Slice of Lime worked pro-bono to create the strategy, design, and development for Wish for Wheels. Founded in 2004, Wish for Wheels is determined to make a difference for children by providing new bikes and helmets to kindergarten kids. At their first giveaway, it became clear to them that the bikes do bring health and happiness into these children’s lives.

We started with a strategy conversation and identified some high-level goals. Wish for Wheels wanted the website to show off the end-result and spirit of their program through video and images. A close runner up to this goal was to make it easy for visitors to the site to donate.

We created a simple information architecture for Wish for Wheels, renaming a lot of their existing nomenclature to be more straight forward. “Grease the Wheels” became “Donate”, for example.

From there we created a basic wireframe for the homepage outlining the core elements we felt were important. One of the main elements on the homepage would be a video featuring a story done on them from a local news station.

We decided to create some custom, fun, cartoon style icons for the navigation items. We felt that this would add that playful element Wish for Wheels was originally going for with their navigation. “Donate” was given a bicycle pump icon, for example.

Using SlideShowPro and SlideShowDirector, we setup an easy to use Flash photo gallery for Wish for Wheels. This will make it easy for them to continue to add photos year after year onto the website.

This was a rewarding project to work on and a cause I think we can all relate to. Slice of Lime will be taking a day to volunteer with Wish for Wheels. We’re looking forward to seeing the smiling faces on the kindergarten kids as they discover their graduation surprise!

Cupcakes for a Cause supports Cancer Care for Kids with participating bakeries across the nation and a highly engaging and interactive website.

Slice of Lime created the viral Flash website that allows visitors to create their own “virtual cupcakes” online. The concept is simple; for every cupcake created, $1 is donated to Cancer Care for Kids.

Slice of Lime made sure to make the cupcake creation experience intuitive and fun since kids make up a large portion of the target demographic. A visitor can choose what type of cake they want and their icing style and color. A baking timer in the top left of the screen shows how far along the visitor is in the baking process. Visitors can choose from thick and thin icing tools and draw on the cupcake using different icing colors.

Visitors can also apply a range of toppings, from chocolate chips to sprinkles.

Once cupcakes are finished, they can be published to the website. A live counter shows how many cupcakes are being created in real-time. If a visitor is curious about what other cupcakes have been created or they want to search for a friend or town, they can “Browse Cupcakes.”

Lastly, a cupcake can be sent to a friend. This was a key component to the success of this campaign as it organically passes the word on to friends and family. While the website did get promoted on “Good Morning America” and “The Today Show,” Cupcakes for a Cause had almost met it’s goal of $10,000 by the time those segments were aired.

As of this posting, 18,100 cupcakes have been created! It was a pleasure to be involved with this positive organization.

Slice of Lime provided the strategy, design, and web-standards-based code for the new British Antarctic Survey website.British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is one of the world’s leading environmental research centres and is responsible for the UK’s national scientific activities in Antarctica.Slice of Lime created the framework in which BAS could integrate all sorts of dynamic information such as research projects, information on Antarctica, and a photo gallery. This project is the 2nd of Slice of Lime’s projects that focus on research around global warming. The 1st website, International Polar Year was completed earlier this year.

Slice of Lime worked on the design and development of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado website. Since entrepreneurial success is uncertain and the vast majority of entrepreneurial endeavors fail, Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado decided to approach the problem in a unique fashion. Rather than wait for success to encourage philanthropic activity, they created a new program to help all entrepreneurs contribute early in the creation of their companies to the long term health and sustainability of Colorado. The site may look familiar as it is meant to be viewed as part of a larger “family” of sites including Feld Thoughts, Colorado Startups, and Ask the VC.

Slice of Lime provided the strategy, design and development for the new IPY: International Polar Year website. IPY, organized through the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), is the fourth polar year, following those in 1882-3, 1932-3, and 1957-8. IPY 2007-8 will involve over 200 projects, with thousands of scientists from over 60 nations examining a wide range of physical, biological and social research topics. It is also an unprecedented opportunity to demonstrate, follow, and get involved with, cutting edge science in real-time.Slice of Lime implemented a robust content management system that provides numerous RSS feeds and several methods in which to navigate the site. Content can be accessed by content type (news, events, and projects) as well as by area of focus (ice, land, oceans, etc.). The site was designed to be modular and easily scalable to allow for growth over the next two years.

Slice of Lime designed and developed the new Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) website. Every element on the new website, from exhibits to events to artists, is dynamically driven through a custom back-end administration tool built by Slice of Lime. The tool makes it easy for any BMoCA staff member to easily add images, exhibits, podcast archives, performances, events, education activities, and artists to the website. It also allows BMoCA to collect ticket sales through their website and manage their calendar of events.The front-end design was built to easily scale with BMoCA over time. Coded using web standards, the layout, design, and content can quickly be modified. The site is now coded with accessibility in mind, making it easier for the visually impaired to learn more about the museum.The design is minimalist, allowing the amazing artwork at the museum to come to the forefront. A new search feature makes it easy to find the artist or event you’re looking for.Slice of Lime was happy to donate its time to such a worthwhile project. We’d like to thank the incredible staff at the museum for working with us on a website that we hope will support you for years to come.

Slice of Lime designed and developed the new Girls’ Wilderness website for The Women’s Wilderness Institute. Girls’ Wilderness encourages girls to get outside, learn new things and make great friends.

Slice of Lime is sponsoring this wonderful organization and is very excited to have been a part of such a fun project. The site was coded using Flash for the animation and HTML/CSS for the content areas of the site, making the pages visually interesting to look at, yet easily findable by search engines.

Slice of Lime designed the new logo for the Girls’ Wilderness Program, a part of the Woman’s Wilderness Institute. This is the first step in a larger project to create a website and viral marketing campaign for the organization.

The logo is targeted at girls between the ages of 12-17 and draws its design and color scheme from focus group research done by the institute.