Maine Coastal Program launches online version of Maine Coastline newsletter

May 2010 - The Maine Coastal Program launched the new edition of its Maine Coastline newsletter. This edition marks the first step in a phased approach to move the Coastal Program's newsletter to the web. This edition's theme is on the significant aesthetic qualities of the Maine coast.



Plans are being made to evaluate and implement other web features in upcoming editions and updates, including social media and outreach tools, like Twitter, Facebook, places for user input and photo galleries... and more. Stay tuned!



Content for this new online edition of Maine Coastline was developed by Nancy Griffin at Word Association. Graphic design was provided by Gordon Holman of Slickfish Studios. Theresa Torrent-Ellis, Kathleen Leyden and others at Maine State Planning office provided great feedback on the new edition. (Thanks!) All other technical assistance, planning and work was done by James Cradock of Yellahoose.

Links:

Maine Coastline & Maine Coastal Program
http://www.maine.gov/spo/coastal/
http://www.maine.gov/spo/coastal/coastline/

Creative Portland Corp launches LiveWorkPortland built by LEDA, LuDesign, Slickfish Studios and Yellahoose

May 2010 - Creative Portland Corporation launched LiveWorkPortland, a web resource showcasing Portland, Maine's vibrant creative professional community.



LiveWorkPortland presents Portland residents and those thinking about relocating to the area a picture of the city, and of the region, as a great place to live and work and do business. The site showcases great creative professionals calling Portland "home", with biographical sketches and multimedia slideshows. It hilights the city's culture, economy and other amenities adding to Portland's quality of life.



The web site was designed and built and content was developed by a team of professionals from the area: LEDA, LuDesign, Slickfish Studios, Wing and Ko. and Yellahoose. Yellahoose's role:

• We configured the web, database and email servers, helped move DNS and update zone records, set up back up routines, and basically set up the site shell.
• We installed and configured WordPress, the software Creative Portland identified as its preferred CMS.
• Design requirements were tricky! No canned template would do, so we built one specifically for the site.
• As content developers and web designers, Wing and Ko. and Slickfish Studios, built out the design and content, we supported them by debugging issues, resolving (or helping to resolve) them, and we provided a second set of eyes as things went online.
• Meanwhile, we integrated the site with Constant Contact, using their developer API, and we search engine optimized and set up analytics tools (Google Analytics and AWstats) for the site.
• We launched LiveWorkPortland.org from its staging location to its "live" site, moved the launched version to source control (we use Subversion), and prepared for the future by creating a project management site (in Trac) for the team.

LiveWorkPortland is hosted by Packawhallop.

Check out LiveWorkPortland.org!

Links:

LiveWork Portland
http://www.liveworkportland.org/

Create Portland Corporation
http://www.portlandmaine.gov/creativeportlandcorp.htm

LEDA
http://www.ledadesign.com/

LuDesign
http://www.ludesignstudios.com/

Slickfish Studios
http://www.slickfishstudios.com/

Wing and Ko.
http://www.wingandko.com/

Packawhallop
http://www. packawhallop.com/