Our Work
The Motherhood
Challenge
Completely upgrade their site in phases, including creation and launch of a unique chat system into their existing live talk platform.
Solution
Thousands of mothers visit The Motherhood to take part in lively conversations during their live talks. As their technology partner, Pixafy has completed multiple phases of work. Last year, we implemented a one-of-a-kind solution that allows for real-time display of comments and replies, allowing for a more interactive experience shared by thousands of visitors at the same time. This year, we fleshed out the chats, upgraded their forums and added additional functionality, such as a blog, all while implementing a top-to-bottom redesign with longtime partner Red Antler.
Technology Used
Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Asynchronous Polling, Database Clustering, Distributed Web Heads, fonts.com Web Fonts, JQuery, Memcache, Symfony, Wordpress
Designed By
Baseball HQ
Challenge
Move the Baseball HQ website out of the realm of static pages and into the realm of an easily-updated CMS, modernizing the production process for a content-rich site.
Solution
Baseball HQ is one of the most unique and longest running fantasy sports sites around, but the site was challenging to maintain. Pixafy migrated its userbase, subscription model and content to a Drupal-based CMS, integrating tools previously built outside of the CMS and moving the site to a cloud-based hosting environment. The new site balances the needs of an older audience with the power needed by the BHQ team to enhance and grow their site for years to come.
Technology Used
Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Drupal 6, JQuery, MaxCDN, Memcache
Designed By
Pixafy
Duarte Shop
Challenge
Use Magento to handle registration for workshops and special virtual goods.
Solution
Duarte sought out Pixafy to help them build out a Magento store that handled the unique nature of their offerings. Pixafy constructed a workshop registration system that enhanced Magento's core functions to capture key information based on the number of attendees, and set up a calendar system to display the different types of classes. We also enhanced the downloadable goods capability for their purposes.
Technology Used
Amazon S3, Magento Professional Edition, Prototype, PHP
King and Grove
Challenge
Set up a robust site for King & Grove's owners to showcase their properties.
Solution
King & Grove was ready to upgrade their web presence to be a more robust experience, better capturing the mood and feeling of their properties. Pixafy delivered, making it easy for visitors to make reservations, building interfaces that allowed easy publishing of items like calendars and photo galleries, and set the site up on Drupal for easier maintenance and updates later.
Technology Used
Amazon EC2, Drupal 6, JQuery, Sabre Hospitality API
Designed By
Haverford
Challenge
Build a new website for Haverford based on the Drupal platform for easy updates.
Solution
Haverford is a trusted name in the financial world that puts people first, both their customers and their employees. Pixafy was enlisted to help realize the technical needs of a new site that put their people front and center, allowing visitors to learn about their team and allowing Haverford's technical team to easily update information about their company and employees.
Technology Used
AJAX, Drupal, Google APIs, JQuery, Ooyala, PHP
Designed By
Mothercare Early Learning Centre: Russia
Challenge
Launch a Magento-based version of their ELC-branded store for their Russian franchise.
Solution
The global Mothercare brand was looking for a way to update and modernize their eCommerce solution in a way that would also be more ecomonical. Pixafy, in tandem with partner Radical Company, customized a version of Magento Enterprise Edition for the Early Learning Centre site of Mothercare's Russia affiliate. Branding and other design concepts were faithfully executed, while making massive improvements to the functionality available for the franchise, using both core Magento functionality and through additions made by Pixafy and Radical Company.
Technology Used
AJAX, JQuery, Magento Enterprise Edition, MaxCDN, Memcache, PHP
NYC Media Lab
Challenge
Build a Drupal-based website with some specific API hooks.
Solution
NYC Media Lab wanted a more robust site to go along with their re-branding led by our close partners Red Antler. The NYC Media Lab site is deceptively simple, at one long page, but there's a lot going on, including editable sections via Joomla, a connection to Luminoso to provide semantic search for member bios, pulling events in using the EventBrite API and standard ties into Twitter and MailChimp.
Technology Used
AJAX, Drupal, EventBrite, JQuery, Luminoso, MailChimp, PHP
Designed By
Altrinsic Funds
Challenge
Quickly deploy a basic informational site as a complement to their existing website, in a way that will be easy to manage and update.
