Brew Competition Online Entry

Version 1.1.3 BETA

February 26, 2010

A beta release of version 1.1.3 is now available, incorporating some great new user-requested features such as:

  • Ability to designate BJCP Styles accepted.
  • Ability to create a custom style.
  • Entry of multiple locations and judging dates.
  • Mapping and driving directions to judging locations.
  • Ability to assign styles, judges, and stewards to particular judging locations.
  • Ability for judges and stewards to indicate their 1st and 2nd preference for dates and locations when registering.
  • Ability to export judge, steward, and styles by location.
  • Ability for entry fees to be one price for the first entry and a second price for all following entries.

The beta period will be through March 15, 2010.

Version 1.1.2

January 27, 2010

Version 1.1.2 released. Addresses a few bug issues and adds:

  • The ability to display archived winners of previous competitions.
  • The ability to place a cap on the entry fees accumulated by users (e.g., $5 per entry, $15 cap for unlimited entries).
  • Improved setup procedures.
  • A check so setup cannot be performed more than once.

Version 1.1.2

December 18, 2009

Fixed assorted bugs reported to the Google Code Issue Tracker.

1.1.1 is a bug fix and usability release. The focus was upon improved ease of use for Administrators, including additional export options, shortcut menus, etc.

What is the Brew Competition Online Entry System?

The Brew Competition Online Entry (BCOE) system is an online application to assist homebrew competition hosts (of the beer variety) to collect, store, and output participant and entry data.

One of the biggest challenges of organizing a homebrewing competition is knowing who has entered what and how many come competition day. BCOE provides an online interface to collect this information beforehand and output it to compliant software for use on competition day.

Features

BCOE collects competition participant information including name, address, phone, and email address. It also collects and associates entries for each participant based upon 2008 BJCP styles. Participants can have the option to enter their recipes by hand or import them using BeerXML-compliant files.

Once the participant enters their brews, they can print the necessary documentation consisting of BJCP style entry forms and bottle labels.

Registered participants can:

  • Add/edit/delete as many of their own entries as they wish
  • Add entries using BeerXML-compliant files (which are outputted by BrewBlogger, Beer Smith, or other brewing software packages)
  • Edit their personal information
  • Change their password and/or reset their password if they've forgotten it
  • Pay for entries online (if the site Admin enables PayPal payment using Website Payments)
  • Print competition entry forms with pre-formatted information (participant name, style, brew name, ingredients, etc.)

Administrators can:
  • Add/edit/delete any entry or participant
  • Add/edit/delete their own entries
  • Output participant and entry information to interface with Homebrew Competition Coordination Program (HCCP) - a Windows-based competition tracking program - or CSV files
  • View available judges and stewards from the participant pool
  • View all entries and filter by style
  • Use the same installation competition after competition by archiving previous competition data with the Archive feature

Requires a web server with PHP 5 and MySQL 4/5.

BCOE was developed by brewing and computer geek Geoff Humphrey for zkdigital.com - mainly at his own whim and evolving need.

Who Should Use BCOE?

Homebrew competition organizers that wish to have an online entry portal that can gather all of the necessary data from participants and their asscoiated entries.

I'm Sold! Where Can I Get It?

The application is available for free from Google Code.

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