WordPress Showcase

Administrative Council of the United States

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:33:57 +0000

The Administrative Conference of the United States is an independent federal agency dedicated to improving the administrative process through consensus-driven applied research, providing nonpartisan expert advice and recommendations for improvement of federal agency procedures. Its membership is composed of innovative federal officials and experts with diverse views and backgrounds from both the private sector and academia.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The ACUS uses WordPress as a CMS and various WordPress plugins to run a site to make ACUS agency information available to the public.

90 Days of Art

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:41:14 +0000

“90 Days of Art” is an online Art Journal and Exhibit for charity, with 90% of the proceeds being donated to the American Red Cross. Artist & designer John Beck McConnico produced an average of one painting, sketch, or art doodle per day, continuously for a 90-day period.

Why it’s in the Showcase: 90 Days of Art uses WordPress as a CMS to showcase each work and allow users to buy artwork and donate money.

Dimmu Borgir

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:10:50 +0000

Founded in 1993 by Shagrath, Silenoz, and Tjodalv and named after unusually shaped lava fields and rock formations east of Lake Mývatn in Iceland, Norway’s DIMMU BORGIR made their debut into the underground metal scene via unofficial rehearsal cassette tapes in 1993. Inspired by incarnations of black metal from the ‘80s and ‘90s and inspired by the works of classical composers such as Wagner and Dvořák, the band’s music was resplendent in its raw & melodic vocals, somber guitar work, destructive drums, and haunting keyboard melodies.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses a graphic-heavy theme, custom fonts, and plugins to create a WordPress-based hub for fans of Dimmu Borgir.

AIGA Portland

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:34:15 +0000

AIGA supports the interests of professionals, educators and students who are engaged in the process of designing, regardless of where they are in the arc of their careers. The disciplines represented in the profession range from book and type design through the traditional communication design disciplines to the newer arenas of interaction design, experience design and motion graphics.

Why it’s in the Showcase: AIGA Portland uses a custom, well-designed theme and WordPress as a CMS to organize and bring together design professionals across the Portland area. It features robust new content, better user experience, and a bold new platform from which to excite, inform, engage and delight.

LA Times Media Kit

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:17:09 +0000

The Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG) businesses and affiliates include the Los Angeles Times, The Envelope, Times Community News, LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine and Hoy Los Angeles and reaches approximately 5.1 million or 38% of all adults in the Southern California marketplace.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a backbone for allowing advertisers and users to find a depth of information about the Los Angeles Times Media Network.

Swiss Side

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:03:32 +0000

Swiss Side is the fusion of Action Sports product design and development, with engineering from the pinnacle of technology in Formula 1. Combined with our burning passion for cycling and the Swiss alps as our playground, our desire is to develop the absolute best cycling wheels on the market…designed by the cyclist for the cyclist.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Swiss Side uses WordPress as a CMS and e-commerce platform using a custom theme with custom fonts and various plugins.

Concordia University

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:55:52 +0000

Concordia University has been training educators for more than 100 years. Concordia’s online Master of Education degrees focus on Christian learning and preparing leaders for the transformation of society.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Concordia’s online Master of Education website uses WordPress to provide unique and essential resources for teachers. The site uses WordPress as a CMS and publishes blog posts by professors and experts in education offering advice and opinions.

Overlapps

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:38:03 +0000

We want to share the fascinating world of mobile apps, not only discovering the ones we love and the people behind these mobile apps, but also recommending the applications we love more for an increasing innovative and inspirational networking community.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses a custom WordPress theme and plugins to showcase, rate, and allow users to browse mobile apps.

The Sprott School of Business

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:34:08 +0000

The Sprott School of Business is a full-service business school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – the nation’s capital. They explore complex management issues through innovative programs, interdisciplinary research and collaborative partnerships. Their activities are aligned along three core strengths: international focus, innovation and responsible management. The site was designed to have a clean and professional look, and to allow easy promotion of the school programs, as well as the research work of their faculty.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses highly customized theme to create a powerful WordPress CMS providing a simple and intuitive environment for promoting the various programs and activities of the school. It uses a variety of custom post types and taxonomies on top of the standard pages and posts and multiple installations of WordPress to replace an archaic database of research work.

Tribune Media Group

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:31:04 +0000

The Tribune Media Group specializes in helping businesses large and small connect with their target customers in the Chicagoland market.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS and a filtering system to display an extensive portfolio.

Little Five Fest

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:27:44 +0000

The all-day Little Five Fest happens on September 24, with the most of the action happening at the Star Bar, both indoors and in the parking lot, with additional stages at Criminal Records and Aurora Coffee.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress, a custom theme, and several plugins to create a site that showcases Atlanta’s local talent.

Drew University

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:21:27 +0000

Located in the picturesque and friendly borough of Madison, New Jersey, Drew’s 186 acre, wooded campus is within walking distance of the Madison train station, which offers direct service to Midtown Manhattan’s New York Penn Station.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Drew University uses WordPress to fully power our over 140 sites across campus. The sites make extensive use of plugins and core functionality to provide a good experience for both users and editors.

