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	<title>Tom Pimental : Web Creative &#187; wordpress</title>
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	<description>An online media expert with over 10 years experiencing designing, developing and advocating the creation of cutting edge web products.</description>
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		<title>The Nursery School at Temple Beth Am</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nursery School at Temple Beth Am in Framingham, MA had a simple website that was maintained by several volunteers. Because of this, the site was inconsistent and often had unintentional flaws in design due to novice website editors/tools. To solve this, we put the site on WordPress and leveraged custom post types for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.tbanursery.org/"><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/tba-nursery.jpg" alt="" title="tba-nursery" width="300" height="196" class="alignright size-full wp-image-617" /></a><a href="http://www.tbanursery.org/"><strong>The Nursery School at Temple Beth Am</strong></a> in Framingham, MA had a simple website that was maintained by several volunteers. Because of this, the site was inconsistent and often had unintentional flaws in design due to novice website editors/tools.</p>
<p>To solve this, we put the site on WordPress and leveraged custom post types for the calendar and alerts and created simple flags for them to highlight important content (events, blog posts, alerts) at the top of their homepage.</p>
<p>Now that the site is on WordPress, their volunteer team can focus on content creation and not worry about accidentally breaking the site&#8217;s layout.</p>
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		<title>Got Kids &#8211; A Children&#8217;s Resale Boutique</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got Kids came to me looking for a simple way to manage their consignment business. The business is unique in that it isn&#8217;t physically located in one place, which required the website to be flexible and easy to edit as each sale came along. We decided to build the site on top of WordPress and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.gotkidsconsignment.com/"><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/got-kids-consignment-shop.jpg" alt="" title="got-kids-consignment-shop" width="300" height="206" class="alignright size-full wp-image-614" /></a><a href="http://www.gotkidsconsignment.com/"><strong>Got Kids</strong></a> came to me looking for a simple way to manage their consignment business. The business is unique in that it isn&#8217;t physically located in one place, which required the website to be flexible and easy to edit as each sale came along.</p>
<p>We decided to build the site on top of WordPress and leveraged custom menus and widgets to give maximum control to the business owner. Throw in a great looking custom template and Got Kids was extremely happy with the outcome.</p>
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		<title>Attached the Book</title>
		<link>http://www.tompimental.com/2010/12/attached-the-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amir Levine and Rachel Heller were looking for a simple way to promote their new book, Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find&#8212;And Keep&#8212;Love and turned to me to develop a clean, visually appealing website on top of WordPress. They had a very tight timeline as the book [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/attached-the-book.jpg" alt="Attached the Book" title="attached-the-book" width="275" height="211" class="alignright size-full wp-image-591" />Amir Levine and Rachel Heller were looking for a simple way to promote their new book, <em>Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find&mdash;And Keep&mdash;Love</em> and turned to me to develop a clean, visually appealing website on top of WordPress.  They had a very tight timeline as the book was to launch on December 30.  Once the design was finalized, the site went up within a month and was ready in time for the book&#8217;s debut.  </p>
<p>The site also includes a custom developed and shareable <a href="http://www.attachedthebook.com/compatibility-quiz/">Compatibility Quiz</a> based on the findings in their book that can drive further awareness of the book.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.attachedthebook.com">You can check out the site and quiz here</a> &raquo;</p>
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		<title>Nikki Devaux &#8211; Massachusetts real estate professional and new custom WordPress website owner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 02:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I technically launched NikkiDevaux.com back in March, but haven&#8217;t had a chance to comment on it. Nikki is a Realtor based in Massachusetts who had a website through a company offering templated sites to real estate professionals. For Nikki, the site lacked originality and did not offer her the flexibility she was looking for. We [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nikkidevaux.com/"><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nikki-devaux.jpg" alt="" title="nikki-devaux" width="275" height="196" class="alignright size-full wp-image-541" /></a>I technically launched <a href="http://www.nikkidevaux.com/">NikkiDevaux.com</a> back in March, but haven&#8217;t had a chance to comment on it.  Nikki is a Realtor based in Massachusetts who had a website through a company offering templated sites to real estate professionals.  For Nikki, the site lacked originality and did not offer her the flexibility she was looking for.  We identified WordPress as an excellent base for her new site, sprinkled on a solid custom template and even threw in a blog, newsletter, contact form and full MLS search.  </p>
<p>Nikki is extremely happy with her new site and blogs regularly.  She even has the ability to edit her sidebar &#8220;Concierge&#8221; section where she highlights other professionals she trusts.</p>
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		<title>WordPress-powered PamelaFerdinand.com</title>
		<link>http://www.tompimental.com/2010/01/wordpress-powered-pamelaferdinand-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that I built Pamela Ferdinand&#8217;s first site nearly 7 years ago, the design still works, but the functionality was seriously lacking. Pamela wanted to add a blog and promote her upcoming book, &#8220;Three Wishes: Our True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood&#8220;. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pamelaferdinand.com"><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pamela-ferdinand.jpg" alt="Pamela Ferdinand Website" title="pamela-ferdinand" width="275" height="239" class="alignright size-full wp-image-505" /></a>Despite the fact that I built Pamela Ferdinand&#8217;s first site nearly 7 years ago, the design still works, but the functionality was seriously lacking.  Pamela wanted to add a blog and promote her upcoming book, &#8220;<em>Three Wishes: Our True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood</em>&#8220;.  A static, 7-year old site wasn&#8217;t going to cut it.</p>
