Cat 5 Labs» Cat 5 Labs http://www.cat5labs.com Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:07:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 SmartBean http://www.cat5labs.com/project/smartbean/ http://www.cat5labs.com/project/smartbean/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 17:55:22 +0000 admin http://www.cat5labs.com/?p=40 SmartBean offers high quality resources and information to empower parents in their decision making on all aspects of K-12 education. The site features magazine, library, and store sections.

SmartBean is a highly customized WordPress / Magento e-commerce hybrid platform.




URL: www.thesmartbean.com

Features include:

  • Ground-up design of a custom theme
  • Development of several custom widgets and plugins
  • Heavily customized rendering of posts based on categories/tag classification
  • Integration with Amazon and Google SiteSearch
  • Centralized user registration/authentication
  • Numerous Ajax components
  • SEO optimization
  • Social sharing features
  • Automated deployment and configuration
]]> http://www.cat5labs.com/project/smartbean/feed/ 0 MGZ Design & Construction http://www.cat5labs.com/project/mgz-design-construction/ http://www.cat5labs.com/project/mgz-design-construction/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 17:53:28 +0000 admin http://www.cat5labs.com/?p=37 The MGZ Design & Construction corporate site is a customized WordPress installation featuring photo gallery integration with Flickr.






URL: www.mgzdesign.com

WordPress is an excellent choice for corporate web sites because it allows non-technical users to easily manage content and it can be customized and extended in look-and-feel and in features.

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URL: www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=7871834383

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URL: www.widgizit.com

Widgizit was built using Ruby on Rails (back-end), Javascript/HTML (front-end), and the Amazon Associates API. The widgets are accessible and configurable within several leading widget registries, including Google Gadgets, Widgetbox, Netvibes, and Widgopedia.

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