Announcing the launch of Crafting Hope The Movie, where you can watch the trailer for Erisa production’s upcoming documentary film. Social Ink is proud to have worked with the movie’s production team to design and develop the site, and we wish them the best of luck in their upcoming release. (View our portfolio entry.)

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Infographics. We love them. So much so that we are considering doing a pro bono / collective art project doing some infographics from odd data sources. If you have any ideas or want to join us, let us know.

Meanwhile, here is a great round up from datavisualization.ch.

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Often clients ask us to force certain links to open in new windows. This may seem somewhat intuitive, especially for external links which might take users away from their site. But wait–let’s give our end users a little more credit! Though maybe not that much credit, read more inside.

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We are delighted to announce the launch of the Organization of News Ombudsmen’s new site, at newsombudsmen.org. We have been working with ONO for the past several months to overhaul their visual identity and integrate a dynamic new site and content management system. Thanks to the good people at ONO for the opportunity and best of luck leading news ombudsmen into the new decade.

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So, you have a site with limited commenting. Since having comments off is the default behavior, we only really want to let people know when comments are *on*. Sure, you could hack into the backend and edit a line in wp-includes/comment-template.php, but that will get replaced every time you upgrade.

See how we do it!

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It sucks when a client refuses to pay, and it sucks even more when the client is a local blog whose work you (used to) appreciate. But such is the case, alas, with Omar Rubau of the KINETIC CARNIVAL, a Coney Island (Brooklyn) blog. In the long tradition of calling out defaulting clients, we detail some of his missives below.

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Social Ink specializes in converting your organization’s website from a traditional website to a Content Management System.

In plain English, we build a system and customize a design so that you can create and edit content on your website, including entirely new sections, with no knowledge of html or any other code. You don’t even have to retain us down the road, though we hope you’ll tell your friends!

More details, and flow charts, inside!

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Welcome to Social Ink’s newly inaugurated blog.

We decided to start this one up for several reasons: First, to keep you updated on our newest exciting clients. Second, to share some tips of the trade or share some particularly great design we’ve come across. Third, and more sadly, to keep you updated on clients we’ve worked with in the area who have stiffed us and we feel the need to spread the (non)love.

We’re excited about the blog because it gives us a much needed place to discuss some things we’ve learned in our business, including lots of cool tips on WordPress and SEO. Keep checking this space for the latest stuff!

Thanks,

The Social Ink Team

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