FAQ

Who am I? Answer

My name is Cliff Hammock. I am a 41 year old engineer who resides in Georgia. You can see some of my childhood pictures in the Photo Gallery, alongside my brother Donnie Hammock, who died tragically at the age of 18 in a house fire.

What is this all about? Answer

The concept is simple. I wanted to pay tribute to my brother, who died tragically at the age of 18 in a house fire. August 8th, 2006 will be the 25th anniversary of his death. I decided to create this memorial to raise funds for the benefit of several charities and community organizations.

I am basically taking contributions that will allow me to complete the memorial on the Home Page. For every US dollar contributed, a pixel will be displayed making the online memorial image of my brother come to life.

Each block on the memorial is 400 pixels and there are 40 blocks across and 62.5 blocks down for a total of 1 million pixels.

You can see a brief bio of Donnie here.

There are details below on how the contributions will be used to support the charities and community organizations.

How did I come up with this idea? Answer

By now, many of you have heard of the Million Dollar Home Page. I thought that the concept was very pure and simple and that it could be leveraged in many forms, including online memorials.

In addition to my brother's memorial, I plan to offer a service for others to create their own online tributes.

Can I advertise on your site? Answer

During the contribution process, you can submit your organization's name and website address. The top contributors' links will be accessible via a list on the Home page. All contributors will have their information listed on an interior page. No obscene material or links will be permitted at the website owner's discretion.

Why should you contribute? Answer

Much of the contributions made to help build A Million Dollar Memorial will be donated to charities and community organizations. When you contribute, you can select your favorite organization, from the five that I have listed.

Also, when you contribute, you can provide your contact information and a link to your website. The top 20 contributors' links will be accessible via a listing on the Home page. All contributors will have their information listed on an interior page.

How long will this site be up? Answer

Because this site memorializes my brother, I intend to keep it up and running indefinitely.

Can I put a link to your progress bar on my site? Answer

Sure, you can link to this site using the following code. It links to the actual graphic on my site, so when I update it, your site will be automatically updated as well. Also, the image links back to my site in a new browser window.

Click here to get the code.

The image should look like the one below once you paste the code into your website.

A Million Dollar Memorial Progress

What technology did you use to setup this site? Answer

I am using DotNetNuke build and manage this website. It is an open-source portal management tool freely available for everyone to use. I have been using it for several years now with great success. Visit DotNetNuke for more information.

Why is there a horizontal scroll bar on the home page? Answer

Because of the need to setup the home page in proportion to the image I choose for A Million Dollar Memorial, the minimum screen resolution is 1024 x 768. If you use 800 x 600 or lower resolution, there will be a scroll bar.

Why am I doing this? Answer

I have undertaken this effort for two main purposes.

Pay tribute to my brother
Raise a signficant amount of funds for charitable purposes

How will contributions be distributed among the charitable and community organizations? Answer

The funds contributed through December 31st 2006 will be distributed to charities and community organizations in the following manner.

After paying applicable operating fees, the remaining funds will be distributed in proportion to the amount of funds received for each organization.

The charitable and community organizations selected are as follows.

American Cancer Society
American Red Cross
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Little League
Compassion International
Make A Wish

Learn more about these organizations.
Note that the contributions may be split between a local organization and the national organization.