<p>Heavily leveraging the original design and sprinkling in some WordPress magic worked like a charm.  The design stayed consistent for past visitors, but adding WordPress gave Pamela the flexibility to easily manage multiple content types/categories (Blogs and Articles) and the freedom to make updates and additions to her site whenever she feels the need.  Add in a simple, yet compelling Flash intro by my friends at <a href="http://overthinkdesigns.com/">Overthink Designs</a> and this site was a perfect match to Pamela&#8217;s needs.</p>
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		<title>Bikram Yoga Quincy</title>
		<link>http://www.tompimental.com/2009/12/bikram-yoga-quincy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bikram Yoga Quincy wanted a refreshed website and a easy-to-manage class schedule. Leveraging a custom design on top of WordPress I was able to deliver exactly what the business needed. The Weekly Schedule WordPress plugin gave me the flexibility to also highlight &#8220;Today&#8217;s Classes&#8221; in a module throughout the site for users looking quickly for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/bikram-yoga-quincy.png" alt="" title="bikram-yoga-quincy" width="300" height="255" class="alignright size-full wp-image-474" /><a href="http://www.quincybikramyoga.com/">Bikram Yoga Quincy</a> wanted a refreshed website and a easy-to-manage class schedule.  Leveraging a custom design on top of WordPress I was able to deliver exactly what the business needed.  The Weekly Schedule WordPress plugin gave me the flexibility to also highlight &#8220;Today&#8217;s Classes&#8221; in a module throughout the site for users looking quickly for what&#8217;s going on today.  The plugin also allowed me to associate each day&#8217;s instructors to their bio.</p>
<p>All in all, Bikram Yoga Quincy is very please with the website and they&#8217;re eager to see how their students react to it as well.</p>
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		<title>Moving Fake Steve to Real WordPress</title>
		<link>http://www.tompimental.com/2009/11/moving-fake-steve-to-real-wordpress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The real Fake Steve needed to move his blog and relatively large audience off of Blogger to allow for more flexibility and expansion. A hosted version of WordPress seemed like the best fit and I began the process of converting his template, redirecting his traffic and RSS feeds and customizing WordPress to accommodate his potentially [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/fake-steve.png" alt="fake-steve" title="fake-steve" width="202" height="259" class="alignright size-full wp-image-468" />The real <a href="http://www.fakesteve.net">Fake Steve</a> needed to move his blog and relatively large audience off of Blogger to allow for more flexibility and expansion.  A hosted version of WordPress seemed like the best fit and I began the process of converting his template, redirecting his traffic and RSS feeds and customizing WordPress to accommodate his potentially high traffic volumes.</p>
<p>To accomplish this, I integrated WordPress dynamic widgets, added WP Super Cache to help with page load, wrote redirects for all RSS feeds and added a Google site map for safe measure.</p>
<p>At the same time, Fake Steve also wanted to allow select bloggers to contribute to his site in a section called <a href="http://www.fakesteve.net/rabid-fanboy">Rabid Fanboy</a>.  Leveraging some interesting post page rules I was able to segment these new authors from Fake Steve&#8217;s original content and create the experience he was looking for.</p>
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		<title>Blog from your iphone with new WordPress app</title>
		<link>http://www.tompimental.com/2009/10/blog-from-your-iphone-with-new-wordpress-app/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing this blog post from an iPhone and you can too (as long as your blog is on WordPress) with the new WordPress 2.0 app. Typing on the iPhone is still a bit clunky but if absolutely must blog on the go this app will make it all possible. [Online Update: I'm new to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m writing this blog post from an iPhone and you can too (as long as your blog is on WordPress) with the new WordPress 2.0 app.</p>
<p>Typing on the iPhone is still a bit clunky but if absolutely must blog on the go this app will make it all possible. </p>
<p>[Online Update: I'm new to the app, but I couldn't figure out how to easily add a link to a post.  Obviously, that's a problem.  So here's a <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335703880&#038;mt=8">link to the app store</a>.  Oh and did I mention the app is free?]</p>
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		<title>Mamas Move</title>
		<link>http://www.tompimental.com/2009/09/mamas-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mamas Move needed an updated website that allowed them to modify their content without affecting the overall design and layout of the website. I implemented a compelling design and layout on top of WordPress which gives them the flexibility to edit content while maintaining a professional look and feel. Included on the site is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mamas-move1.jpg" alt="mamas-move" title="mamas-move" width="300" height="191" class="alignright size-full wp-image-437" /><a href="http://www.mamasmove.com/">Mamas Move</a> needed an updated website that allowed them to modify their content without affecting the overall design and layout of the website.  I implemented a compelling design and layout on top of WordPress which gives them the flexibility to edit content while maintaining a professional look and feel.</p>
<p>Included on the site is a WordPress powered calendar which allows Mamas Move employees to maintain class and event schedules directly in WordPress.  Add some basic SEO best practices and Google Analytics and Mamas Move got an enterprise class website at a fraction of the cost.</p>
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		<title>Jessica Doherty</title>
		<link>http://www.tompimental.com/2009/09/jessica-doherty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jessica Doherty is always looking to improve her website and fortunately she keeps turning to me to take her site to the next level. Powered by WordPress with a JavaScript gallery, her photography site is clean and easy to navigate. WordPress gives her the ability to edit the text (rates, contact info, etc) without worrying [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.tompimental.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/jess-doherty.jpg" alt="jess-doherty" title="jess-doherty" width="300" height="210" class="alignright size-full wp-image-429" /><a href="http://www.jessicadoherty.com">Jessica Doherty</a> is always looking to improve her website and fortunately she keeps turning to me to take her site to the next level.  Powered by WordPress with a JavaScript gallery, her photography site is clean and easy to navigate.</p>
<p>WordPress gives her the ability to edit the text (rates, contact info, etc) without worrying about affecting the overall design of her site.</p>
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