Difference between revisions of "Website, Registration, and Publicity"

Revision as of 07:59, 31 July 2014

Website

• Contact Hubert to get ssh access to the webpage
• Create BAPHL header graphic and background image
  • Otherwise, just reuse css and information from previous BAPHL pages
• Good idea to have this up about a month ahead of time
• Put up a "Looking for Group" page so lone hunters can find a team
  • Past practice has been to email the baphl account, but it would be easier to just have a page where people can ask/receive team members

Registration

• Set up a google form and embed in website
• Set up paypal button to the paypal account of your team
• Set a registration cap
• Put up a specific time that registration closes (11:59PM EST for instance)
  • Make sure deadline gives you enough time to produce puzzles
  • Expect a lot of last minute registrations. BAPHL 10 had 6 of 42 teams register in the last 24 hours (and 1 team contacted us after the deadline to register)
• Ask for both the team captain's email and phone number so you can contact the team during the event
• Ask how new teams heard of the event

Possible Publicity Avenues

• E-mail the BAPHL Google Group (BAPHL 9 had trouble getting this to work)
• Create a Facebook event
• E-mail the NPL mailing list (if you care about that sort of thing)
• Get a slide at the Big Quiz Thing
• Announce a date at the previous BAPHL (or for spring, at the MIT Mystery Hunt)