Online content is central to Blueprint JD’s mission and that was overwhelming to folks whose closest brush with developers is watching Apple unveil its latest product. Thankfully, we didn’t have to go it alone. WordPress, the software platform for our website, is incredible and we’ve been amazed by what it (and the developers who leverage it) can do. We are grateful to their genius and want to give credit where credit is due. We’re also current and budding attorneys who don’t want to infringe on anyone’s intellectual property. So, below is a sneak peek into the hours of development and design (theirs) as well as research and tears (ours) that went into the Blueprint JD website.
Design and Tools
As we mentioned above, we use WordPress to power Blueprint JD. But it doesn’t end there. Our design stems from a Elegant Theme’s Trim template. User-friendly WuFoo powers virtually all of our forms and Mailchimp comes to the rescue for our mailing list. Last, Issuu allows us to bring you the latest in diversity research.
Icons
Love our site icons? Well, you can have them too as all are free. We owe a big thanks to The Noun Project and Dry Icons for making their icons available to all. See below for more detail.
| Icon Name | Location | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Donate | Home | Donate symbol by The Noun Project, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Information | Home | Information symbol by Philipp Suess, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Newspaper | Home | Newspaper symbol by The Noun Project, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Typewriter | Home | Typewriter symbol by Simon Child, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Play | Home Slider | Play symbol by Dry Icons, from the http://dryicons.com Stylistica collection. |
| Footer | Twitter symbol from Dark Social Icons Set at pixeden.com. | |
| Footer | Facebook symbol from Dark Social Icons Set at pixeden.com. | |
| Footer | LinkedIn symbol by Dark Social Icons Set, from thenounproject.com collection. | |
| Community | About Us | Community symbol by The Noun Project, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Main Office | About Us | Main Office symbol by The Noun Project Iconathon, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Pencil | About Us | Pencil symbol by The Noun Project, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Architect | About Us | Architect symbol by The Noun Project, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Social Services & Scale | About Us | Social Services & Scale symbol under Public Domain and by The Noun Project, fromthenounproject.comcollection. |
| Document | About Us | Document symbol by Matt Sailing, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| Mortar Board | About Us | Mortar Board symbol by Daniel Hanly, from thenounproject.com collection. |
| About Us | Mail symbol by Johan Michels, from thenounproject.com collection. | |
| Dollar Currency Sign | Get Involved | Dollar Currency Sign symbol by Dry Icons, from the http://dryicons.com Minimalista collection. |
| Newsletter | Get Involved | Newsletter symbol by Dry Icons, from the http://dryicons.com Minimalista collection. |
| Pencil | Get Involved | Pencil symbol by Dry Icons, from the http://dryicons.com Minimalista collection. |
| ID Card | Get Involved | ID Card symbol by Dry Icons, from the http://dryicons.com Minimalista collection. |
Plugins
We are proud fans of developers. They’re creative and make things work. What’s not to like? A special thanks goes to the folks at WordPress Job Board, who were responsive and patient as we attempted to learn code and customize our Caeerboard. Below please find all of the plugins that help create our site’s “look.”
| Name | Type | Location | Find It on the Web |
|---|---|---|---|
| Display Widgets | Free | All pages | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-widgets/ |
| PC Hidge Pages | Free | All Pages | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pc-hide-pages/ |
| Polldaddy | Free | All Pages | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/polldaddy/ |
| Shareaholic | Free | All Pages | http://www.shareaholic.com/publishers/sharing |
| Social Slider Pro | Premium | All Pages | http://codecanyon.net/item/social-slider-pro-for-wordpress/1929349 |
| Subpages Extended | Free | All Pages | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subpages-extended/ |
| Table Reloaded | Free | All Pages | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-table-reloaded/ |
| Usernoise | Free | All Pages | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/usernoise/ |
| Editorial Calendar | Free | Blog | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/editorial-calendar/ |
| Organize Series | Free | Blog | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/organize-series/ |
| Types | Free | Blog | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/types/ |
| Wordpress Job Board | Premium | Careerboard | http://wpjobboard.net/ |
| Contact Form 7 | Free | Contact Us | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/ |
Blueprint JD’s design credits are updated as of Sunday, June 10, 2012.
