Spread the word about Opera and Web standards on your campus!
By Bhaskar Chattorajkabirbhaskar. Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:38:50 PM
By Aishraj DahalNepaliKoChoro. Thursday, May 12, 2011 2:28:39 AM
While I was still a freshmen in college I always fancied how would it be to be a student representative of Opera, as I had seen couple of senior students holding up seminars and installing Opera browser in Labs.
Finally thanks to Ms. Anna Brandt of Opera Education I finally got a golden opportunity to be a Campus Crew Member and spread the word about Opera Browser and Web Standards. Well, to being with my first reaction to the email that mentioned that I had been selected was overwhelming. I danced in joy and immediately replied asking for further steps. Next as guided I joined up the Campus Crew Intranet and started influencing my friends circle to try the Opera browser which in every possible way was faster and better than their then browser. After that within weeks of this I got my Campus Crew T Shirt. Then I started on my first job in promoting the Dare to Code Contest. I was really a nice expreience in being the sole active Representative of Opera in an institution of 7,000 students. I got several response over the contest. Though no entry from my college was accepted for not being up-to the mark, it was a great experience.
However, with that our semester in college got almost over and the next 2 months were full of exam.
Thus, on hand I have to satisfaction of having served Opera, on the other I have a feeling that with a bit more time I could have done better.
Overall it was a really nice experience, and I hope to serve Opera next semester too.
By Nimit Solankineo1010. Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:27:57 PM
day of my college life. Before starting that I want to tell you, I have uploaded Opera widget's link on my facebook account, that I have developed for Dare To Code competition. facebook is so much popular in my college, all of us having facebook account. ...for PacMan!!! They all having eagerness about widget development.. so not wasting much time , I was started a open session on Opera Widgets in our open air theater . They having some little idea about HTML and CSS. So I was started from basic tags. I described Opera Widget structure, simplicity and usefulness. By Shubham Maheshwarishubham1990. Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:53:40 PM
By Nimit Solankineo1010. Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:11:00 AM
Why title of this blog is "zero to hero "( means pertaining to a very sudden rise in popularity or success ).. hehehe It's not about me,.. My hero is "PacMan" --A Opera Widget Game. 4,284 total downloads in just one month and +4 rating. PacMan got a huge response that's why "Zero to hero".. http://widgets.opera.com/widget/21114/
Almost every one at least once played in some kind of Pacman games..Its very interesting, I am done PacMan with Opera Widgets. Before starting to describe anything, I want to specify that for simple widget development you don't required any extra ordinary skills (i.e programming, designing). just with basic skills, Opera Widget can be done by anybody..
See, Opera Widgets are Apps made using open web standards such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS. They are very easy and quick to make for almost anyone with web development background. These apps will run on PCs, mobile phones and also TVs that have the Opera Widget runtime.
You can find hundreds of sample widgets at the Opera Widgets catalog. Instead of installing a widget, right-click on the Launch link, and save the file instead. Once downloaded, rename the extension to .zip, open the archive and review how the widget is made up. This is a good starting place to figure out how to make widgets.
Widget can be anything..A simple tic-tac-toe game, A widget that lets you update your status on facebook, twitter and other social networks. Keep Thinking... One idea can change your life....!
I have developed this game widget by using HTML, JavaScript and some CSS. I have done some testing in my pc (To achieve the fastest development and testing environment, it is recommend to install your working widget.), Then I submit the widget to "http://widgets.opera.com" and I got the approval. PacMan is the first widget that got the approval in Big OCC competition "Dare TO Code".
Opera WIdget having some awesome tools (that also in the form of widget) for our support,, * Opera Widget Builder - Quick start your widget development process. * Icon Creator - Create beautiful icons with ease for your widget.
So, this is it... Now I am developing more widgets for Opera widgets and guys I am also looking forward for your widgets, too. see the full description of competition on Dare to Code.
I am thankful to "Sagar sir" and "Anna ma'm".
Sagar sir.. A Man of Widgets, his suggestions and quick response are very helpful to me.
And Anna ma'm..Our supporting Education Manager who encourage me to write this blog..
Thank You.
RegardsBy Anna Brandtannageneva. Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:08:00 AM
The year is coming to an end, and the Campus Crew is ready to rock 2010 one last time!
On Friday, 10th December 2010, we are going to launch the first international Opera Widgets University contest “Dare to Code”, which invites students from universities and schools around the world to participate and create awesome Opera Widgets.
There will be several winners based on region and widget type (design, technology, originality etc.) and the overall winner will bring glory and fame to his/her University by winning Opera's first ever Opera Widgets University Trophy.
What makes this competition so special is that its success actually depends entirely on you, the Campus Crew. Opera needs you to promote it on your campus and make sure that lots of widgets get submitted. You can even actively promote the creation of widgets by running widget workshops or contests or even by creating some of them yourself!
And we will make it worth your while… If your university submits the highest number of widgets, you are going to win:
If your university produces 5 or more widgets, you will receive a certificate for every member of your OCC chapter that is signed up for this campaign. If your university submits 20 or more widgets, you will receive a certificate and an Opera swag item for every signed-up member.
So, are you ready to promote Dare to Code on your Campus? It just takes two easy steps:
The competition is going to be extended until 28 February 2011, so there is still plenty of time to sign up and participate.
Currently available support:
By Anna Brandtannageneva. Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:10:00 AM
20 December 2010
Opera extensions are now publicly available with the release of Opera 11. We invite bloggers and writers of all experiences and backgrounds from around the world to write about their favorite Opera extensions. You can get them from the extensions catalog. The best articles as judged by Opera jury will receive some awesome prizes!
We are looking for the best articles in English, Russian, Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, German, Arabic and Polish!
The articles will be judged based on the following minimum criteria.
The winner for each language category will receive,
Second and third place winners will receive Opera goodie bags each.
You can submit as many articles as you wish! You must be over 18 years of age to enter the contest and receive the prizes and Opera jury's decision will remain final.
Contest starts on 16th December 2010 and ends on 31st December 2010. The results will be announced in January 2011.
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