MBA@UNC

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:17:31 +0000

In July of 2011, UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School launched MBA@UNC, a groundbreaking online MBA program for ambitious professionals. Through the use of innovative technologies and real-world immersion experiences, MBA@UNC blends the flexibility of an online program with the rigor and quality of an on-campus experience. MBA@UNC allows faculty and classmates to interact in a vibrant learning community that sets UNC Kenan-Flagler apart from other online programs.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The MBA@UNC site uses WordPress as a CMS to showcase news, engage prospective students, and highlight its diverse and global community of students and alumni. The site demonstrates how pre-eminent institutions of higher education are innovating and re-branding themselves in today’s digital age. The site leverages social networks to attract audiences and uses the blog feature to showcase a range of articles related to business, MBA admissions, and student experiences. The flexibility and ease of use of WordPress enable Kenan-Flagler staff and partners to update content regularly – videos, white papers, faculty/staff profiles, and more.

Crossover Health

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:08:43 +0000

Belonging to Crossover Health is you and your employees sharing a vision of a dynamic and vibrant workplace. It’s a common understanding of the value of healthy lives. It’s a passion for individuals seeking a more vital life because they want to. It’s celebrating their journeys to better health.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Crossover Health website uses WordPress as a CMS along with a clean and simple theme to create a site that promotes corporate wellness.

Perth Zoo

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:04:44 +0000

Our purpose as an organisation is to actively contribute to conservation. This is done through our research activities, support for wildlife projects, our animal breeding programs particularly breeding animals for release into the wild, wildlife rehabilitation, and partnerships with other groups and organisations. Perth Zoo also actively contributes to conservation through the work of its staff in field conservation, wildlife veterinary training, education programs and interpretation.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Perth Zoo’s WordPress-based website uses a custom theme, plugins, and custom post types to create an information-rich site useful to visitors and conservationists.

Platinum PR

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:59:07 +0000

Platinum PR is a boutique public relations firm created to assist businesses and organizations with cost-effective solutions for their communications, marketing and event planning needs. Platinum PR serves as the marketing/communications department for businesses and organizations that do not have these talents internally, in the Washington DC area.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Platinum PR website well branded site that makes great use of WordPress’ ability to function as a CMS.

The Campfire Film Foundation

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:29:30 +0000

The Campfire Film Foundation is a social enterprise based in Melbourne Australia. It is a hybrid short film festival / distribution platform designed for connecting school teachers with short films that spark discussion.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Campfire Film Foundation website uses a custom developed WordPress theme and WordPress as a CMS to create a directory of films and film festivals for educators and filmmakers.

Cutest Paw

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:25:39 +0000

Cutest Paw collects the cute photos of animals for you browsing pleasure.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Cutest Paw uses a custom theme with minimalist dynamic grid-based layout and infinite scroll to put emphasis on the focus of the site: the photos.

Future Internet Public-Private Partnership Programme

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:20:49 +0000

The European Commission has launched the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership Programme (FI-PPP) to advance a shared vision for harmonised European-scale technology platforms and their implementation, as well as the integration and harmonisation of the relevant policy, legal, political and regulatory frameworks. As set forth in the Digital Agenda for Europe, these are considered to be prerequisites for realizing a European online Digital Single Market (DSM) and, more broadly, an inclusive knowledge society.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS, a custom built theme, and several plugins to encourage innovative uses of technology in Europe.

Movimento Milenio

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:28:41 +0000

The “Millennium Movement” is a Portuguese initiative to seek answers to future development paths and trends, with real impact on the lives of the Portuguese. The The Millennium Movement wants to be the gathering point of all ideas and projects for the future in four main areas: democracy, business, cities and consumption.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Millenium Movement uses a custom developed theme and plugins to create a magazine-style site that aims to further the development of business and democracy in Portugal and encourage users to take an active role.

Find New Jams

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:02:24 +0000

FindNewJams.com is a music discovery website that lets people find the latest music in a number of genres. They curate the stream themselves and careful cull through music from up-and-coming artists to keep people who are interested in new music up to date.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Find New Jams uses a custom WordPress theme and several plugins to create a music discovery site complete with charts, playlists, and an integrated music player.

Team Lotus

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:46:17 +0000

It is September 12th, 2009. Most F1 teams are already well advanced in the design of their cars for the 2010 season, having been working on them for around five months. Team Lotus, however, has only just had their slot on the grid officially accepted by the FIA, the sport’s governing body. While nearly every other team has a workforce of over 200 working on the car, Team Lotus has four people in an empty factory in Hingham, Norfolk.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses a lot of custom templates and custom post type to create a dynamic and information-rich WordPress-powered site.

