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Crafting Hope launches

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.)

Crafting Hope

Client:Crafting Hope
Project Description:Crafting Hope is a documentary film to be released is 2010. It follows the inspiring story of several women who are finding empowerment and economic stability through their work with paper and textiles. Social Ink was responsible for…

Cobblestone Foods

Client:Cobblestone Foods
Project Description:Cobblestone Foods, a local gourmet foods boutique and catering company in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, needed to revamp their website. We took their existing design and made it more consistent across the board, assisted in reconfiguring the information architecture…

Infographic Roundup!

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.

The Organization of News Ombudsmen (ONO)

Client:The Organization of News Ombudsmen (ONO)
Project Description:Complete site overhaul for ONO, an international body providing resources and a communication platform for public editors and ombudsmen. Project included logo redesign and rebranding, CMS integration, UI and information architecture overhaul, complete site…

Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS)

Client:Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
Project Description:Website overhaul for GEMS, a New York City-based non profit fighting the sexual exploitation of young women through programs and outreach. Project included CMS integration, UI and information architecture overhaul, complete site redesign, icon…

Usability: Open New Windows, Go Home

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.

Organization of News Ombudsmen (ONO) Launches today

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.

Ditmas Park Blog

Client:The Ditmas Park Blog
Project Description:Web development, interface, and logo design for a local neighborhood blog in the Ditmas Park section of Brooklyn. Work included migration from old blogger/blogspot blog, integrated rotating advertisement sidebars, rss feed mashup, and email newsletter.

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Wordpress Tips: Removing “Comments Off”

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!