Re: contest software

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Mike Blezien wrote:

> Brief description:
>
> something similar used on http://www.worth1000.com, designers will
> submit an entry to a project, with his/her entry being completely
> invisible to everyone but the website staff and the Client (Project
> Holder). The project holder must then select a winning design. After a
> winning design is chosen, all entries into the project will be
> displayed to the public.

Would you like a pony with that too? How about a puppy? Nice puppy!

If you want something specific and you're not willing to write it
yourself (or do a Sourceforge/Google search by yourself), then you had
better be prepared to pay someone to do the work for you.

As ever, this list isn't a script writing service, and it certainly
isn't a free service for converting vaguely thought through project
ideas into workable code.

What you're asking for sounds like it can be broken down into a series
of simple components, only one of which has to involve Perl (or any
other programming language):

* make a web site explaining the contest (HTML)
* have a web page for uploading entries (HTML)
* have a script to accept entries (Perl)
* have another web site with the results (HTML)

So the only thing you really need here, Perl-wise, is a script that
accepts CGI file upload (.zip files I guess, but whatever), stores them
for the judges to look at later, and returns a web page acknowledging
the successful contest entry. This is a wheel that has been invented
many many times and if you can't find code to do this for you (hint: try
the NMS script project), then a resourceful beginner with access to the
documentation for the language or a good O'Reilly book should be able to
whip up a solution in no more than an hour or two.

Have at it and let us know if you have any questions once you've started
writing your version of that script.


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Chris Devers
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