Yesterday, the new Special Olympics website was launched (http://www.specialolympics.org). Plus Factory worked with the technology group 1over0 Technology to build this first phase of the Special Olympics website. The Special Olympics is a special group to our hearts, its mission is to “serve the nearly 200 million people with intellectual disabilities, with a presence in nearly 200 countries worldwide, spreading the belief in people with intellectual disabilities and in the spirit of Special Olympics”.

The website (front-end design and back-end Content Management System) was ready for an overhaul, and working with 1over0, Plus Factory helped build the front-end Flash modules (Video players, Photo Headers, Photo Slideshow player, Interactive Timeline, etc.) to work with the new Content Management System (CMS) that was implemented.

The site looks great, and much of the content was ported over from the old site into the new site via the CMS. The multimedia modules we built now gives the site more dynamic context and visuals to go with the content, stories and articles that are thru-out the site. Look out in the future for more interactive features that we are building for the site.