for example a Google, Yahoo, Microsoft or Amazon web service).
The Jury
The jury who will judge the contributions are:
Tim Walters, Ph.D. and Senior Analyst at Forrester
Maria Wasing, VP of Marketing Europe at EPiServer
Rikard Ljungman, VP of Products at EPiServer
Technical Specialist:
Roger Wirz, Lead Product Manager for EPiServer CMS
How to participate in the Gadget Contest
Submit your gadget as a blog post on EPiServer World (instructions here) and include the code necessary to run the gadget, including the following:
- A brief description of the gadget solution and its main benefits.
- Setup and installation instructions.
Are you an EPiServer employee?
EPiServer employees can also compete in a separate class using the tag “Open Gadgets 2009”. The gadgets submitted by EPiServer employees will not be awarded prizes from the Gadget Contest 2009.
Happy hacking and good luck!
The EPiServer CMS team