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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ice Cream Man

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 28 May 2011 20:21:11 +0000

Ice Cream Man’s mission is to travel the country, eventually the world, giving away FREE ice cream.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Ice Cream Man’s popular site features a wide variety of content, ranging from downloads and events to reviews and news.

Toronto Standard

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 28 May 2011 20:14:58 +0000

Toronto Standard is a daily digital briefing on the life of the city, covering urban affairs, business, technology, culture and design — and all the sparks that happen in between.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Toronto Standard uses WordPress to display a wide variety of content in a way that’s both very easy to navigate and visually appealing.

Courvoisier

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 28 May 2011 19:49:48 +0000

Global website for the cognac Courvoisier. A global drinks brand considered to be the best cognac in the world and favourite of Napoleon.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Courvoisier redesigned their website “to bring their websites inline with new brand identity guidelines and provide improved functionality for all markets.” The brand’s new website uses WordPress MS to manage various regional and global websites and gives each market the ability to manage its own site. The site features WordPress powered news, cocktails, landing pages, and dynamic menus.

Consequence of Sound

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 25 May 2011 20:21:28 +0000

Consequence of Sound (CoS) is a New York and Chicago-based online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. Since its inception in 2007, CoS has reported on all of music’s breaking news, in addition to hyping new artists and cracking highly anticipated lineups for music festivals across the globe.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Consequence of Sound is a major music website that is powered by WordPress.

Downtown St John’s

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:41:53 +0000

downtownstjohns.com is a site for the non-profit Downtown Development Commission, a group dedicated to supporting and developing downtown St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site for Downtown St. John’s uses a custom WordPress template written from the ground up. Members of the Downtown Development Commission can logon to create or modify a business, which includes being able to add news, events, job listings, promotions, and more. The well-designed site also features a map, directory, and a variety of other features, all powered by WordPress.

Project Himalaya

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 15 May 2011 20:17:26 +0000

Project Himalaya is dedicated to documenting and telling the story of one man’s mission to take alpine speed climbing to new heights. Literally.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Besides being a cool project sponsored by a major company, Project Himalaya has an impressive WordPress-powered website that features videos, photos, and more.

GNOME

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:20:09 +0000

GNOME is an international community dedicated to making great software that anyone use, no matter what language they speak or whatever their technical or physical abilities. GNOME provides computing experience that has been designed for today’s users and technologies and a complete software platform that allows developers to create compelling applications.

Why it’s in the Showcase: For a long time, GNOME used a set of cumbersome technologies to update the website’s content. As part of their GNOME 3 release, the developers decided to build their website with WordPress and do a full redesign of the whole site. They now have many more people involved in the web team, including the design and marketing people from their community.

Mark Webber

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:18:09 +0000

Markwebber.com is the official website for F1 racing driver Mark Webber. It’s the best source of Webber news, On and Off the Track, and the only place you’ll get Mark’s personal preview of every F1 race. You can also see the latest photos, watch videos, buy gear exclusively available on site and follow Mark’s Twitter feed. Get the inside word, straight from the man himself.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The website is the official website of Australian F1 star Mark Webber, who drives for Red Bull Racing along with world champion Sebastian Vettel. This website uses WordPress as a CMS to power news and shopping sections, as well as newsletters and countdowns. According to the developers, the popular site receives traffic from 189 countries around the world.

Eastern Institute of Technology

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:59:31 +0000

EIT is a tertiary education institute in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.

Why it’s in the Showcase: EIT showcases the custom content type features of WordPress 3.0, leveraging more than 6 custom content types, 1400 individual posts/pages/content types and countless amounts of post meta.

University of Missouri College of Engineering

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:57:48 +0000

MU first offered up engineering excellence with a civil engineering class in 1849. Today, Mizzou Engineering excellence includes eight disciplines, 110 faculty members, 2,200 of the brightest undergraduates on campus and over 400 exceptional graduate students.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The University of Missouri College of Engineering uses a single network install of WordPress to host 5 of out of 7 of their academic departments. In addition, the site uses custom post types to create faculty pages that are organized by tags and provides a variety of content that is useful to both faculty and students. The site also pulls news using built in functions instead of MySQL queries.

