Chicago Sports Talk (bbPress and WordPress MU Project)

url: http://www.chicagosportstalk.com/

Chicago Sports Talk

SDAC Inc. provided:

  • XHTML/CSS programming
  • Custom web design
  • bbPress theme customization
  • WordPress MU theme customization
  • WordPress MU and bbPress plugins customization

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress Mu, PHP, CSS, bbPress

front end:

The client approached me wanting a grey and red three column design and I put the rest together. This site is going to be loaded with image posts so the themes for bbPress and WordPress needed to be minimal and non-distracting to the content. The client also wanted something that would be easily customized per blog in the future so I put together a theme that would be easy to modify in the future to only require a few changes for a new color scheme. The theme for the WordPress Mu site and the bbPress site use the same basic CSS so global updates are also easy and quick.

back end:

This project uses bbPress for the forums and then is integrated with WordPress Mu for a single sign on solution. There are plugins used in both bbPress and WordPress Mu to tie the two sites together as well as to aggregate content between sites.

lessons learned/random thoughts:

We are based in Chicago and love Chicago sports and we look forward to following the news and stories that come out of this site!

Detroit Nation WordPress MU /Theme

url: http://www.detroitnation.net

Richard French

SDAC Inc. provided:

  • Original web design
  • XHTML/CSS programming
  • WordPress theme
  • WordPress MU configuration
  • WordPress plugin configuration
  • Custom PHP programming

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, WordPress MU, PHP

user interface:

I wanted to create something that was visually appealing and easy to use since the site is aimed to be a stopping place for potentially hundreds or thousands of bloggers.

lessons learned:

I had not done too much work with WordPress MU, so this was a great project for me.

random thoughts:

I look forward to working with WordPress MU more and more over the next months.