BrainPOP Educators, the teacher community of BrainPOP, features free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic organizers, best practices, and much more. They came to SlipFire wanting to build a true community site, where teachers can interact with each other and share information. So, using a combination of WordPress muliti-site and BuddyPress, we worked with the BrainPOP team to create the ideal teacher community.  Since the community was just one of many BrainPOP websites, we also built real-time data syncing between BrainPOP.com and BuddyPress, and imported data for over 130,000 users.

Features Include: Member profiles, forums, groups, integrated blog, custom widgets, front-end spell checking, single sign-on and real-time syncing between multiple sites.

Famous Monsters of Filmland (FM) has been defining horror since the 1950′s. Horror can be found on line, on television, in books, in comic books, in movies and in role playing games – and they cover it all.  FM needed a website that was flexible and could showcase their extensive library of videos and comic books, and they chose SlipFire to build it.   We started with the Genesis theme framework for security and speed, and mixed in some Google webfonts for that comic book look.  The result is an awesomely scary site!

Features Include: Fully customizable Header and background advertisement, custom video slider, custom comic book loader, integrated streaming video, Google web fonts.

SlipFire is located in New York City, and we’re very active in the local WordPress community. Besides co-organizing two WordCamps, we also organize the local WordPressNYC Meetup.  Two of the goals of the meetup is to network and educate our members, so what better way to do this then to create a community website using BuddyPress… and that’s how WPNYC.ORG was born!  SlipFire was the lead developer on this project, along with two community members.

WPNYC Features: Built on BuddyPress, full community features, web font support, custom search, auto tweeting, auto submit to Facebook and Linkedin, sharing (tweet, FB like,etc),  just plain awesome

NYConvergence on WordPress

Original site on Typepad

NYConvergence is a digest of digital media technology news of interest to the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut tri-state area.  Originally built on Typepad, nyconvergence.com asked us to move them to WordPress and redesign their site. We used the Genesis Theme Framework for ease of customization and security, and as you can see from the photos, we did a total upgrade which looks awesome!

NYconvergence.com features: Related Stores, Popular Stories and a total social networking package: Facebook Like, Twitter tweets, email to friend, Newsletter, iPhone app, Amazon Kindle subscription, Widgetbox widget and much more.

The goal of Womensvoicesforchange.org is too redefine menopause in terms of today’s women.  This non-profit came to us and asked for a full site redesign to help them get their message across.  Originally on Typepad, we transfered their site to WordPress and was able to add all the functionality they needed.

WomensVoicesForChange Features: new clean look, featured area with slider, ability to add videos to posts, lots of social networking tools including Facebook Like, Twitter Retweet, Email post to a friend, Related Content, email newsletter signup.

247WallSt.com is the premier website for round-the-clock news on business and finance.  Started in 2006 on Typepad, they decided in Dec 2008 that they needed to move to WordPress VIP to take their website to the next level.  We worked closely with the 247 team to keep the same look and feel of the very successful original design, and added a number of new features to build a community.

247WallSt.com features: a host of social networking tools; Email post to a friend, post to Facebook, Follow on Twitter, Share This, Digg, Yahoo Buzz, Delicious, Fark and Reddit.  We also integrated the Intense Debate enhanced comment system, and a tabbed interface in the sidebar to highlight popular posts and the Editor’s picks.  Setting a post as a “Featured Article” highlights it on all pages.

After working for 16 years as a consultant/software developer for a number of Wall Street firms, Jim Winters decided a career change was in order. One year after becoming a licensed real estate agent, Jim realized his combination of honesty, integrity, and grit was rare in this business, and he wanted to share his knowledge with the world. FromTheStoop.com is Jims way to share his real estate experience with the world and his musings on Brooklyn.

FromTheStoop.com features: full content management system (CMS), tabbed featured articles section, always present content form in header, ability to add real estate listings, built-in search, integrated Mailing List manager.

The ladies at Gotta Knit in Greenwich Village are warm and friendly, and they wanted a website that reflected their personalities. First we picked warm, fun colors and then we added fun borders to everything. A large typeface added some warmth, and some line art added the finishing touch.

GottaKnit.net features: an easy to use event manager, integrated mailing list, photo gallery and a personalized Google Map.

SkyTrack Condo has 60 owner apartments spread out over four buildings and wanted a way to communicate with them easily. Their new website certainly does the trick! All new announcements are posted on the front page of the website, and immediately emailed to the owners. Sending messages to the Superintendent, Managing Agent or Board of Managers is just one click away, and the website keeps a log of all messages for future reference. An integrated calendar announces upcoming events, and the local weather is always displayed. Additionally, each board member has a user ID and password so they can easily update the website themselves.

SkyTrackCondo.com features: Email subscription service, three different contact forms, integrated calendar, local weather display.

When Rita Ross is not teaching High School English, she’s out canvassing the streets of New York City for a good deal, taste-testing restaurants or practicing yoga at her favorite studio. Her passions come together at LittlePinkList.com, where Rita’s writing skills shine as a reviewer on her favorite passions. The website was designed to reflect Rita’s personality and be easy to navigate, and we guess it worked. LittlePinkList.com is becoming more popular every day.

LittlePinkList.com features: Random quote generated at top of page, integrated mailing list manager, contact form, ability for readers to leave comments on articles