Solution
Pixafy quickly implemented a Wordpress-based site with basic mechanisms to discourage visits from people other than in the countries which Altrinsic Funds operates, and setting up easily editable pop-up windows using some additional technology within Wordpress. mNovakDesign provided a design that blended with their current look, and Pixafy implemented web fonts to enhance the branding.
Technology Used
Javascript, PHP, Web Fonts, Wordpress
Designed By
Co-Rise
Challenge
Set up an easily-updatable site for a merchant banking company.
Solution
Co-Rise needed an updated website that both reflected their image and gave them easy access to update contents. Working with longtime partner Red Antler, Pixafy delivered, pulling in interactive stock quotes, Twitter feeds and blogs while putting the entire site on the Drupal platform, ensuring the company had easy access to make changes later. Subtle UI touches using JQuery give the site a modern feel.
Technology Used
Drupal, Google APIs, JQuery, RSS, Twitter, Xignite
Designed By
Alton Lane
Challenge
Unify disparate technology pieces into a unified platform based on Magento.
Solution
Alton Lane's technology needs were growing, and Pixafy helped them unify a series of solutions into an up-to-date version of Magento, while making key customizations for providing a top-notch online experience to match the quality of their clothing. Pixafy set up a full tracking system, linked to their factory for up-to-date product status information, built a system that allowed for customized automated E-mails to be generated, and updated their store technology to allow for better online shopping, along with in-store use of the custom clothing creator via an iPad.
Technology Used
Amazon S3, Amazon SQS, Google Calendar, FTP, JQuery, Magento, PHP, Prototype, Quiet Logistics
My Last Supper
Challenge
Under a tight deadline, construct a site allowing author Melanie Dunea to build a conversation with fans of her book series.
Solution
The My Last Supper book, featuring 50 chefs and their last meals, has been a sensation since its release and led to a second volume in the series. In advance of the release of The Next Course, Pixafy set up a Wordpress-based site, with customization to allow for video, photo, interview and recipe postings, as well as a social component that includes pulling photos directly from the My Last Supper Facebook page.
Technology Used
Facebook API, JQuery, MailChimp, Ooyala, PHP, Wordpress
Designed By
WhichDoc
Challenge
Construct a new way for people to refer doctors to friends in their social network.
Solution
Using the power of the social graph, Pixafy integrated Facebook Connect to allow people to see who their friends have recommended in an aggregated, anonymous way, along with a checkup tool that helps people know what medical needs they should expect as they age. Pixafy guided the owners through the technical decisions necessary to launch their referral service.
Technology Used
Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Facebook Connect, Flowplayer, Fonts.com Web Fonts, Geo IP Lookup, Google Maps, JQuery, Memcache, PHP
Designed By
SusieCakes
Challenge
Assemble a new eCommerce and homepage package that's as delicious as their baked goods.
Solution
The popular bakery SusieCakes wanted to expand their six-unit chain into the realm of the web, taking orders for pick-up or delivery online. Pixafy reworked Magento to allow for either option using a multi-store view and shared cart/basket across multiple stores, while at the same time setting up a CMS for the company's staff to be able to more easily manage their online presence.
Technology Used
Amazon EC2, Cooleremail, Google Maps, Joomla, JQuery, Magento (with multi-store view and shared cart/basket), MaxCDN, PHP, TypeKit
Designed By
Bolt
Challenge
Customize an eCommerce and CMS solution to allow Bolt to launch its online presence.
Solution
The inventor of a new tennis racquet needed a site as dynamic and innovative as his product. Pixafy created the technology that allowed Bolt to offer demos to potential buyers, and built out and trained Bolt's staff on a store and CMS platform that gives them the power to maintain their website and update as needed.
Technology Used
AccurateTax, Automated integration with Jay Group, Fonts.com Web Fonts, Joomla, JQuery, Magento, Mailchimp, MaxCDN, Wordpress
Designed By
BustedTees
Challenge
Provide back-up support for the BustedTees team, developing two additional pages for the growing site.
Solution
BustedTees' development team found themselves busy when the need for a couple of additional pages came up, so they turned to Pixafy for some support. Our team implemented a redesign of their Shirt of the Month page, as well as coded and implemented a design for a new deals program. Pixafy worked within their existing development architecture to allow a speedy deployment.