We Promise Foundation

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:08:57 +0000

As the charitable arm of Chartway Federal Credit Union, the We Promise Foundation is dedicated to making dreams come true for children struggling with degenerative, life-threatening, debilitating or chronic illnesses, or those facing tremendous hardship.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The We Promise Foundation has raised more than $3.0M to lighten the burden of more than 600 children through partnerships with other non-profit organizations. The foundation has a clean, visually-appealing website powered by WordPress.

Citizen Schools

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:06:45 +0000

Citizen Schools partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for children in low-income communities across the country. By drawing thousands more citizens into schools each year, we’re promoting student achievement, transforming schools, and re-imagining education in America.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Citizen Schools is a large non-profit organization that helps middle-school students in more than 20 cities around the country. The organization’s visually appealing website is powered by WordPress.

UNCG Library

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:02:25 +0000

The UNCG Department of Library and Information Studies (LIS) connects people, libraries, and information through research, teaching, and service to enrich living and working in a global environment.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The UNCG Department of Library and Information Studies has an extensive website featuring a wide variety of content that is powered by WordPress.

EnergyHub

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:54:26 +0000

EnergyHub is a venture-backed startup developing systems that reduce home energy consumption and save consumers money. We empower consumers with in-home tools to identify, and rein-in, the energy hogs in the home. Our secure online options let users control energy use from anywhere they can jump on the web.

Why it’s in the Showcase: EnergyHub has a well-designed website that uses WordPress as a CMS.

Odyssey BMX

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:41:36 +0000

Odyssey BMX is a maker of high quality BMX gear.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Odyssey BMW has a visually appealing website that’s entirely powered by WordPress. The site features a catalog, information about the company’s team, videos, and more.

Keenans Room

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:13:05 +0000

Keenan Cahill is a teenage viral video star from Chicago whose lip-syncing to popular songs has brought his videos on YouTube to some of the most viewed online. Guest artists on his channel have included rapper 50 Cent in November 2010, David Guetta in January 2011, and with Jersey Shore’s Paul DelVecchio in February 2011.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Keenan Cahill decided to use WordPress to power his official website, which features a wide variety of content, ranging from videos to static content.

Mobile Sport

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:07:55 +0000

A site from the Swiss government with the latest research, workouts, and lesson plans for coaches and PE teachers for over 60 types of sports and physical activities. Available in three languages (German, French, Italian).

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Swiss government used WordPress as a CMS to power this expansive website, which is used by a wide variety of fitness and sporting professionals across the country.

SOMArts

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:27:16 +0000

SOMArts (South of Market Arts, Resources, Technology, and Services) is an independent nonprofit that operates the South of Market Cultural Center, one of four city-owned cultural facilities in San Francisco. SOMArts is an essential resource to the residents of San Francisco—more than 40,000 people a year visit the center, and more than 80 nonprofits and arts groups use SOMArts for their annual classes, fundraisers and performances because it is the most versatile and affordable large-capacity arts space in the heart of the city.

Why it’s in the Showcase: SOMArts is a popular venue for San Francisco nonprofits and has a visually appealing, content-rich website powered by WordPress.

Aqua Hotels and Resorts

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:51:16 +0000

Aqua Hotels & Resorts is a full-service hotel management company founded in 2001 by Hawaii hotelier Michael V. Paulin.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Aqua Hotels and Resorts uses WordPress to power its popular, content-rich website.

Baltimore Home Rentals

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:54:28 +0000

Baltimore Home Rentals specializes in recently renovated rental properties in Baltimore, MD.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Baltimore Home Rentals website utilizes WordPress as a CMS to display their available and upcoming rentals, as well as a large amount of information about each rental.

USC Master of Arts in Teaching

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:21:04 +0000

The University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education provides one of the first and only Master of Arts in Teaching programs delivered online by an elite research university.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site for the Master of Arts in Teaching programs is well-designed and easy to navigate. The site features a lot of content, ranging from information about the program to blogs and profiles.