Samaritan’s Purse

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:29:25 +0000

We are a Christian not-for-profit organisation, aiming to practically demonstrate God’s love through showing mercy and bringing hope to those in greatest need. Samaritan’s Purse started in 1970 in the USA and has been active out of Australia/New Zealand since 1995. The organisation has its own Australian Board our projects have three main areas of focus, all motivated by our Christian faith and the story of The Good Samaritan.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS and custom plugins to implement a custom cart system.

Riversend

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:59:47 +0000

This site is an ongoing document of creative activity of Dylan Baskind, a freelance creative working in Sydney, Australia.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Riversend is creative Dylan Baskind’s blog. It uses a typography heavy custom designed theme and custom post types to emphasize the theme of “sights, sounds, and ideas.”

Oh Land

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:56:15 +0000

Oh Land’s music bears the fruit of this incredibly stimulating childhood. She has created a soundscape that dreams as hard as it dances. Her performance style confronts the audience with elements as sonically and visually diverse as drum pads, an omnichord, and a front projector system that broadcasts homemade visuals across balloons.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Oh Land’s site reflects her unique approach to her music. The site combines video and sound to create a full experience.

Pop ‘stache

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:52:21 +0000

Pop ‘stache is a new music journalism website based in Chicago. At Pop ‘stache, we get off on music. We want to engage you with fertile content you can’t find anywhere else. Our goal is to be an active participant in the broader discussion about music and become a part of your daily music fabric. We’re here to grow with you.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Pop ‘stache was built entirely in WordPress from the ground up using a custom theme and plugins. The site is gaining serious momentum in the Chicago music scene and is the main media sponsor for an official Lollapalooza pre-show.

Black Box Music

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:45:12 +0000

Since 1992, Black Box Music has been operating as a leader in the field of event technology. Our focus, in addition to the rental of equipment, is the planning and implementation of technical concepts for events. This includes and complete solutions for tours, corporate events and trade shows to name a few. Our customers work hand in hand under the guidance of a competent project manager and specialists from all areas of event technology.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS to organize and provide information on the company’s various event equipment offerings in both German and English. It uses a custom theme and plugins to integrate various features, including a technical rider submission system where customers can create and collaborate on technical riders for their event.

Free Architecture

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:56:52 +0000

Free Architecture offers design services to third sector clients; it provides access to the passion, energy and creative drive of its members to those who need it most, for free.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Free Architecture uses a custom, image-heavy theme to show examples of creative architecture. The site acts as a visual blog for architecture enthusiasts and allows third sector clients to apply for design services.

Jonathan Coulton

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:52:19 +0000

Jonathan Coulton is a musician, a singer-songwriter and an internet superstar.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Coulton’s WordPress-powered site is chock full of music, news and merchandise. First established in 2005, Coulton’s website keeps fans updated on his music, shows, and Thing-A-Week project updates.

Beltrame Wealth Management

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:48:04 +0000

Beltrame Wealth Management is a professional and personal investment and finanncial planning group focussed on building relationships for life.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The website uses WordPress as a CMS and custom fonts to create a well-branded look.

UK Government Cabinet Office Digital Team

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:45:16 +0000

The Government Digital Service is a new team within Cabinet Office tasked with transforming government digital services. Established in response to Martha Lane Fox’s report, ‘Directgov 2010 and beyond: revolution not evolution’, our core purpose is to ensure the Government offers world-class digital products that meet people’s needs.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The UK Goverment Digital Office uses a site powered by WordPress.com to write blog posts and post their progress and plans for projects.

C-Scape

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:39:26 +0000

Larry Kramer’s blog about the changing landscape of media and business. C-Scape stands for the fact that the four themes driving change all begin with the letter “C”: Consumer, Content, Curation and Convergence.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Larry Kramer is the founder and Former CEO of CBS Marketwatch.com, the first president of CBS Digital, and currently sits on the Boards of Discovery Communications, Inc., American Media Inc., Freedom Communications, Inc., Answers Corp., Black Arrow Inc., Harvard Business School Publishing. Former reporter and editor for The Washington Post and San Francisco Examiner.

Alman Universitetlərinə Tələbə qəbulu

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:38:08 +0000

Alman Universitetlərinə Tələbə qəbulu helps Azerbaijani assists students pursuing studies in Germany. We help place students in Bachelor, Master, PhD, Residency, language learning, and internship programs

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses a colorful, vibrant custom theme and some plugins to encourage and assist Azerbaijani students studying in Germany.

Gigographya

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:31:09 +0000

Gigographya.com is a directory for concerts, DJ’s gigs, music festivals, and more. Find current events and buy concert tickets online by choosing the best price from the main online ticket-brokers such as Ticketmaster, TicketLine, Ticketnetwork, Get me in, Seetickets and many others.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Gigographya uses WordPress to create an aggregated directory of gigs, concerts, parties, and festivals around the world.

