Without water there can be no life. In our very hands we can reach out with our gifts that each of us are given. The water gives the seed life, our mission on the internet shares that life our meaning and purpose of our sites to others. Together we can make the difference one web site at a time by reaching out making a difference, offering the gift's that each of us share to the world. And that makes a noticeable change which brings difference. D.W.

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16.- Any significant images or text that are cut off. This can be described as scrolling.
17.- Sites with mouse trails or anything else following our pointer? [Explanation]< Some script or picture that follows your mouse pointer. The one on this page is the example we mean. It is placed here for reference to this rule. Number 17.
18.- Posting images on your site from another server. (excl. affiliates) ? [Explanation We are talking about IMAGES. LINKING:You do not strictly need another web site's permission to link your site to theirs, but it's a good idea to get permission anyway. If you do link to another Web site without permission, be sure to link to its home page. There have been some disputes about links that bypass a site's home page, because this practice may cut into the linked site's advertising revenues. Linking images from another site is sometimes against the acceptable use policies for content from the site (for example, linking directly to large clipart sites is taboo). Even if your users create the links, you as the site administrator may be blamed. We take a good look at all images on your site.]
19.- Sites not in English. [Explanation - emplacements pas en anglais]

20.More than three animations per page. Animations [GIF] [Explanation : A GIF graphic file, which consists of two or more images shown in a timed sequence to give the effect of motion.]
GIF' S are great and paint one a picture of you mission. But like in all things moderation is important. So in our program Three is the limit per page that we will allow on your journey. Animation Factory we believe has some of the finest Gifs by talented artists on the worldwide web today.

[GIF animation factory used with license]

21.-Multiple pop-up windows for advertising no exceptions [Explanation A type of window that appears on top of (over) the browser window of a Web site that a user has visited. In contrast to a pop under ad, which appears behind (in back of) the browser window, a pop-up is more obtrusive as it covers other windows, particularly the window that the user is trying to read.

22.- Multiple broken links or external links? Links checked by Link checker. Sometimes you can go to a site and a link checker will bring up even hundreds of broken links. So a judge must go and check out each of them one at a time. [Explanation A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder: 4, 6, and 12 are multiples of 2.] We consider more than 6 broken links where the picture or text is simply 'not present.
23.- Any sites without giving proper credit to those who authored the materials? [Explanation]

PLAGIARISM

DEFINITION #1: Plagiarism is copying something without crediting the source.

DEFINITION #2: Plagiarism is stealing. You must have a credit page or list upon the materials who authored the materials if other than yourself, author, or owner of the site. Before you post materials on a site you must first obtain permission for such use. This can be done via mail or e-mail and should be kept on file by the web master or owner. Sometimes a author or owner of a material or picture will not require you to post this information, we believe that a good web master or owner should post the information regardless, unless requested not to do so. Some pictures and materials over the internet has been changed and modified and the owner [s] are sometimes hard to track down.
24. Long load times exceeding 60 seconds in 56k. Load times are important. A visitor will not wait on long pages to load. Not everyone has the blessing of high speed and must use a modem. We check each page of your site for loading times. It is better to have 'more' pages this allows loading time to become faster for those who visit.

S L O W L Y Netmechanic click on tools icon to check load times.

25.- Sites not compatible in AOL, and Internet Explorer, Foxfire browser, or crashing my browser or causing my computer to freeze up?

Icons used with permission of Foxfire,Netscape, IE

26.- Multiple spelling problems. [Explanation like more than that are right on a page then the next page and so on. If we find them we will place your site on hold and allow you to correct them. Proper grammar, we have found that many sites just starting out don't use 'proper grammar'. Is a mission of a web site about grammar? It is about making a difference. A purpose, a message. That is why our panel is made up of different levels of people. From a 13 year old to a College President. Our panel has found that we all are not with a education like many are blessed with and if the point the author is trying to put forth is made we will not draw a fine line in the sand. Like we said, one of our judges is a retired College President who even made U.S.A. today, and he is not grading papers, he grades the heart's message. But the eyes of our hearts is what we try to look from. Proper grammar is important as we do know, but some of us never had the chance to learn such. So we do make exceptions to both spelling and grammar. It is not in grammar and spelling that touch a heart, it is the words of the heart that touch ones heart that is what we look for. We all fall short including this site so multiple means just that.? If there are a few on pages that is acceptable. Multiple mean simply...many throughout your site. We know that it sometimes is very hard because due to a health problem I have, this site has had multiple spelling problems and we have tried to correct them, page by page. If you find a problem please help us and let us know about it. In this point of our Criteria we understand, and multiple throughout the site is simply what we mean. Thank you. We recommend SpellCheck.net This program will check up to 20,000 characters.

27. Failure to fill out the application correct with all the questions is an automatic disqualification? Leaving a line empty on the application is considered not complete.

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28.-Music is awesome but you must have a way to turn the music off from each page. You must also have permission to use even MIDI files from the author or owner of the file. If I have to download a special tool to view materials or listen to materials that also will be taken into consideration. Some people think that MIDI is not protected under copyright laws and that is not correct. You may also need a license to use those materials. If you use flash you must also have a way to 'Skip" it? We must also not be forced to download any programs to listen to your music.

29.Multiple "Untitled pages"? Top of page listed, like http://Website by Bravehost the name should be like Keyboards for Christ Music Ministry/The Dove Award.It should be the name of your page

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