Ben suffered a similar predicament as many other clients – an old, outdated, and un-updateable site. We worked closely with Ben to make sure his fantastic body of work could be highlighted and featured in multiple ways. For this project, we decided to use the Thesis Theme + WordPress.
For the homepage, we opted to use the Featured Content Gallery plugin. Since we’ve completed the site, Ben has become a WordPress pro!
There’s no other way to say this – we’re really proud to announce the launch of NDNF’s new site : http://newdirectors.org.
In collaboration with the MoMA and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, we built a custom WordPress theme to house the film festival’s lineup. In celebration of the festival’s 40th anniversary, we developed a few custom post types to store the 300+ films in their archives. The website includes a directory of films, along their directors, and an interactive timeline.
The design was put together by MoMA’s fabulously talented Art Director, Brigitta Bungard.
For a preview of what’s to come on the big screen, take a look at the listing of this year’s films.
UPDATE : You can read a bit more about the festival on the NYTimes.
We’ve got super exciting news – a project we’ve been working on with MTV + Purpose is finally out in the wild!
Together with the fantastic design and strategy team at Purpose, we developed a custom wordpress plugin for MTV’s Act Blog, helping move people towards collective action.
Some of the basic tech details …
Our custom plugin utilizes custom post types to allow MTV to build a directory of actions. The plugin also connects directly to the Social Actions database and gives the MTV bloggers access to a large set of actions to plug into their posts.
We also worked with the Gigya API – this particular piece encourages visitors to share their actions with their friends.
Many thanks to all the folks who spent countless hours working on this!
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Kristofer came to us with fantastic content (he is an all-star photographer) - but this content hadn’t been uploaded to his old website in years. We setup a new WordPress site for him, and helped him organize his photos. We also trained him and provide ongoing support if he’s got questions. Since we launched, he’s gotten way more traffic than he’s ever seen – and he’s updating his site all on his own.
TenduTV is a digital network that delivers dance programming to over 500 million screens in 10 countries including televisions, tablets and mobile devices. Previous to our involvement, TenduTV did not have a system for displaying or managing their catalogue online. We created custom post types to allow them to build a nascent IMDB-like system, listing out all their films via a manageable system.
We’re happy to announce the launch of a new wordpress site for NYC Based Photographer, Kristofer Dan-Bergman. The site features a full gallery system, a sweet blog, and a nice slideshow on the homepage. The site was built with ThemeFoundry’s awesome Photography Theme.
You can see Kristofer’s live site by clicking here or clicking the image below
Below is a conversation I had with Drew Strojny, the founder of ThemeFoundry re: the launch -
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And, for those interested in getting the theme, click here to purchase the Photography Theme.
Daniel Gwirtzman faced a very familiar problem – he had a good looking website, but it had not been updated in years. So we took all his content and created a WordPress site. As a result of our work, pageviews increased dramatically as did time spent on his site (close to a 600% increase!).
And yes – he still updates his site regularly.
For the past two weeks, I’ve been leading a wordpress class at 3rdWard. During the first two classes, we covered how to setup hosting, how to use a feedburner account, and how to install plugins and themes.
During the 2nd class, I also listed out a few of my favorite themes and plugins. For a review of what we covered in our 2nd Class, download this document.
In this post, I’ve included a few favorite plugins. For a list of some my favorite themes, visit this post.
This plugin manages the JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER 5.1 and makes it easy for you to put music, videos or flash movies onto your WordPress posts and pages. Various skins for the JW PLAYER are available via http://www.longtailvideo.com
wordTube supports the streaming video format (Format .flv or .swf), sound files as MP3 and JPG, GIF or PNG grafic files. With wordTube you can simply insert it into your blog with the tag [MEDIA not found] or as playlist [PLAYLIST not found].
Since Version 2.0 it supports LongTail’s AdSolution which allows you to run pre-roll, overlay mid-roll, and post-roll advertisements in your media player. Click here to sign up for LongTail.
You don’t need to change the WYSIWYG mode or special HTML knowledge to insert such a tag. You can show a simple media file (i.e. a flv Format) or a playlist of all your media files.
Here’s a freakin’ awesome deal from 3rd Ward : Sign up for the WordPress Workshop (section starting 6/13), Illustrator Intensive (6/13), OR Intro to After Effects (6/19) and get a FREE Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse.
Starting June 13th, I will be leading a 3 week workshop on WordPress. I’ve helped many organizations build their sites using WordPress and simply love the platform (in fact, this site is running on WordPress). It’s great for blogs, portfolio sites, and creative folks. You can even run ecommerce sites using WordPress.