They Might Be Giants

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:22:19 +0000

They Might Be Giants is a band from New York City founded by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. TMBG writes, records and tours continuously, has been involved in numerous television and film projects, and has an on-going podcast. They have won two Grammies. The John’s are frequently joined by Dan Miller on guitar, Danny Weinkauf on bass, and Marty Beller on drums.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The grammy-award winning band They Might Be Giants uses their WordPress powered site as a hub for their fans. It uses a custom theme and various plugins integrates news, social media activity, podcast updates, TMBG merchandise, and gig information.

James Allen on F1

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:21:41 +0000

James Allen became ITV Sport’s lead commentator on Formula 1 in October 2001, having deputised for Murray Walker at six races during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. During James’ tenure as commentator, ITV’s race coverage won three consecutive BAFTA awards and the Royal Television Society’s Sports Programme of the Year award. In 2008 James and Martin Brundle were presented with an Autosport Award for their dramatic coverage of the final laps of the Brazilian Grand Prix, ITV’s last F1 race.

Why it’s in the Showcase: James Allen is one of Britain’s top F1 racing commentators. His WordPress-powered site extends his commentary into blog posts and tweets and allows his fans to interact with him on a forum.

The Saucy Milliner

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:11:26 +0000

The Saucy Milliner is a Vancouver based milliner (hatmaker) specializing in bespoke services. This is where I display the fruits of my hat-making labour. Using only the finest materials, antique hat blocks and old-world techniques I create beautiful and unique pieces of art. Each of my hats is an heirloom-quality creation, decorated with treasures that have been personally sourced from around the world. Have a look around and discover how a Saucy Milliner hat can add a timeless twist to your personal style.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS and a customized theme to create a uniquely branded experience that includes a blog, social media presence. and online store.

The World Domination Summit

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:25:28 +0000

The World Domination Summit conference is a conference about non-conformity and unconventional strategies for work, life and travel.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS, a custom designed and developed theme, and various plugins to create a uniquely designed event site to promote and act as a hub for the World Domination Summit.

BU Today

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:25:07 +0000

BU Today, the news and information Web site of Boston University, is published by the office of Marketing and Communications every day school is in session.

Why it’s in the Showcase: BU Today migrated over 6,000 articles from a Drupal installation to our WordPress MultiSite installation. Every day that school is in session, a new edition is created that combines new content and relevant existing content. The order of all components is manually controlled, which provides editors with the power to control exactly how their content is presented on the homepage without having to fiddle with the publish date or classify the content in any particular way. When the edition is published, all associated drafts are also automatically published.

Positively Positive

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:49:16 +0000

At its core, Positively Positive is about optimism and inspiration. About seeing the possibility within each person—and within each day gifted us. It’s about wisdom and how we lift one another up to richer, more fulfilling lives. It’s about tapping into our true nature and capacity.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Positively Positive is an online magazine that uses WordPress to allow contributors to submit content that focuses on inspiration for a positive lifestyle. Its contributors include Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Dr. Andrew Weil.

HelloGiggles

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:32:03 +0000

Founded by actress/musician Zooey Deschanel, producer Sophia Rossi and writer/Internet Sensation Molly McAleer, hellogiggles.com is the ultimate entertainment destination for smart, independent and creative females. Everything hosted on the site will be lady-friendly, so visitors need not worry about finding the standard Boys Club content that makes many entertainment sites unappealing to so many of us.

Why it’s in the Showcase: HelloGiggles is a WordPress-powered online magazine catered towards the ladies of the world. It sports grid-based theme sprinkled with icons and illustrations that features both original and user-submitted content.

Travelogic

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:43:36 +0000

Travelogic is an experimental website by Gabe Morton-Cook. This project is intended to bring together three of his passions: Travel,Photography and Interactive Design/Development.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site is a creative use of WordPress as a photolog and travel journal. It uses a beautiful custom theme to display entries and browse photos from various places Morton-Cook has visited, all while following along on a map.

Paleo Plan

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:30:41 +0000

Paleo Plan provides simple meal plans that outline every meal of the week. We provide shopping lists to help you make sure you have all the food you need when you go to make it. We offer tips and tricks to eating paleo, shopping, and just managing your eating life. When you subscribe to Paleo Plan, we make it easy to eat Paleo.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Paleo Plan uses a custom WordPress theme, custom post types, and plugins to create shopping lists, recipes, meal plans and other resources te follow the popular Paleo diet.

Lights

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:55:51 +0000

When electro-rock sensation Lights first hit the music scene in 2008, she was just a songwriter with a synth and a dream. Her name may have been pluralized but Lights Poxleitner was a one-woman show who played and programmed her own instruments and sang her own lyrics.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress to create central hub for fans to stay updated on Lights’music, tour, and news. The new site, built on WordPress in anticipation of her new album, “Siberia,” uses plugins, custom fonts, and a unique theme.

Ubuntu Romania

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:56:22 +0000

Ubuntu is a Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community support and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be freely available (without charge), software tools must be used by people in their own language and despite any disabilities, and those people should be free to adapt and modify applications that you have in any way they believe suits them best.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS and a child theme based on the Thematic framework. The theme is designed for a site with multiple authors, customized pages, beautiful typography, and clean layout.

