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Nicholas John Zangara Memorial Fund

Matt — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:13:34 +0000

Because of Nicks’ love of children the Nicholas John Zangara Memorial Fund was created in his honor. The fund supports groups that focus on improving the lives of children in need. It is a non-profit organization that raises funds in order to serve children and families to help improve their quality of living.

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MLSPhilly2010

Matt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:19:39 +0000

Sometimes chance encounters amount to something wonderful. Such is the case with the story behind the website for Major Leagues Soccer's 16th franchise which begins play in 2010. If you happen to have time, ask one of the partners how this site came about. You'll enjoy it, trust us.

When the site was conceived it was originally modeled after other sports websites. However, after carful consideration of the needs of the client and keen awareness of the long lead time before the team actually played a game, we change gears and built a very robust site built on the ExpressionEngine CMS Platform. The site has minimal flash but instead focuses on the stories and news generated by the dedicated staff and writers of the site.

Just like a sports team, the site will change over time and eventually will morph into the full sports portal that it needs to be. With careful consideration of the future, we designed the site to scale accordingly and anticipate this to be a very popular destination for the fans of the franchise.

Sons of Ben

Matt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:50:24 +0000

Sons of Ben are the supporters club for the new Major League Soccer team that will begin play in 2010. The SoBs were instrumental in bringing the team to Philadelphia by their activism, vocal support, steadily increasing membership numbers.

For their new website, we focused on a full CMS experience based on WordPress. A unique header graphic immediately engages the visitor when they first visit the site. Interactive elements such as the groups Twitter feed, Flicker stream, and selected videos from the groups other site (SoBTV) provide the visitor with a wealth of content and invites a long stay on the site as well as promoting membership within this high profile group.

Upper Moreland Soccer Club

Matt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:34:32 +0000

Don't tell anyone but a few members of Coleraine Design are partial to the OTHER football. Yes, fellow Americans, that means soccer. More importantly, their dedication to youth development through soccer is an important part of who they are.

That intense dedication was refocused into the Upper Moreland Soccer Club website. While the previous site, which was managed as a solo project by one of our partners, was aesthetically pleasing and informative it didn't provide the necessary functionality needed to really assist club member and kids in finding the information they really needed. We took the original visual cues form the previous site and applied them to the newly developed site based on WordPress.

Now, members have quick access to all the information the club puts out. As a further enhancement, we implemented links to the clubs Flickr account, Viddler video sharing, as well as other interactive elements. The new site is a major improvement over the previous iteration and, we hope, becomes the envy of all the other youth clubs in the area.