2008 competition ideas

This is the page for posting WordPress competition ideas.

Themes

Individuals or teams devise GPL WordPress themes for the event. One of the sessions can be the team/individuals presenting their themes, and attendees could make (constructive!) comments.

After a ballot of attendees award a prize to the best theme.

Non-attendees based in the UK could enter by deadline but obviously they have no presentation.

Plugins

Individuals or teams devise GPL WordPress plugins for the event. One of the sessions can be the team/individuals presenting their plugins, and attendees could make (constructive!) comments.

After a ballot of attendees award a prize to the best plugin.

Non-attendees based in the UK could enter by deadline but obviously they have no presentation.

Some potential plugin categories:

• favourite plugin i already have installed
• plugin i predict will become a favourite the moment I install it and
• I don't know how i've survived without it
• favourite plugins released at the camp

Favourite theme design

A theme competition letting WordCamp delegates (or at least the people on the mailing list) submit their blogs (to an online gallery) for other delegates to vote for in the build up to the conference.

Some potential theme categories:

• favourite new theme (for novel designs not previously released)
• favourite existing theme

Favourite blog content

A content competition letting WordCamp delegates (or at least the people on the mailing list) submit their blogs (to an online gallery) for other delegates to vote for in the build up to the conference.

Some potential content categories:

• favourite topic based blog
• favourite diverse-content blog
• favourite single article
• favourite regional blog

Award names

Hollywood has the Oscars, WP versions are named after Jazz musicians, so since this is Britain, perhaps we should have the Humphreys (named after the late hornblower Humphrey Lyttelton)

Presented by the lovely Samantha!

With this in mind, I've registered the domain the-humphrey-awards.co.uk

Half Baked

Would be happy to co-ordinate a session of Half-Baked in the evening, a sort of cross between Dragons Den, The Apprentice and Improvised Comedy, where teams take up the challenge of creating a 'mythical' start-up company and pitching it to a panel of VC's, industry watchers, and the audience. Should take about an hour, and is immense fun. -- Ewan Spence