The Luol Deng Foundation UK

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:50:45 +0000

The Luol Deng Foundation UK (LDF UK) provide opportunities for participation in basketball for all sections of the community by organising basketball-related projects, camps, events and programmes whilst also helping with coaching and club development.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site is the UK-based hub of Chicago Bulls player Luol Deng’s charitable foundation. It uses WordPress as a CMS to tie together news, community information, and resources about the foundation.

Eric Paul Snowden

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:55:42 +0000

Eric Paul Snowden is the VP of Creative and Technology and a part time teacher at Parsons School of Design in New York. EricPaulSnowden.com is a showcase of his design, creative direction and blog.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Eric Paul Snowden’s portfolio features a custom WordPress theme, AJAX-powered page transitions, and custom post types.

Ladies Learning Code

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:31:39 +0000

A new Toronto-based collective of women working to empower everyone to feel comfortable learning basic, beginner-friendly technical skills in a social, collaborative way.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS and a custom branded theme to organize events and create a learning environment to teach and encourage women to learn technical skills.

Eric Cantor

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:54:22 +0000

Eric Cantor is a results-oriented leader in Congress dedicated to helping solve problems for America’s families. In 2011, Eric was elected by his colleagues in the House to serve as the Majority Leader for the 112th Congress – this was after serving as Republican Whip for the 111th Congress.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Eric has served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Virginia’s 7th District, since 2001. This WordPress-powered site serves as a hub for information about his position and campaign.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:42:53 +0000

Sherrilyn Kenyon is a world renowned author who writes Urban Fantasy novels. She has over twenty million copies of her novels in print worldwide and has appeared on the New York Times best seller list over 50 times.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site serves as a portal between author and fans giving insight into Sherrilyn’s life and allowing followers from around the globe to connect with her and each other. It uses a customised WordPress theme to tie together the Series, Novels and Characters components.

Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management at UC Berkeley

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:14:41 +0000

The Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management is a multidisciplinary program that recognizes the urgency of the challenges, and the enormous opportunities that may lead to transformative change.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS, custom post types, custom taxonomies, and custom metaboxes to create a flexible, easy-to-update website.

Haunted Island

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:09:20 +0000

Haunted Island is source of information regarding ghosts, hauntings, strange happenings and the supernatural, in and around the UK.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The blog features a theme that has been customised to reflect the eeriness of its content.

Raket Reklambyrå

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:09:18 +0000

We are an agency located in the heart of Gothenburg who provides solutions over a wide range of media: the web, mobile websites, web shops,apps, identity and logo design, guerrilla marketing, print works, etc.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS and a custom theme to create a clean, well-designed website that emphasizes the agency’s strengths and skills.

Explore St. Louis

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:51:17 +0000

The mission of the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission (CVC) is to promote St. Louis as a meeting site and travel destination in an effort to further economic development for the city. The Commission provides information and resources to help visitors get the most out of their trip to the Gateway City.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site features a dynamic, graphic-heavy design with a custom jQuery-powered slider.

CoCoworking

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:11:42 +0000

CoCoworking is the first coworking space in Pamplona (Spain): a place where entrepeneurs and freelance can work together and connect with others.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site promotes and educates people on coworking in the Pamplona area.

Prey Project

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:11:02 +0000

Prey lets you keep track of your phone or laptop at all times, and will help you find it if it ever gets lost or stolen. It’s lightweight, open source software, and free for anyone to use.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The WordPress-run site allows users to log in to find their lost hardware.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:58:10 +0000

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a 7-time Grammy award winning rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band has sold over 65 million albums worldwide since their formation in 1983.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This WordPress-powered site is a hub of information about the band. It provides fans with a central place to follow up on news, tour dates, message boards, and the band’s social media presence.

The Uprising Creative

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:31:29 +0000

The official site, blog, and portfolio of design and web development studio, The Uprising Creative. The Uprising Creative is Darren Craig, Jeff Nicholas, Simon McLoughlin, Douglas Gledhill, Brian McCain, Vu Tran, Ryan McCann, and JT Russo. And a rotating cast of interns. We design stuff. We build web stuff. We consult for brands & artists. We have fun. We’re out of our minds.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This site is built on WordPress using a custom theme based using CSS3 and HTML5 animations and transitions to display a design and web development portfolio. The site displays and organizes content using custom post types and taxonomies.

The Armory Foundation

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:23:11 +0000

The Armory Foundation oversees the premier indoor track and field center in America. It is committed to serving youth by promoting fitness, a love of sport and the pursuit of individual excellence by hosting over 100 track meets each year, maintaining the US National Track and Field Hall of Fame, operating the largest after school activities center in New York, providing college prep and academic counseling services to hundreds of underserved, New York City public high school students, and offering a variety of community support programs, all in its world class facility.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS and a custom theme to create a website the focuses on the Foundation’s core mission and values.