Information Services at Northeastern University

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:40:13 +0000

Information Services at Northeastern University is responsible for serving the Northeastern University community’s information technology needs.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Information Services at Northeastern University uses WordPress as a CMS to manage over 200 pages of customer service content for a university with more than 20,000 students, faculty, and staff members.

SURFER Magazine

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:34:34 +0000

SURFER Magazine calls itself the bible of surfing. The site features more than 313,000 unique users and the magazine is circulated to nearly 100,000 people around the world, with a total audience close to 750,000.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The popular site for SURFER Magazine features a wide variety of content, ranging from videos and photos to articles and surf forecasts. It is a great example of a magazine using WordPress as a CMS to deliver both a web version of its traditional content and new content for the web.

PAX•AM

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:43:00 +0000

This is the official site for musician Ryan Adams and his record label, PAX•AM Records.

Why it’s in the Showcase: In addition to being a well-known singer-songwriter, the site for Ryan Adams and PAX•AM Records features a unique design and layout. The site uses a wide variety of jQuery-based functionality, including a “heads-up” navigation console designed to look like the game controls. Additionally, it uses a variety of plugins to extend WordPress’s core functionality, such as Magic Fields to offer content-specific pages like the Downloads page, NextGen Gallery to display photos, and GigPress to display tour dates.

Sylvester Stallone

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:22:07 +0000

Sylvester Stallone has established worldwide recognition as an actor, writer and director since he played the title role in his own screenplay of Rocky, which won the Academy Award in 1976 for Best Picture.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Sylvester Stallone is a famous actor who uses WordPress to power his official website.

Bi-Rite Market

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:44:50 +0000

Bi-Rite is a neighborhood market feeding our community with love, passion, and integrity.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Bi-Rite uses WordPress to power their website and feature a wide variety of content, ranging from information on what the market features to news and contact information.

Lexus: Darker Side of Green

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:17:24 +0000

The Darker Side of Green is the home of the new Lexus CT 200h.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Darker Side of Green is a very heavily customized WordPress installation centered around the Lexus CT 200h. The site features a large amount of audio and video content, a showroom with information on the car, event information, and more.

Benchmark Capital

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:10:23 +0000

Benchmark Capital is a major venture capital firm that has invested in companies like eBay, Linden Lab, MySQL, Red Hat, Zipcar, and many others.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Benchmark Capital uses WordPress to power its official website, which features a portfolio, biographies of Benchmark’s partners and other employees, and more.

OpenView Labs

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:48:37 +0000

OpenView Labs is a full-time consulting team approaching 20 consultants strong. The mission of Labs is to be the repository of best practices, frameworks, methodologies, and templates that span all the operational functions of a software company. It is a subsidiary of OpenView Venture Partners.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site for OpenView Labs has a completely custom, magazine style layout and design that uses extensive database queries and and makes use of WordPress’content management features. The homepage and other pages on the site use a video wall to allow users to find and watch video content. The site uses WordPress in a unique and innovative way to display videos and other content to the site’s readers.

James Carter Live

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:38:30 +0000

Site for the world-class saxophonist James Carter — where fans can find audio excerpts from his latest work, a biographical video, and discography. Carter has won the critics’choice award for baritone saxophone three years in a row from Down Beat magazine. He has played on albums with Cyrus Chestnut, Wynton Marsalis and the Mingus Big Band.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Jamescarterlive.com demonstrates the flexibility of WordPress in how a very artistic, non-blog, site can be developed on the platform.

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:57:14 +0000

The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance is the foremost advocate for women with ovarian cancer in the United States. To advance the interests of women with ovarian cancer, the organization advocates at a national level for increases in research funding for the development of an early detection test, improved health care practices, and life-saving treatment protocols. The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance educates health care professionals and raises public awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer. The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance is a 501 (c) (3) organization established in 1997.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Since its launch, the site has connected thousands of ovarian cancer survivors and loved ones through an ongoing conversation the site has initiated about ovarian cancer. The site not only showcases the work the Alliance does to save women’s lives, but also connects those women and gives them hope. They are able to reach thousands of women by sharing their personal story, catch up on the latest science, and encourage their representatives to push legislation pertaining to cancer research funding through and work on their behalf.

