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he new POF website is minimal, clean, and packed with Mid-Century modern products. A ton of content (about 250 pages) was migrated onto WordPress from the old website. We maximized WordPress’s blog functionality, allowing products to easily be added and maintained. Search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo prefer blog-based and real-time websites. This will ultimately have a very positive effect on POF’s rankings. If you’re in the downtown area, be sure to grab a seat.

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aturally, the Burger Santa Cruz website is built on WordPress, a Content Management System (CMS) used by over 50 million businesses. A huge perk was the addition of a dynamically generated beer menu. The content is pulled daily from a Beer Menus database, which is easily maintained using a web browser. This unique function allows the style of the website remain intact, while the content is always fresh and current.  Now, who’s ready for some hops?

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site is clean and minimal with power bursts of color that allow the photography to be the focal point throughout the site. HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery power the subtle aesthetics and unexpected grid-based layout. This technology allows rounded corners and transparent images but degrades gracefully on older Web browsers. Built on Drupal, an open-source platform in collaboration with our partners at CivicActions.

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ith over 30 vendors operating practically year-round, the Market’s culinary delights will make your mouth sweat. Personal faves: Thai Mama’s green onion and garlic wontons, Better Bean Company’s Cuban style black beans, and handmade pita bread by The Hummus Stop. The website is built on WordPress, allowing the volunteers to easily maintain content. No expert programming needed, just an appetite to help.

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eal-world challenges such as poverty, population, health, conservation, climate change, and agricultural productivity are addressed through hands-on field training. Studying in countries such as Africa, Asia, or Latin America? That’s right.

Over 20 universities and 50 collaborating organizations are participating in this specialized master’s program. Big props to CivicActions for their Drupal theming and coding wizardry. Funding by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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ublic broadcasting is commercial-free and largely listener supported with some governmental assistance. So it’s crucial for people get involved and sign up to help ensure public broadcasting stays alive.

The main key messaging behind the website is to enrich, inform, educate, and enlighten Americans about public broadcasting. This became the driving force behind using imagery that’s directly sourced from the 250 partner stations. Thanks to CivicActions who specializes in strategy, design, and Drupal development.

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f you’ve ever visited Bend’s Northwest Crossing neighborhood, chances are that you’ve seen one of Peterson’s masterful properties. The redesigned website is built on WordPress and features an incredible portfolio, rotating testimonials, contact form, and Constant Contact newsletter integration.

Plenty of awesome plugins were installed to maintain and improve search engine statistics on Google, Yahoo, and Bing. The site is currently optimized to rank top 5 for “home design oregon”. And Muddy River Design is also hooked up with a social media frenzy.

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epave is all about inspiring and involving community and their old website wasn’t connecting users. They asked and I delivered. Depave’s new WordPress site is full of sledgehammin’ goodness: social media integration, a forum, calendar of events, internal ads, and two blogs. From parking lots to paradise, they will bring it.

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combined forces with global humanitarian organization CARE and Resonate Social Media to help raise funds for aiding the people of Haiti. Working on this project intense because the photos from CARE were very intense and heart-wrenching. It was difficult to not feel helpless for these people who were suffering thousands of miles away. But effective design can motivate and help truly save the world.

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t’s all about supporting your local business. Recommended products: Biobags, Harvest Roast Gourmet Pumpkin Seeds, Rebinders, anything from Missionary Chocolates. Guess that’s a no-brainer, right?

Local Goods also adorns its walls with exhibitions from Portland artists. It’s always refreshing to walk into their store on NE Burnside and get slammed in the face by bursts of color. And the best part is knowing the artwork has some sustainable or environmentally conscious motive behind it. If you’re in the area, be sure to pay them a visit and tell them that Chuck sent ya.