Kina Grannis

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:45:57 +0000

Kina started playing shows at the age of four in front of her stuffed animals. Now she plays in front of people, though it wasn’t the quickest transition for the admittedly shy songstress. In 2007, Kina joined YouTube, made a music video and entered herself into a contest. A few months later, her video for “Message From Your Heart” aired during the Superbowl and its 97 million viewers (or 194 million eyeballs, depending on how you’re keeping track) and she walked away with a record deal. Her music is both sweet and melancholy, but always filled with hope. She’d want you to know that she saves drowning honeybees from pools whenever she gets the chance.

Why its in the showcase: Kina has self-released three EPs, and in February of 2010, Kina independently released her debut full-length album, Stairwells, which debuted on Billboard’s Top 200 and #5 on iTunes’ Pop Chart. Her WordPress-powered website is a hub for Kina’s social media presence, biography, and online community.

Dymo Industrial

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:09:23 +0000

DYMO offers a complete range of products for the office, the warehouse, the worksite, the home and even the classroom. From simple embossers, manual label makers and desktop products to industrial portables, computer-connected products, and cutting-edge software and online service, DYMO is here to simplify your tasks while helping you look more professional.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Dymo Industrial site boasts robust functionality, such as a location-based store locator and extensive use of custom taxonomies, custom post types, and other core WordPress functionalities. The site demonstrates that WordPress is more than capable of powering a full-fledged CMS for a large corporate website.

Kantt

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:05:16 +0000

Kantt is a dynamic digital agency from Copenhagen. Since 2007 we have developed creative, solid solutions for other agencies, and also for both larger and smaller companies.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses a custom theme with page templates, jQuery-powered animations, styled comments, and a “lab section” to feature work.

Eastman School of Music

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:40:10 +0000

Eastman has long been known for the highest standards of performance, scholarship, creativity, and teaching. Its illustrious roster of alums serves as historic testament to a legacy that began some 80 years ago, founded on a simple cornerstone: “For the enrichment of community life.”

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS largely powered by WordPress multisite with a custom theme and plugins.

Heavy

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:38:42 +0000

Heavy is an online video company focused on creating unparalleled entertainment experiences. They own and operate Heavy.com, one of the Web’s leading entertainment brands for men, and the Heavy Men’s Network, a distribution network reaching more than 23MM men worldwide through music, urban lifestyle, gaming and comedy.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Heavy Men’s network attracts millions of visitors and uses WordPress to showcase videos from around the internet.

Guy Gyngell

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:42:39 +0000

Guy worked closely with music producers as a young musician and songwriter, and soon developed an understanding of a producer’s role within the recording process. By his early twenties, Guy was co-producing his band’s records, involving himself in every stage of recordings, from pre-production in the rehearsal studio, through to the finishing touches in London mastering suites.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This site uses an HTML5 and jQuery powered theme, custom post types, and custom metaboxes to create a CMS-style experience.

BCnow

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:33:38 +0000

BCnow serves as the news, multimedia and social networking portal for Berea College, a historic college located in Kentucky where all students, primarily from Appalachia, receive the equivalent of full-tuition scholarships.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This site integrates news, video, photos, social networking platforms, events calendar, tag cloud, user comments and popular links to our primary college website.

Beer Credits

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:04:07 +0000

Beer Credits is the brain child of the Four Beer Guys, LLC. It’s the ultimate social networking site for beer enthusiasts. Users can create, post, and read reviews of crafted beers.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This WordPress-powered site features detailed beer ratings by amount of malt, amount of hops, and light or darkness.

Middle Mojo

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:02:58 +0000

What happens when creative people get older and older people get creative. Music writer Joan Anderman talks to creatives and shares her own daring journey into songwriting.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site’s unique custom WordPress theme to provide a portal to Joan Anderman’s music reviews, interviews, and songwriting.

Jeff Lawson

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:10:10 +0000

This is the official website for English MMA fighter Jeff Lawson. Lawson recently competed on “The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom”.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Lawson’s WordPress-powered site is used as blogging platform and general source to update his fans on what he’s doing, when his next fights are, and to post his vital stats.

TribLocal

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:06:11 +0000

A product of Chicago Tribune Media Group, TribLocal is the go-to source of real-time relevant news and happenings in over 100 suburban Chicagoland communities that helps readers make informed decisions. TribLocal’s websites and newspapers are a compilation of suburban stories, photos and events written by staff reporters, community producers and citizen contributors, along with news gathered from other media outlets, to offer the most comprehensive information in one spot.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress MultiSite and BuddyPress to create hyper-local news websites with user contributed galleries, events, and articles. It features integration with the print publishing system at Triblocal, allowing user contributed content published in the weekly print editions of the newspaper.

Reader’s Digest

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:04:20 +0000

RD.com is the digital presence for the Reader’s Digest magazine. Reader’s Digest Version brings the expertly curated content our readers want with the real-time relevance they demand, attracting more than 2 million unique visitors a month.

