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2005-07-08, Awarded "Best Award Graphic" by AFA
We are proud to announce that the HITSASeal was selected as the "Best Award Graphic" by AFA, for the month of July of 2005. To all EUTODA' staff our sincere thanks for this honour! More info about this award is available at our "Honors Granted" section.
2005-06-22, Listed #2 among 31,000 web sites at Silktide SiteScore
With a rating of 9.5 (in 10 possible), the CPSnet Web Awards attained the second position at SiteScore's TOP 750, the best 750 from about 31,000 web sites tested until this date. Silktide SiteScore is a free tool which rates how well designed, popular and accessible a website is. The entire testing process is handled by advanced computer software. SiteScore also gathers user feedback on all the websites rated, to help judge how appealing a design is. SiteScore rates all websites on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest). Scores are broken down into 5 categories: Marketing, Design, Accessibility, Experience and User Feedback.
2005-06-07, listed at "Design Snack"
Design Snack is a database of websites rated based on the quality of their design and presentation. Its unique rating scale uses "cookies" and a site can get anywhere from 0-3 cookies, 3 being the highest. The CPSnet Web Awards were rated with "One Cookie" and listed under the "Award Sites" section of the portal.
2005-05-15, rated 6 by EUTODA
We are proud to announce that our program is now one of the few Web awards programs to achieve the prestigious level 6 at EUTODA, the Academy of Fine Awards. To all EUTODA' staff our sincere thanks for this honour!
2005-02-02, recognized as a 5+ Elite Award by Award Sites!
As it states at Award Sites!, "In recognition of owner, Carlos Simões, for his efforts going well beyond his award program in 'bettering the net through excellence!'". Needless to say that we at the CPSnet Web Awards are honoured by this outstanding distinction. Thank You AS! and thank you all the awardmasters and applicants that helped building this program!
2005-01-16, selected the Site Of The Year 2004!
It is that time of the year again, when we at the CPSnet Web Awards select the best site of the previous year. And this time, our panel of invited judges and our permanent review team have selected Tim's Spider Corner as the Best Site Of The Year 2004! Congratulations Tim Beylemans, for your outstanding website! Tim's Spider Corner is an educational site for all spider fans that addresses the conservation of nature. You will find bird eating spider information, as well as an assortment of pictures, handling tips, resource links, a spider knowledge quiz, and the complete anatomy of a bird eating spider.
2005-01-09, awarded the "Humanity Award 2005" by the The Rose Awards:
"We are very proud for being granted this distinction that it is given out to... Webmasters/webmistresses who give back of themselves to the worldwide Net community, offering their talents, their skills, their web sites, as resource points for other people who are interested in bettering themselves and their own sites ... These special people are a great asset to the World Community because they offer their advice and expertise to all who seek it, and everyday, they are making the Internet a better place to be!...". More info about this award is available at our "Honors Granted" section.
2004-10-20, listed at W3 Compliant Sites
Carlos Simoes is now a "W3 Compliant Sites Member". W3 Compliant Sites is a collection of web sites that were created by designers that conform with the W3C standards. This forum provides the opportunity for them to display their work and ideas in a community that shares common interests.
2004-10-13, listed at net-guide.co.uk
The CPSnet Web Awards are now listed at net-guide.co.uk with an accessibility rating of "excellent". This directory aims to promote accessible sites and gives an accessibility rating for the websites returned for any query entered. Similarly, the directory entries also carry an accessibility rating.
2004-06-07, rated 5 by WebsAwards
A special panel of external judges, convened to assess the programs owned by WebsAwards' Staff members, has rated the CPSnet Web Awards as a WebsAwards level 5 program.
2004-05-04, rated 3 by Awardia
The Awardia Index has rated the CPSnet Web Awards as a level 3 (in 4 possible, where the fourth level is designated "Corona").
2004-04-01, rated 4 by EAI:
The Euro Award Index reinstated this award program at "Level 4" (in 5 possible).
2004-03-23, joined WSG:
We have joined the Web Standards Group (WSG). The Web Standards Group is for web developers/designers who are interested in web standards, CSS and (X)HTML and related topics.
2004-03-15, web site redesigned:
The CPSnet Web Awards have now a brand new website, fully compliant XHTML 1.0 Strict, "made with CSS" and WCAG-WAI Level AAA. Thank you to Webmates, of which we are proud members, for all the help and for the inspiration!
2004-01-15, announced the Best Site of Year 2003:
Announced back in 15/January 2004: "Explore Mars Now". In this outstanding website, visitors can walk through a Mars habitat simulation learning about science and technology as they explore. There are over 100 photo-realistic 3-D images of a near term Mars Habitat concept that are "brought to life" in Macromedia Flash.
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Flash Self-Test

Created 2003-01-30. Reviewed 2005-04-25: Added clarifications and requisites for children' sites; Reworded the item in our Privacy Policy regarding "Children Privacy Protection".

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Check every of the following 10 main items and select in each the option that best fits your web site. Each item will be scored from 1 to 5 as detailed. This means that a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 5 points can be scored in each of the 14 main items.

When you are finished press the "Score" button: a message box wil be displayed stating your result. Compare this result with the values presented at the "Flash self-test result appreciation" below in this page.

self-evaluation
  1. Originality in concept Top of page | Start | Next Item: 2
  2. Originality in the material used (graphics, sound, etc ) Top of page | Previous Item: 1 | Next Item: 3
  3. Innovation and distinction Top of page | Previous Item: 2 | Next Item: 4
  4. Visual appealing and impact Top of page | Previous Item: 3 | Next Item: 5
  5. Artistic sensibility Top of page | Previous Item: 4 | Next Item: 6
  6. Quality of design (including implementation and coding skills) Top of page | Previous Item: 5 | Next Item: 7
  7. Appropriate design for the site's content and audience Top of page | Previous Item: 6 | Next Item: 8
  8. Quality of motion design Top of page | Previous Item: 7 | Next Item: 9
  9. Quality of music and/or sounds loops Top of page | Previous Item: 8 | Next Item: 10
  10. Quality of development (loading and viewing) Top of page | Previous Item: 9 | Calculation

Please be aware that the result of this test is merely an indication of the chances your website has of being awarded one of our awards. This result is not final and this test does not represent the entire procedure being applied when reviewing your website.

If you are applying to the Aracnofilia Web Design Award:

  • Above 4.4: There are good chances that your site may score high enough in our formal design evaluation;
  • Between 4.2 and 4.4: There are some chances that your site may score high enough in our formal design evaluation;
  • Below 4.2: Chances are poor that your site score high enough in our formal design evaluation;

If you are applying to the High In The Sky Award:

  • Above 3.6: There are good chances that your site may score high enough in our formal design evaluation;
  • Between 3.4 and 3.6: There are some chances that your site may score high enough in our formal design evaluation;
  • Below 3.4: Chances are poor that your site score high enough in our formal design evaluation;

If you have any question or doubt about our Flash criteria, please do not hesitate to call. Please visit our contact page, where you can find a feedback form and our e-mail addresses.