Go on. Register for the class
A bit about the class :
You’ll learn the in’s and out’s of setting up, customizing and running your own website using WordPress, the most popular blogging platform.
WordPress is used for top blogs like CNN Money, all the New York Times blogs, and many non-profit arts websites. Simply put, WordPress makes publishing your website much easier.
We’ll start off with the basics (like setting up your own hosting) and then move to more advanced topics like customizing a theme (through the WordPress template engine), and inserting plugins for Twitter and Facebook. We will also set aside some time to review content strategy, site architecture, and look at popular plugins to help you sell your products online. This class will work well for both beginners and experts.
You can register for the class by clicking this link.
And to learn more about wordpress, visit my wordpress archives. Really. Click on that link. Or, you can take a look at some sites I’ve built using wordpress.
Jelon Vieira, the artistic director of DanceBarzil, is arguably one of the most influential figures in the world of Capoeira.
When we started working with DanceBrazil, they had virtually no web presence. So we developed their website, setup a facebook page, created a flickr account, and launched a vimeo page. At the end of their inaugural season with us, we also produced a live webcast (in English and Portuguese), streaming their performance across the globe.
Our efforts paid off very well – for every $1 they spent on us, we managed to bring $8 back for a total 1:8 ROI. And most interestingly, viewers from Brazil could finally take in their artistry.
This was an awesome project all around. We built ISSUE Project Room an entirely new WordPress. During the process, we archived all their content, and put into place a dynamic calendar system, helping them boost online ticket sales and increasing their web traffic by a whole bunch.
So what’s been happening down at the barn?
Well, glad you asked…
We just recently launched a new site: Hudson Valley BarnHouse
The site was built for a rental property in Warwick, NY offering rentals to vacationers and people who simply want to get away. The site features a full lightbox gallery, fully customizable font colors, and is completely mobile friendly (so people on the go can navigate to the property).
I’ve included a few pictures below, but go ahead and see the site for yourself. Heck – who knows – you just might find a great new deal for your next winter vacation!
(thanks to the Elegant Themes community for great support and great themes)
Watch the video below for a glimpse on how the web is touching people everyday.
(via Gawker)
(thanks for the video Mitch!)
This past September, I led a Blogging Workshop at the Brooklyn Food Coop. I covered lots of material and thought I would post a collection of wordpress resources.
Some of you are already blogging and are familiar, while others are just getting started.
Either way, I would encourage you to explore the resources below, and feel free to contact me with any questions.
Enjoy!
There are a whole host of wordpress theme respositories
Here are a few blogs that usually have good wordpress resources:
Smashing Magazine | http://www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/wordpress/
Noupe | http://www.noupe.com/category/wordpress
Blog Perfume | http://www.blogperfume.com/category/wordpress-theme/
WooThemes | http://www.woothemes.com/themes
Elegant Themes | http://www.elegantthemes.com/
Graph Paper Press | http://graphpaperpress.com/
And my favorite and most recommended theme framwork | Thesis Theme
Portfolio Themes
If you are a designer, photographer, or want to showcase your portfolio, there are a whole host of good Portfolio themes
Here are a few good posts with nice pre-built portfolio themes
http://www.jeffhendricksondesign.com/portfolio-wordpress-themes/
http://designm.ag/freelance/wordpress-portfolio-themes/
http://www.themescloset.com/2009/03/15-best-premium-wordpress-portfolio-themes/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/29/ultimate-guide-to-using-wordpress-for-a-portfolio/
If you’re looking for good video tutorials, take a look here:
http://wordpress.tv
I’ve also posted wordpress resources here
http://www.arrowrootmedia.com/tag/wordpress/
Finally, you can take a look at wordpress’ resources.
They have great resources, tutorials, forums, and examples
http://wordpress.com (Setup your own wordpress site for free)
http://wordpress.org (Read more about wordpress)
If you have a great wordpress resource or find a great theme, please feel free to let me know if the comments below
Take a look at the video below to get a sense of how to publish posts + update content on wordpress
For other great wordpress tutorials, visit WordPress.tv
I was looking around for some new wordpress themes, and remembered the one I used for a recent site for Little Big Pictures. The theme was Oulipo and was designed by Andrea Mignolo. One of her themes was recently among the themes named “Best WordPress Theme for 2008″
Here’s bestwpthemes.com’s selection of the best themes of 2008. There are 45 themes in all, divided between free and premium themes. I’ve selected just a handful. For the full list, visit the bestwpthemes.com site.
See the rest of the themes at bestwpthemes.com
WordPress Resources – 2013 Spring Edition
Building a Film Festival Website
What Kind of CMS’s Do Museums Use?
More WordPress Classes in 2013
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