Why it’s in the Showcase: As one of the world’s most recognizable media brands RD.com receives millions of visitors per month. To accomplish the content and editorial requirements, the theme utilizes Custom Post Types, shortcodes, plugins, and has custom plugins that will be added to the repository for public use.

Nevin Laughlin

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:03:29 +0000

This is a portfolio site for Nevin Laughlin, a designer and developer living in Baltimore, Maryland.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The website uses WordPress as a CMS and a custom HTML5 and CSS theme to feature design work.

MegaDeluxe

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:02:19 +0000

Wes Garcia (former Apple Designer) pillages Web-Landia for objects and ideas that hypnotize. Duly noted: sports, art, design, writing, photography, film, and a wee more sports. Curated with all the finesse and tenderness of a one-eyed rabid-badger.

Why it’s in the Showcase: MegaDeluxe is an interesting take on sports from a design and art standpoint.

Fuse Design

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:29:19 +0000

Fuse Design is an award winning creative graphic design and web design agency based in the heart of Nottingham, UK.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses an HTML5-powered theme and smooth jQuery transitions to create a design focused on the agency’s portfolio.

Eyespace

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:20:49 +0000

Eyespace is a collaborative and polymorphous multimedia project lab. Through concerted action between individuals, it gives form to content and content to form. Eyespace’s website is the showcase of a beginning multimedia design enterprise of the same name. Its contributors are designers in the broadest sense, crafting films as well as graphical arts.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Eyespace website uses WordPress feature a collection of multimedia art projects.

Little Sketchers

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:05:03 +0000

Little Sketchers has been created as a chance for us all to re-live our own childhood. Little Sketchers lets you and your children create and share colorful sketches.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses BuddyPress and multiple BuddyPress plugins to allow users to save and share SVG-generated sketches.

Kuborra

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:29:06 +0000

Kuborra is an inspired hybrid of sport, art and creativity. We are a company that roots itself in the hearts of every action sports athlete. We set ourselves apart by providing product that keeps the sport in which it’s rooted in mind. Whether on the water, snow, dirt, concrete or air – if you are pushing yourself and trying new things then you’ll fit right in with Kuborra.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The website uses a clean theme and smooth JavaScript transitions to create a catalog-like e-commerce experience.

Russell Brand

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:40:11 +0000

Russell Brand is an English comedian, actor, singer, and podcaster who has been featured in movies, television shows, and stand-up comedy specials. He has done multiple comedy tours spanning both the UK and US.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Russell’s website provides access to his blog, podcast, fansite, tour dates, and multiple social media accounts.

Media Militia

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:26:31 +0000

Media Militia is a WordPress site where designers can download free vectors and stock images. Media Militia also offers the latest in design tutorials and inspiration. The site has grown quickly, generating high traffic and attracting content partnerships supported by advertisers and authors from around the world.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress to provide free, useful tools for designers and sports a clean, dark theme that showcases the latest features.

ZHNG Design

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:45:09 +0000

ZHNG design studio is run by Andrew and Kathie, the duo creative geeks from tropical Malaysia. Coming from advertising background, we get to combine the branding knowledge with design & technical skills to create beautiful and functioning websites for small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site features a custom theme that uses large typography and dynamic scrolling to create a fun user experience.

Des Moines University

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:43:45 +0000

Des Moines University is a post-graduate medical school offering nine degree programs and is located in Des Moines, Iowa.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Des Moines University recently transitioned our entire website to WordPress. The theme’s clean design remains consistent through out the site.

Floris Voorveld

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:25:12 +0000

Floris Voorveld is a Dutch freelance graphic designer living in Spain whose speciality is logo design.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This portfolio sito features a clean, CMS-style design focused on showcasing logo designs.

Animal Politico

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:42:50 +0000

Animal Politico is an all online political newspaper from Mexico with over 350K monthly readers.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The entire website is a WordPress MultiSite installation customized to fit the needs of the publisher. Behind the scenes there are custom user profiles, Facebook Connect, blogs for authors, custom sub-sites that are used as discussion forums, and MailChimp integration.

Her Royal Majesty

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:38:18 +0000

Her Royal Majesty is an international literary and arts review edited, designed and defined by a collection of writers and artists living in Paris.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This online magazine features an original theme focused on showcasing art and literature.

United Nations University

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:37:15 +0000

The United Nations University (UNU) — the academic arm of the United Nations system — implements research and educational programmes in the area of sustainable development, with the particular aim of assisting developing countries.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress as a CMS, incorporating custom sphinx integration, Drupal Civicrm API, custom user role management, custom post types, and a specially built workflow system.