Cogenra

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:31:38 +0000

Cogenra is a California solar cogeneration company that combines photovoltaic and hot water collection to deliver low cost electricity and heat generation for industrial and institutional facilities.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Cogenra site uses WordPress as a CMS to display a variety of content in a visually appealing way. The site makes heavy use of custom post types.

Fauna & Flora International

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:38:31 +0000

FFI’s work spans across the globe, with over 100 projects in nearly 40 countries, mostly in the developing world. We proudly stand up for biodiversity and aim to show just how relevant it is to all of those who share the planet.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site for FFI makes use of WordPress’ new post types and structure, as well as a variety of plugins to present a wide variety of content, ranging from text content to media.

Mt. Borah

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:10:27 +0000

Mt. Borah designs, manufactures, and sells active apparel for cycling, running, nordic skiing, alpine skiing and triathlons. The bulk of this gear is the Mt Borah Custom line, which allows you to design custom gear for your team. They proudly stitch all products by hand in Coon Valley, Wisconsin, while most companies look overseas for the cheapest solution. Mt. Borah was one of the first companies in the country to embrace digital-dye sublimation technology and offer its customization capabilities on the web.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Mtborah.com is an e-commerce website that is managed via a customized version of WordPress 3.0. It utilizes custom post types, custom plugins, custom menus, and custom widgets. Most notable is the powerful visual product configurator that was built by customizing an existing WordPress community plugin. It allows an enduser to customize active apparel and see a visual representation of the product in real-time.

Explore Speedo

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:37:04 +0000

A brand, news, and technology site utilizing WordPress to display rich content and media about everything Speedo – our swimsuits, swim events, athletes (like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte) and our products.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Explore Speedo is a heavily modified WordPress site that uses custom built plugins, plugins from the community, and PHP tricks to deliver a brand experience for Speedo’s existing and potential customers. The site features technology sections, weekly swim related news, and more.

Arcade Fire

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:59:12 +0000

Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and fronted by the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. It has been nominated for the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2005 for Funeral and in 2008 for Neon Bible. Arcade Fire released their third studio album, The Suburbs, in 2010 to further critical acclaim.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Arcade Fire uses WordPress to power their minimalist website, which features show listings, band information, news, and information on the band’s albums.

The Columbus Foundation

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:45:22 +0000

The Columbus Foundation is the trusted philanthropic advisor to nearly 1,800 individuals, families, and businesses, who have created unique funds to make a difference in the lives of others through the most effective philanthropy possible. The Columbus Foundation’s mission is to assist donors and others in strengthening and improving our community for the benefit of all its residents.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Columbus Foundation’s site uses multi-site functionality, custom post types, menus, custom widgets, and parent/child themes found in the latest release of WordPress.

True Ventures

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:22:05 +0000

True is a venture firm for very early stage entrepreneurs.

Why it’s in the Showcase: True Ventures is a venture capital firm that has invested in companies such as Meebo, Automattic, GigaOm, TypeKit, and others. The firm’s website is powered by WordPress.

Dogpatch Labs

WordPress Showcase — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:09:36 +0000

Dogpatch Labs was created by Polaris Venture Partners to connect entrepreneurs and help founders conceive and launch startups.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Dogpatch Labs features a well-designed, content-rich website and is part of major venture capital firm.

Southern Bancorp

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:08:12 +0000

Southern Bancorp is the largest and most profitable rural development banking organization in the United States. As such, it has the physical presence, infrastructure, and capacity to drive regional change. Southern Bancorp’s revitalization initiatives are advanced through its family of community development banks and non-profit affiliates, known collectively as Southern. Southern’s focus on rural development is best indicated by the fact that its offices are located in small rural communities, most with populations of 15,000 or less. The mission of Southern is a personal responsibility of its employees who live, work, and raise families in the communities served by Southern.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The Southern Bancorp site shows a great example of a major financial institution using WordPress as a CMS.

