What is Design Challenge?
How does it work?
How do I rate a link?
Can I vote for a"Qualified link"?
Are the ratings weighted?
How do I submit a link?
How do you approve links?
Why hasn't my site been listed?
My site was listed. Why was it removed?
How is site of the week judged?
Is this a profit making site?
Who made this site and how?
Is the code for sale?

What is Design Challenge?
Design Challenge is a links database consisting of the best websites on the internet. Visitors to the site vote on the links and the site with the best ratings at the end 2003 will be awarded the Design Challenge site of the Year.
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How does it work?
Visitors rate the links in the "New Entries" list. If a link obtains a high score ratio it will then progress to the "Qualified Links" section where it will remain for the rest of the year and continue to receive votes. At the end of 2003, the site with the highest score will be named as the Design Challenge Site of the Year 2003!

Note: If a link receives a low score ratio then it is removed from the database. Similarly, if you cheat by voting multiple times then this lowers the aggregate score to that site. Duplicate IP's reduce the score.
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How do I rate a link?
Ratings are currently open to anyone. Note: you can only rate a link once but your IP and other details are logged to prevent vote stuffing.
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Can I vote for a qualified link?
Yes - provided you haven't voted for it previously.
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Are the ratings weighted?
No. The ratings reflect the public vote. However, IP's etc are logged and if it is found that someone has been "stuffing" votes then they will be removed. One person - one vote.
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How do I submit a link?
Click on the "submit a site" link at the top of this page. Follow the instructions.
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How do you approve links?
All links are reviewed before being approved as a new entry. The entrance criteria is straightforward - a site must have good layout/design, originality, no broken links, no unfinished works and no rip offs. Once your site has been submitted please check back in a few days to see if it apears in the list. If it does not appear you won't be notified - better luck next time.
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Why hasn't my site been listed?
It wasn't good enough or had offensive material.
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My site was listed. Why was it removed?
The public votes for your site weren't high enough therefore it was removed. Better luck next time. Or someone was stuffing votes - ie cheating. Cheating lowers the aggregate score.
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How is a site of the week judged?
It's a well kept secret. If your site wins a Site of the week then you'll know.
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Is this a profit making site?
No.
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Who made this site and by who?
This site was designed and developed by me - Stuart Low. I built it using Ultradev and a fair amount of hand coding. I am a designer with some ASP developer skills.
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Is the code for sale ?
No.
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