Mixergy

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:44:24 +0000

Mixergy was created to help ambitious people who love business as much learn from a mix of experienced mentors by inviting speakers to live events and online interviews.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Andrew Warner’s video interviews feature prominent members of the web community

La Web Shop

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:38:49 +0000

The Web Shop was founded with the ultimate goal of offering a comprehensive service quality Web Design to all customers.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This Quebec-based agency uses a unique custom theme to display their portfolio.

1983

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:52:17 +0000

1983 is an inspiration journal/blog offering a daily curated collection of design and visual references.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This blog features a ‘Daily Hit’ of beautiful design, illustration and photography and has upwards of 20,000 pageviews a month. The unique, image-heavy design uses WordPress to create a mosaic-like view of inspirations.

UCF Today

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:46:08 +0000

UCF Today shares stories written by UCF authors from each corner of the campus. Done right, this collection of UCF information will be remarkable. Stuff worth talking about. UCF Today consolidates user-generated information from each college and other departments or units. Some stories may pleasantly surprise and flatter you. Some may make you say, “I can’t believe that.”

Why it’s in the Showcase: UCF Today uses WordPress as a repository of news, stories, videos, publications and information about UCF from a variety of sources to share stories written by UCF authors from each corner of the campus.

SModcast Internet Radio

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:56:39 +0000

The official site of SModcast Internet Radio, Kevin Smith’s podcast network and live internet radio portal.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site is built on WordPress MultiSite and streams ad-based content with Libsyn and Stitcher. It also uses a variety of custom taxonomies and custom post types, along with user roles, to quickly and easily cross-relate content and customize the look of each podcast channel’s archive pages.

World Pop Videos

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:39:50 +0000

World Pop Videos (WPV) is a music platform that syndicates the best and most popular music in the world. We take the video experience to a social level, and connect you with your favorite music videos and artists daily.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses plugins and custom shortcodes to display videos and integrates social data from Facebook and Twitter to fuel viewer participation.

Boing Boing

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:08:13 +0000

Boing Boing is an online “neurozine” that covers everything from technology and science to steampunk and “weird.”

Why it’s in the Showcase: The popular science, technology, and culture online publication recently migrated to WordPress.

Drift Boys

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:18:36 +0000

This site is a original idea from illustrator, Albert Escoda. The Drift Boys, masters of the crash, are the social consequence of the surpression, caused by those who abuse their power. They can understand your situation better than anyone else, and they can carry out your desire for revenge and justice better than anyone else.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses custom post types, page templates, and plugins for multi-language support. The design features smooth jQuery transitions that make the illustrations seem animated.

OMG! Ubuntu!

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:16:49 +0000

OMG! Ubuntu! is an Ubuntu blog aimed at everyday Ubuntu users covering the latest OS developments, application updates, and releases alongside opinion pieces, interviews, polls and more.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses WordPress to maintain a high traffic, content-heavy blog focused on Ubuntu, an open source operating system.

Mikołaj Czyż

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:39:05 +0000

Process work is a cutting edge approach to personal and organizational change. It is a way of researching and improving abilities of conﬂict resolution in individual and social context. Mikołaj Czyż works with individuals, couples and groups/organizations in process oriented psychology paradigm.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site’s simple, handwritten-style design uniquely reflects the humanistic nature of process work.

Moove Agency

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:36:26 +0000

Based in the heart of trendy Hoxton area in London, UK, Moove Agency specialises in digital services ranging from website design, WordPress & Drupal development, mobile web development, iphone graphics, and email campaigns.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The website’s portfolio section uses a custom plugin to enable sorting options, additions of testimonials, and custom link creation.

Who Would Win in a Fight?

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:12:24 +0000

Ever sit at a bar with a friend and ask “Who would win in a fight between Batman and Chuck Norris?” WhoWouldWinAFight.com was created for just that reason! Founded by two friends in late 2009, WWWAF.com is to be the be-all-end-all resource for just such an occasion.

Why it’s in the Showcase: This site uses custom fields to transform posts into a themed “match-up” display.

The Bedford Hotel

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:10:07 +0000

The Bedford Hotel is part of the Warm Welcome Hotels group, one of the UK’s leading country hotel groups. The hotel is in Tavistock, a vibrant historic market town on the edge of Dartmoor National Park and Two Bridges Country House Hotel at the very heart of Dartmoor,15 minutes from Tavistock.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site uses custom forms to hook into Campaign Monitor, custom post types and custom taxonomies for interior pages, and features a unique, full-screen custom-designed theme.

WebGallery.az

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:42:50 +0000

A gallery of unique web sites made in Azerbaijan.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site features a bright, colorful theme and uses plugins and theme customizations to create an gallery of inspiration.

Gastronauts

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:51:05 +0000

Gastronauts is a club for adventurous eaters, with chapters in New York and Los Angeles. The idea behind the club wasn’t to eat Fear Factor stuff, but to get people away from solely eating foods they were comfortable with; we figured having friends along would amortize the awkwardness.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Gastronauts features a well-branded custom theme that uses jQuery, custom post types, sticky posts, and custom fonts to bring together brave foodies.