Technology Used
Javascript, MySQL, PHP
American Academy in Rome
Challenge
Relaunch a complex website in Drupal to make it easier to manage and update.
Solution
The American Academy in Rome principals were on an outdated website with a CMS that was challenging to use and even harder to update as their needs evolved. Pixafy worked with them to migrate their site to a new platform built using Drupal, creating custom views and modules to allow the bi-lingual academy site to thrive.
Technology Used
Drupal, JQuery, MaxCDN, Memcache, MyFonts Web Fonts
Designed By
Serious Wonder
Challenge
Customize a CMS to drive subscriptions to an audio, video and article content set.
Solution
Pixafy partnered with Serious Wonder to design and customize a CMS that allows visitors to get a taste of what's behind the subscription wall while giving subscribers full access, all within the same article set through the CMS. Pixafy designed an attractive site to entice visitors to explore curiosities and interviews.
Technology Used
Amazon S3 (with signed URLs), Joomla, JPlayer, JQuery, OSE Membership, PHP, Vzaar
Designed By
Pixafy
Lockboxer
Challenge
Build a feature-rich inventory system with a simple, easy-to-use interface.
Solution
Envisioned as a way to help people keep track of the value of the items they own, Lockboxer was built and designed by Pixafy from the ground up to help people manage their posessions, determine their value, and sell or donate it if they want to reduce the clutter or generate some extra cash.
Technology Used
AddThis, Amazon S3, eBay, Get Satisfaction, Google Product Search, PHP, Vimeo
Designed By
Pixafy
Tasting Table Facebook Sweepstakes Application
Challenge
Build Facebook a robust, customizable sweepstakes tool within the confines of Facebook.
Solution
As part of Pixafy's ongoing partnership with Tasting Table, we built out a custom application that lets people sign up for sweepstakes when they like Tasting Table on Facebook. They can customize the prizes and promo graphic, and queue up the next sweepstakes when the previous one is complete.
Technology Used
Amazon S3, Facebook Applications, Facebook Like Button, JQuery
Shop the Far Out
Challenge
Reset an eCommerce site with a new platform and design in a very tight timeframe.
Solution
When the owner of Shop the Far Out approached Pixafy, she was frustrated with the limitations of her current store. We rolled out a new version of the store on Magento and implemeted a brand new design on a quick timeframe to allow the store to keep its momentum going.
Technology Used
AccurateTax, Automated integration with Quiet Logistics, Magento, Mailchimp, MaxCDN, MyFonts Web Fonts, WordPress
Designed By
Mott50
Challenge
Customize and install a solution for both eCommerce and CMS for Mott 50, a new fashion line.
Solution
We took a baseline installation of Magento and Joomla and customized it with in-house developed modules to add functionality that otherwise wasn't available in the software. We also integrated their site with Quiet Logistics, a fulfillment partner, to allow for automatic communication of orders and automatic updating of inventory on their site.
Technology Used
AccurateTax, Amazon S3, Automated integration with Quiet Logistics, Joomla, Magento, Mailchimp, MaxCDN, Typekit, WordPress
Designed By
The Big Lead
Challenge
Update their site to bring the parent company's branding into focus.
Solution
The Big Lead, now a Big Lead Sports property, is being transformed by Pixafy into a more dynamic landing page for the Big Lead Sports federation of sites. We have been guiding the design transformation as their technology partner, adding features while maintaining a quality experience for the site's massive following.
Technology Used
Amazon S3, Database Clustering, MaxCDN, WordPress
Designed By
Pixafy
Supply & Demand Integrated
Challenge
Implement a richly fulfilling visual experience for a consortium of video directors.
Solution
For this site, our team aimed for a forward-looking set of technology that falls back gracefully when not using bleeding edge browsers. The Flowplayer video player, which is HTML 5-compliant, was customized to match the design requested and JQuery made the site visually exciting. We linked into their existing Wiredrive video hosting to power the site.
Technology Used
CodeIgniter, Flow Player, JQuery, PHP, Typekit, Wiredrive
Designed By
Quiet Logistics
Challenge
Integrate an e-commerce fulfillment provider with Magento.