Kate Rusby

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:10:07 +0000

Kate Rusby is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, South Yorkshire. Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale, she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times. In 2001 The Guardian described her as “a superstar of the British acoustic scene.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Kate Rusby is a major singer in the UK and has a well-designed website featuring a variety of content that is powered by WordPress.

Riverkeeper

WordPress Showcase — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:39:34 +0000

Riverkeeper’s mission is to protect the ecological integrity of the Hudson River and its tributaries, and to safeguard the drinking water supply of 9 million New Yorkers. For more than 40 years Riverkeeper has been New York’s clean water advocate. We have helped to establish globally recognized standards for waterway and watershed protection and serve as the model and mentor for the growing Waterkeeper movement that includes more than more than 180 Keeper programs across the country and around the globe.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Riverkeeper is a non-profit that is using WordPress to power its extensive and well-designed website. The site features a variety of content, ranging from videos to static content.

Yesmoke Tobacco

WordPress Showcase — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:52:54 +0000

Yesmoke Tobacco S.p.A. represents the continuation of the “Yesmoke” trademark, which from 2000 to 2005 was the world leader in the sale of cigarettes. From a popular online tobacco store, it has become an “Anti Big Tobacco” cigarette manufacturing company.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The well-designed blog and website uses WordPress to convey a wide array of content.

Code for America

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:28:42 +0000

Code for America helps city governments become more transparent, connected and efficient by connecting the talents of cutting-edge web developers with people who deliver city services and want to embrace the transformative power of the web to achieve more impact with less money. Inspired in part by Teach for America, CFA works with city officials and leading web development talent to identify and then develop web solutions that can then be shared and rolled out more broadly to cities across America.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Code for America’s visually-appealing and easy to navigate website is powered entirely by WordPress. In addition, the project has gained notability and has some major sponsors and advisors.

CURE International

WordPress Showcase — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:05:24 +0000

This site is the official online home of CURE International, a nonprofit charity that performs medical surgeries on children with disabilities in developing nations. It is the primary means of communication with donors and a critical fundraising tool for the organization. CURE has a presence in 16 countries worldwide and has seen over 1,000,000 patients in just over 12 years of operation.

Why it’s in the Showcase: CURE International uses WordPress as a CMS for all primary non-technical administration of the site. They also built a few custom WordPress plugins and utilize several popular plugins. In addition, the upcoming CUREkids program is a web application that is being built into the WordPress dashboard as a custom extension.

Lafayette College

WordPress Showcase — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:13:48 +0000

For more than 175 years, Lafayette has been known for a spirit of exploration that ignores boundaries, where faculty work with students across disciplines to tackle challenges and solve problems. The ability to make connections and think critically is paramount—on campus, off campus and after graduation.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Lafayette College’s well-designed, easy to navigate, and website is powered by WordPress and uses a variety of plugins and custom code to handle a wide range of content, from static content to photo galleries, and more.

BungoBox

WordPress Showcase — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:05:54 +0000

BungoBox was born out of an extreme aversion to the process of moving. All that sorting, cleaning, packing is no fun at all. Okay, it sucks. And the whole nuisance of finding cardboard boxes and packing materials (tape, string, markers, etc.) makes it even worse – not to mention how wasteful it is. A waste of time, money and trees. So we set out to change all that and make moving a lot more tolerable. We’d be lying if we said fun, but it’s certainly more cost effective, efficient, reliable, and a heck of a lot easier.

Why it’s in the Showcase: BungoBox uses WordPress to power its visually attractive and easy to navigate website.

Modernist Cuisine

WordPress Showcase — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:38:24 +0000

Modernist Cuisine is a six-volume, 2,400-page set that is destined to reinvent cooking. The lavishly illustrated books use thousands of original images to make the science and technology clear and engaging.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The site for Modernist Cuisine presents information about the book, ranging from author profiles and excerpts to information on how to buy the book.