In The Lab

ExpressionEngine Add-on: MODL Social Widgets

A quick announcement for our MODL Social Widgets plugin. A recent Lab Project to help us add social platform share buttons a little faster and with more smiles to our ExpressionEngine projects.

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ExpressionEngine Lab Project Technology

Fundraising API: ASNV’s Arts for Autism Campaign

A brief look at our use of the Giving Impact™ fundraising API to support the Autism Society of Northern Virginia’s annual Arts For Autism campaign. As part of our design and development efforts, the API allowed us to create a fully branded and integrated donation experience.

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Giving Impact Non-profit Project Technology

Another Gold Star, FTW: A Look at Achievement Systems

Do you remember the chart your teacher had on the bulletin board or hanging right off the front of his/her desk? It was the one that had the gold stars for when you got a 100% score on your weekly spelling test. Do you remember that feeling of achievement when you earned a new star? Did you feel motivated to do well on your next test just so you can get another star?

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Design MOD-Lab Project Technology

Exploring The Google Font API

Google recently released their Font API offering a small set of freely available fonts that is designed to expand the the library beyond the standard web font set. Our team was excited to try it out and see how it works.

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Design MOD-Lab Project Technology

Exploring the Two Implementations of the Facebook Like Button

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Facebook’s recent platform changes. One of the the key technology changes is the Like button and related Open Graph Protocol. Though there is much more to explore from community pages to privacy policy and control changes, as designers and developers we decided to explore the Like button and to share our observations and thoughts.

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MOD-Lab Technology