Updates

Added an exception to the Disqualifications page.

Checked and then fixed entire site for xhtml errors.

Re-added limit on broken external links to "Disqualifications" page as it inadvertantly got removed somehow. While that rule was contained as a limitation on the "Criteria" page, it was not spelled out on the Disqualification page.

Received Level 4 rating from Awards Treasure Chest rating program and added badge to Rating page. Our award program was granted membership in the ATC Ethics Program and we added the badge to our Membership and Honors page.

Received acceptance as member of the International Ethics Program and added badge to Membership and Honors page.

Received Diskus Index rating of Level 4 and added badge to Ratings page.

Checked entire site for broken links.

Accepted for listing by Penmarric Award Index.

Received 4.0 rating from UWSAG.

Finished with Priority AAA checks.

Received Belgica Excellence Index rating of 8.5 and added badge to Ratings page. Created a splash image for entry page of Award Program.

Updated Criteria and Disqualification pages by deleting pop-up windows and replacing with a simple CSS and javascript code.

Received upgrade to Level 4 by WebAwards and added new badge to "Ratings" page. Added one new criteria under "Impression" section to "Criteria" page. Changed Application page so that the next linked page is the "Status" page.

Received UWSAG Seal of Approval Nominee badge and placed in "Memberships" page.

Award program was accepted by Poetic Soul Awards Index and listed with them.

Separated 2007 and 2008 winners tables into separate pages.

Awarded the "SOTY" - Site of the Year award to War of Wits Publishing, LTD.

Became an evaluator for the Firestarter Award Program. Thank you, Jo Phillips.

This Award Program was accepted as a member of The Ethics Pledge Program.

Added height and width dimension requirement to design criteria.

Received upgrade to Level 3.5 by AS! from Level 3 and posted new badge to the Ratings page. Added a backup evaluator Rhonda Serong to Evaluator page. Thank you Rhonda for taking on this task for me in case I need some help!

Received upgrade to Level 4 by F.R.I. Index from Level 3 and posted new badge to the Ratings page.

Added new ICRA label to site Specifics page which shows that our site is contained in the ICRA checked database.

Changed "Process" page to reflect that all award winner site's will have a screen shot shown on their respective winner's page. Winner's pages have been changed to reflect these changes. Re-validated site for links and xhtml.

Was asked to become an evaluator for the Award of Paradise AP and added the Evaluator badge to my Membership page.

Posted new award graphics that Jo of Spiral Pixel made for us.

Checked xhtml. Checked links using Xenu.

Put the word "only" in bold on the Disqualifications page on the Disqualification that stated "Sites that are only forums, chat rooms, or blogs." To make it clear that a site can have a blog, etc., but it still has to meet all our other Criteria first and foremost. Changed the requirement to link the winning award back to Pelaqita Persians to that it would be greatly appreciated if a winner would link the award back to us.

Received a "Friendship" badge from War of Wits site and added it to Memberships and Honors page.

Clarified in Disqualifications section that "content" equals "written word".

Received The Awards Awards logo from them and added it to Memberships page.

Received the APEX Committee Member Badge from APEX.

Received a rating 3.0 from Award Sites!

Eliminated the need for a "secret word" on the application.

Received "The Best Graphic" for our Award for the month of January 2007 from F.R.I. Award Index and added it to our Memberships and Honors page. Thank you for this honor.

Re-validated site for css and xhtml. Changed contact form for an E-mail link.

Added a Self Test and a direct link to the Application.

Received APIRS rating level 4 and added it to our Ratings page. Clarified some of the verbiage used in our "Explanations" pop-ups. Added some update notices to "Criteria" and "Disqualifications" pages.

Re-validated site's xhtml and css with WDG. Checked site with Xenu for broken links.

Added a list of questions (same as in the application form) that an applicant can copy and then submit via E-mail in case the application form does not work.

Received a Level 3 rating from F.R.I. Award index and placed it on our Ratings page. Added an Winners Selected Record table to Winners page.

Added this Update page to keep users appraised of any major updates to the AP. Received a Level 2 rating from WebsAwards and placed it on our Ratings page.

Added three new and or clarifications to the Criteria page. These changes are posted in bold and will take effect in two weeks as set forth in our Code of Ethics. Please see the Criteria page for the changes.

Added an Honors page for those Awards our Award Program may win.

Added an update line to the bottom of every page of this site so users can see how often a page changes.