Just a few weeks have passed since the Orchard V1 launch, and we are already seeing heightened interest in the project: the downloads of Orchard.Web.zip from orchard.codeplex.com<http://orchard.codeplex.com/> are nearing 20k, we've got about 100 module and theme extensions submitted to the new orchard gallery<http://orchardproject.net/gallery>, and the discussion forums<http://orchardproject.net/discussions> are buzzing with activity.
You might recall that back on October, I announced the "Orchard Challenge" Imagine Cup competition<http://www.imaginecup.com/competitions/orchard> for building Orchard modules, which runs through April 27, 2011. This contest is aimed at students of universities and high schools, and we hope it will raise awareness of Orchard within educational institutions and bring some fresh perspective to the Orchard community. If you are a student, this is a great opportunity to learn a new and exciting CMS platform, show off your developer skills, and hopefully win some great prizes for your efforts. However, many of you who are already deeply involved and contributing to Orchard are not students, and therefore cannot participate in Imagine Cup. That's just not right. So... without further ado, allow me to introduce our second contest, the Orchard Module Challenge - a competition for you, our loyal mailing list, to get the recognition and reward you deserve for all your efforts. :) About the Orchard Module Challenge You can find the official rules and entry requirements<http://www.orchardproject.net/omc/contest-rules> on the Orchard Module Challenge website<http://www.orchardproject.net/omc>. The contest will be run in two rounds, and is pretty straightforward: 1) In Round 1, you'll submit an idea for a module (name, description) on the contest site, build your module and submit it to the gallery, and then update your contest entry to point to the ID of the module you'd like to submit for judging (we'll take the most recent submission at the close of Round 1, on March 15, 2011). Your module will be evaluated based on usefulness to Orchard community and how well it takes advantage of (or extends) the Orchard platform. 2) The top modules submitted in Round 1 will advance to Round 2, which extends through April 1, 2011. In Round 2, you'll be given a hosting account you can use to build a website that demonstrates your module to its fullest. When Round 2 closes for judging<http://www.orchardproject.net/omc/contest-rules#judging>, the top 3 modules and websites will be selected as winning entries. We've got some great prizes<http://www.orchardproject.net/omc/contest-rules#prizes> to give away for this competition, and the winning entries will be announced at the Mix '11 conference<http://live.visitmix.com/> (April 12-14, 2011). Let the games begin! Thanks, Bradley --- You are currently subscribed to orchard-discuss as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected].
