{tech}.Ben Buckman.net

Yesterday we (New Leaf Digital) launched the new site for KickinKitchen.TV, a brilliant new kids' cooking show. The site (designed by another firm) is built on Drupal 7, and invites kids to interact with the show by sharing recipes, photos and videos, entering contests, and spreading the word about the show and healthy eating on social networks.

On the technical side, the site involved a robust content architecture, access rules allowing editors and users to share content creation, COPPA compliance for the young audience, new Mailchimp-Profile2 integration for real-time tracking of content submissions, and some fun jQuery animations.

I got my start programming from the BASIC page in 3-2-1 Contact magazine as a child, and I love to cook, so I think the mission of this show is vital, and I look forward to seeing the website empower those goals.