Wollongong Hawks

S23's association with the Wollongong ahm Hawks continues with the launch of a new homepage and the Ning powered social networking site - "I AM A HAWKS FAN" - a National Basketball League first.

In early 2009, Studio 23 supported Hawks captain Mat Campbell's "Save the Hawks" campaign by providing the website used to promote the cause. S23 also supplied photography and graphic design assistance.

Following the new Hawks successful application for the 2009/10 NBL season Studio 23 renewed its partnership to the 5th season as the Hawks Website Partner.

Sample Screenshots

Main Site

hawks.com.au

Built on the popular Joomla Content Management platform.

Tabbed Content Display
Using AJAX tabs allows allows for an compact manner of presenting multiple content items together in the one page.
Live Search
Offers AJAX powered real time "as you type" search results for the site
Online Forms
Utlising WUFOO forms, the Hawks have been able to streamline workflows and reducing paper usage by moving membership & event ticket sales online.
Twitter Intergration
Displays real-time updates from the @wollongonghawks twitter account.
Multiple RSS feeds
Allowing readers to subscribe the to various news/result sections of the site. RSS also enables other sites to pull in Hawks content headlines to display on their site.
Google Maps
The benchmark of online maps.
Google Analytics
For detailed statistical analysis of site traffic.

Social Network

iamahawksfan.com

In an NBL first, S23 customised "I AM A HAWKS FAN" on the Ning (about Ning) platform and continues to contribute images for the image gallery.

The new and official social network of the Wollongong Hawks, gives the most passionate supporters of the club the opportunity to share their fanaticism for the team with a community of friends.

With a similar functionality to Facebook, features include: