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This project was quite interesting as the Network is a brand new organization that is trying to bridge communicative gaps between a very diverse group of 1,000s of non-profit organizations around the province of Ontario.

Built in Drupal, this site allows administrative members of the Network to login and directly edit/add content - such as 'pages,' event listings and additional downloadable resources; all through the same front-end interface. Changes to the site are made as easily as logging in, pressing 'edit,' entering information through a WYSIWYG editor (looks like a scaled-down version of Microsoft Word) and then saving immediately to the live site.

In crafting the aesthetic of the site, we tried to use open space and natural colors/tones to achieve a simple interface that felt comfortable to peruse.

At launch, the site will be used to relate the Network's identity, post events and resources - such as downloadable PDF documents, blog and invite subscriptions to an email list.

Drupal as a platform affords the Network with modular scalability that will allow us to develop the communicative abilities of the site in time as the member base of the organization grows and multi-lateral dialogue between members becomes more regular and necessary.

In time, this site may serve to represent Network members with a profiling system as well as give them the ability to extend the notion of 'Constellations' - taking common interests into group-based discussion forums, blogs etc...

This brand new website is the public face of a partnership in Ontario, Canada that promotes municipal cultural planning practices. As well, it serves as their mouth-piece and hosts research materials, case studies and so on.

The site was built in Drupal to afford it scalability in the future - should the online community of municipal cultural planners grows and demands more from the site.

Already, you can login to the site and begin posting comments in their blog and library, as well as peruse the documents available in the library section. Members can also post their event listings to the site.

From 2002 until the end of 2007 the JC Report was an email newsletter part-owned by NYC-based Flavorpill Publications.  The newsletter was sent out to just over 40,000 subscribers twice per month.

For 2008, the JC Report officially left Flavorpill and sought to not only increase the frequency of email newsletter issues to weekly but also launch a new dynamic website that would grow in time to support the fashion community at large and develop an online space for that community centred around the JC Report brand.

Previously, the JC Report's web presence comprised of a static-html archive of their back-issue emails.  We decided to create a whole new site in Drupal that would let site contributors around the world all login and post pieces, as well as have editors log in to review the posts before adding necessary imagery etc and publishing live-to-site.

Our goals were manifold with this project; particularily, we wanted to build a simple site that easily allows people to navigate through the huge back-log of content from previous email newsletters as well as register on the site and interact with other readers.

We built two levels of blogs on the site - one powering their day-to-day publishing plus a second private-posting area just for the publication's namesake, Jason Campbell - to be called 'Jason's Dispatches.'

This long-term project is live but will continue to be upgraded through 2008 with innovative features being added quarterly. 

Juma are a Canadian fashion label with two lines; their signature label as well as 'Movement' - an active line of women's wear. Both are tailored for a conservative yet young and funky female who values quality in fabric, stitching and timeless style.

To craft an interactive aesthetic for Juma's new site, we embraced light and transparency to achieve feminine yet bold and sexy qualities - shades of darkness and animated fades with the light-boxed gallery entice the site user to explore Juma's collections and offer mystery around the Juma brand.

A completely bespoke aesthetic was designed - inspired by skype.com and empowered with scalability; a discussion forum was installed to allow for customer interaction and offer new thinking on customer (self) support. In addition to listing products, the site offers both document and software downloads to support multi-link products plus serve as a within-staff document repository.

This long-term project has seen a website evolve with Bobby's career - from being a simple place to store his bio, we have worked with him to develop and then grow his email contact database - helping him promote the music he presents on his BBC Radio1 and Asian Network shows. Recent introductions have been a wordpress-powered blog and media gallery, both integrated into the CMS.

In order to relate better to foreign audiences coming to Niagara as tourists, this Joomla CMS-powered site was enabled with on-demand translation functionality in 8 languages other than English. Future functionality has been built into the site such as a blog and multi-media gallery, which will be introduced strategically towards the end of 2006.

From concept to completion, this site was built in Joomla with community functionality allowing users to register, sign up for Ken's newsletter, login and register for hosted events listed in an online calendar. Additional programming allowed admins to use the site to create cross-browser compliant HTML newsletters they can work on collaboratively.

With a huge alumni and large number of camp attendees per year, this camp wanted to use their website to maintain and develop their community online. The solution entailed a site that integrates content publishing with a private members-only discussion forum and media gallery. As well, bespoke forms were peppered throughout the site with error reporting to ensure that they were filled correctly - to allow future staff to apply for jobs, alumni to subscribe to the Alumni Newsletter and so on.

As a yoga instructor who has developed his own school of yoga, Neil Patel wanted a new site to publish a large body of philosphy he believes in. The site's aesthetic was to be dark and intensly energetic yet somehow calm, reflecting the nature of his yoga. Integrated to the CMS is a simple photogallery and discussion forum to help his students talk about their practice etc.