Solution
Pixafy has become a leader in linking customers using Magento, a top open-source shopping cart solution, with Quiet Logistics, an automated inventory shipping and fulfillment provider. We bridge the gap so inventory, orders, and other urgent information is passed automatically between the two companies for a seamless customer experience.
Technology Used
Amazon SQS, Amazon S3, Magento, PHP
FAST Technology
Challenge
Assist a start-up with creating a technology platform.
Solution
Pixafy has staffed multiple Principal Software Engineers to assist with the development of FAST 8x, a template-driven application generator. Pixafy has played a key role in the architecture of this application and has provided technical advice and leadership when needed as the company has grown from a small team to a group of dozens.
Technology Used
ASP.NET, BizTalk, C#, Java
Sous Chef Series
Challenge
On a tight timeframe, implement a high-end food website and update it monthly.
Solution
Tasting Table, a daily food newsletter based out of New York, was looking to launch a new site in association with Williams-Sonoma. Pixafy constructed a site rapidly and had it fortified in time for launch, able to withstand the traffic from an email blast sent to millions. Pixafy continues to work with Tasting Table on monthly dev updates to the site.
Technology Used
Amazon AMI, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon EC2, Amazon Load Balancing, Amazon S3, CodeIgniter, Database Clustering, Geo IP Lookup, Google Maps, Ooyala
Designed By
Big Lead Sports
Challenge
Help a network of hundreds of sites build out their technology infrastructure.
Solution
Big Lead Sports has been a partner of Pixafy's for years, turning to us whenever they have needs that fall outside their expertise. Our team has not only kept their sites running reliably, but has helped to build the next generation of their company-owned properties and tools for third-party partners, as well as ad units for large brand campaigns.
Technology Used
ActionScript, Ad Serving Technologies, Amazon S3, Flex Builder, JQuery, MaxCDN, Ooyala, SurveyMonkey, WordPress
ReServe
Challenge
Implement a redesign and give the organization complete control of site content moving forward.
Solution
Pixafy worked closely with ReServe during the entire process, helping them implement new functionality on the back-end while at the same time setting up a customized solution for editing their content via Joomla on the front end. We ended the project with customized training, focusing on the features they'd use most.
Technology Used
Joomla, Typekit, WordPress
Designed By
CupcakeStop
Challenge
Build a new web experience that includes online ordering.
Solution
CupcakeStop, a popular food vendor in New York City, was looking to revamp its online presence and add the ability to ship orders placed on its website. We integrated their bakery with FedEx and a customized copy of Magento, added front-end editing capabilities via Joomla, and designed a new site that played up their strong social networking smarts.
Technology Used
Amazon S3, FedEx WSDL Ver. 7, Google Maps, Joomla, Magento, MailChimp
Designed By
Pixafy
The Vow Project
Challenge
Create a web interface that allows users to subscribe to regularly-scheduled mobile messages.
Solution
The Vow Project delivers religious vows to a user while collecting donations for nonprofits in exchange for the service. We built an online infrastructure that lets people register for vows that are delivered to their mobile phone, passing the subscription seamlessly on to 2ergo for delivery. Administration tools allow the company to track subscribers and donations at a glance.
Technology Used
Code Igniter, Automated Integration with 2Ergo
Designed By
Mastersball
Challenge
Update an existing Joomla site with a new design and features.
Solution
The principals of Mastersball wanted to upgrade their site for the new baseball season, both with a refreshed look and new features to make their site more accessible to readers. We set up tools to make their site more visually exciting, automated processes to post entries on Facebook and Twitter, and consulted on how to manage workflow.
Technology Used
Facebook/Twitter integration, Joomla
Designed By
Pixafy
Wei Under Par
Challenge
Free site from limitations of Tumblr and update design.
Solution
Blogger Stephanie Wei wanted a richer website experience, which required moving away from the restrictions of the free Tumblr service she was using. We moved all of her content to Wordpress, retaining her URL structure so she didn't lose any SEO, and rethemed the Wordpress installation to give her a fresh look for her visitors.
Technology Used
WordPress
Designed By
Pixafy
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