After a busy year of creating wonderful sites for our clients, we have finally put up a real site for ourselves (alas, previously, our one page site revealed nothing more than what you’d see on our business card).

We hope to blog regularly in the Our Say column with items that will be of interest to our clients, friends, and the web community at large.

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Pixperience offer interactive event photography. Through this innovative service, Pixperience come on site, photograph participants who can then view, print and share their branded photo online through popular social media sites.

Small City created the backend engine that powers their online service which they provide to clients such as General Motors, Autotrader and Cormorant Books.

Visit Pixperience’s latest project for the launch of author Jessica Westhead’s short story collection And Also Sharks: http://pix.andalsosharks.com (enter the code 51241833 to see Small City employee Sean Lerner’s photo).

“Small City has been a pleasure to work with, always delivering on time and within budget.” – Derek Wuenschirs, Pixperience Inc.

Small City, working with B2B marketing services firm BrainRider, and Toronto-based design studio Cactus Design, put together a feature rich content management system for Foss National Leasing’s (FNL) new CorpRate division’s Fleet Card product.

FNL’s CorpRate division offers fuel and maintenance card solutions for company vehicles.

Their website allows them to easily update their content about their offerings, add new promotions, collect information about their clients, and allow for their clients to apply for their services online.

Visit the CorpRate Fleet Card website at http://fleetcard.ca/

“We worked with Small City to build a custom WordPress site for our client based on our requirements documentation. Small City has a solid grasp of WordPress functionality and was able to apply it to deliver us a website that looks and feels very custom while still leveraging the WordPress back end for website management. They were approachable and responsive, to ongoing changes and client requests.” – Lori Litman, BrainRider Knowledge Marketing Group

Small City, working with The Working Group and local designer Ignacio Peon, put together a beautiful and functional website for Alpha Alternative School. Alpha is Toronto’s original publicly funded democratic school, and they were looking for a colourful site to match the school’s personality.

The website allows the school to easily edit their content, post news items relevant to the Alpha community and keep a calendar of dates so the staff, parent body and students are always in the loop as to the school’s going-ons.

Visit Alpha’s website at http://alphaschool.ca

“Small City did excellent work for our community. They co-ordinated a group of volunteers to design and build an effective website. It has become a key part of how our community functions. Small City really know what they’re doing- they get things done in an efficient, timely way.” – Steve Cooper, Teacher, Alpha School

“Small City’s work on our school’s website made the site so user friendly and accessible; I go there all the time now. It also looks really professional, and has been a great way for us to promote our school, and feel really good about providing a link to the website. Their good work speaks volumes.” – Julie Reitzel, Parent, Alpha School

“In creating the welcoming, informative and user-friendly new website for the ALPHA Alternative Public School, Small City illustrated their exceptional skills in project management, creative content and follow through. I learned a lot working with Small City and would recommend them for any such future projects.” – Mary Harmer, Volunteer editor/proof-reader for the Alpha School website and Manager of Production, Mongrel Media Inc.

Prominent Toronto illustrator, Marlena Zuber, had a problem: she couldn’t update her own website, and any changes, however small, had to sent to her web developer to complete. Meanwhile, her reputation as custom map creator was growing, so much so that she needed a website dedicated to her maps, but one that she could update herself. She needed advanced gallery features to display her work, web pages she could easily update for her store, bio and contact info, and sections that displayed her latest news and events first.

Small City created a website with the look and feel of her existing site, but one where she had control over the content and could easily add new illustrations.

Visit Marlena’s Maps at http://maps.marlenazuber.com/

“My website was developed by Small City. For the first time I have complete control over my site. In the past, I would send my updates to a designer and ask them to make the changes. Now I have much more control and freedom. Small City worked with the specific needs for my site. I wanted viewers to have the option of zooming into my maps and seeing the details of my work. Small City made it happen with a Zoomified application. If I ever need technical help, I am given timely support and direction. Small City is professional and smart.” – Marlena Zuber, Illustrator, Marlena’s Maps

Comedy TBD is the outlet comedic talent Sasha Thomas uses to blog about her experiences in producing videos that highlight where the spotlight usually doesn’t shine on Toronto’s comedy scene. She wasn’t sure where her blog would take her or how much effort she put into, so with a minimal budget, she had Small City set up a simple but effective blog to meet her need until she’s ready to take the next step.

Follow Sasha’s adventures in comedy at http://blog.sashathomas.com/

“Small City’s a super friendly web shop and the guys there really know their stuff. They were great about answering my questions, explaining the technicalities in a way I could understand and making thoughtful recommendations based on what I wanted my site to accomplish. Because Small City kept me in the loop about my site’s development I knew they hadn’t forgotten about me. And when my launch date arrived, my site was ready to go.” – Sasha Thomas, Comedian & Producer, Comedy TBD

Eric Rosenberg, Investment Analyst turned Educator, has several on-going projects aimed to help people manage their resources better. And when an online presence is required, he turns to Small City. Two projects Small City setup are his Healthy Money site, which serves as a podcast, blog, and online resource center, and his Classroom Economy site, a high school program created to teach students the value of decision making around resources.

Visit Eric’s Healthy Money website and subscribe to his podcast: http://healthymoney.ca

Visit Eric’s Classroom Economy website: http://classroomeconomy.com/

“Small City has been instrumental in realising the vision for Healthy Money. From advising and implementing the technical aspects of web development to collaborating as part of the broader strategic team, Small City are a proven tool in working to develop our enterprise.” – Eric Rosenberg, Founder, Healthy Money