We bring creative ideas to life,
without breaking the bank
Our team of motivated developers and designers want the best for you and your business.
We’re dedicated to providing personalized service and delivering beyond expectations.
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Working Professionally with WordPress Core
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With WordPress, Swift, Joomla, WiX, React, and Flutter
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Providing Technical Support for Web, Desktop, and Mobile
US East Coast
Just your friendly, neighborhood spider web developers, engineers, and creative pros….
Evan
Owner, Project Manager, Lead Developer
Evan has built websites and provided IT support, repair, and management for over a decade, starting all the way back in 8th grade. Since going to school to study programming and information systems, Evan now handles all data structuring and information-based projects within the company. While we no longer advertise device repairs, he still takes pride in bringing life back to older and seemingly broken technology.
Nate
Senior Consultant, Security and Infrastructure
Nate is truly a unicorn in his field – with experience in government, Fortune 100 companies, and other large-scale cloud projects. He is a popular and trusted developer in New England – his time is a lot of money. Nate provides oversight into our Cloud infrastructure and routine audits. In his free time, Nate can be found enjoying time with his family, landscaping, or working on some good-old-American DIY projects.
Mike
Account Manager, Consultant
Mike is an accounting major working full-time at one of Boston’s largest consulting firms, and is also an active investor in real estate, stocks, and crypto. On the side, Mike manages all of Smashstar Media’s accounts on both the financial and business relationship side of things. His dedication is why we work tirelessly to keep him on for the long haul.
Ryan
Photographer, Developer, Consultant
Ryan is a hands-on tech guy, always interested in the latest and greatest coming out of Silicon Valley (and the SpaceX launch sites). His proven experience in on-site and remote IT and network administration puts him high above the competition. Through his gig with Smashstar Media, Ryan has a hand in most projects.
Lindsey
Success Planning, Consultant
Lindsey is an architectural engineer that has provided services to numerous local businesses and design firms that literally fight over her availability. Lindsey’s personality and care for others can be seen through her thoughtful planning, execution, and overall attention to detail. And yes, Lindsey also enjoys jumping out of perfectly good airplanes.
Erik
Photographer, Creative
Erik is an Eagle Scout currently enrolled in the ROTC program at Virigina Tech. He has won countless awards and certificates on the local, state, and federal levels (seriously, try counting). Erik helps out in his free time with ongoing projects and routine maintenance. His path looks bright, and quite possibly could include some amazing civil engineering projects.
Alex
Content Editor, Creative
Alex is a decorated Scout and currently enrolled in a Carpentry program. He enjoys gaming on many devices and platforms, track, and playing with his pups Phil and Luna. His love for history and global politics has been the source material for thoroughly-engaging conversations. If Alex doesn’t invent the next breakthrough device in home energy, we expect him to be running a country in the near future.
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Our augmented support team – Assisting when the peeps above need some sleep
Training and Support Affiliates
Profiles coming soon.
To become an affiliate, please contact [email protected] and include your full name, proof of US address, PayPal address, and resume.
Internally-trained AI and Bots
AIRON
Airon is our OG client concierge, who signs and sends all of the notifications you receive about status updates or your website. Airon has been running on our main network for just over 5 years now, and handles most automated interactions between our teams and yours.
CLAIRE
Claire was recently introduced to our customers on the Hub, and provides more natural and intuitive answers and solutions to your questions and problems. Claire has access to documentation for all of our in-house and partner applications, and is constantly re-training and gaining more helpful knowledge.
From Hardware to Software
Smashstar Media started out not just designing websites, but specializing in mobile device repairs. We brought new life to broken and heavily-damaged iPhones, iPods, iPads, and game consoles with digitizer replacements, battery swaps, and hardware refurbishment or repairs.
Once Apple and others started locking down repair tools and destroying the third-party parts marketplace, Smashstar Media pivoted to a more digital approach. We now offer complete digital solutions for nonprofits and small and medium businesses with email marketing, analytics, web design, social marketing, and the infrastructure to support it all.
Smashstar Media offers a variety of SaaS solutions based on both open source platforms (WordPress, Drupal) and proprietary, custom-built software (PHP, Java, Python, Swift).
Our Work
Seen On
Notable, Recent Projects
- IAFSA Theme Refresh
The Independent Association of Framingham State Alumni, in celebration of 175 years, has refreshed their custom WordPress theme for a clean, modern and more accessible experience, taking advantage of new NonprofitPress features. - MetroWest Nonprofit Network “Community”
A fully-private and self-hosted online community, built on NonprofitPress, allows local organization and community members to connect, share, and engage on the MWNN website. - MyChoice Pantry Manager
New web-based app for MyChoice pantry managers to handle incoming orders, manage inventory, and more – available now in all MyChoice PWAs (Android, Windows, Chrome) and coming soon to the App Store. - MWP Cloud Domains
You can now register existing or purchase new domains right from the Hub! Our updated DNS manager makes setup a breeze, and domains set up through us are automatically configured AND include SSL certificates. - Mental Health Collaborative Refresh
Upgraded cloud infrastructure, WP management and hosting (Moved from MWP Cloud Standard to NonprofitPress); New donation forms, integrated store, improved mailing list integrations and analytics - Pets (beta) – available in TestFlight!
Someone asked how Apple would implement an app like Journal or Health, but for your pets. Our answer is the new Pets app, coming soon to the App Store, with “Pets+” coming soon - MyChoice Pantry Version 2.0
Complete overhaul of the back-end and underlying databases – the new MyChoice offers a truly streamlined onboarding process for new and returning clients, better preference selection modeled on other online stores, new pickup manager and scheduling options, and so much more in the updated mobile apps! - NonprofitPress (2022)
New features and pre-installed plugins to make your nonprofit’s website more engaging and increase donations
Additional Projects and Deployments
- MyChoice Pantry on the App Store
Official launch of MyChoice Pantry on Apple’s App Store for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS with Apple Silicon, bringing push notifications, messaging, and more native features to clients with Apple hardware. - IAFSA / Alumni House
Redesigned and fully-custom implementation of custom post types, fields, and functions to add scholarship search and applications to the IAFSA website, laying the groundwork for an even better experience late-2022. - Team Sharing Inc.
Total overhaul – rebuild of the existing WiX website on WordPress, adding community management, user profiles, donation management and self-service portal, online calendar with registrations, and marketing integrations. - MyChoice – The App for Food Pantries
Official launch of the MyChoice platform and web app, open to all US-based food pantries for order management and pickup coordination. Also the beginning of our native app development for iOS and Android. - TJX Companies / A Place to Turn
A revised and updated co-branded donation portal for TJX employees, notification relay, and matching - Mental Health Collaborative
Upgraded cloud infrastructure, WP management and hosting - MyChoice BETA
Public launch of beta testing with our partner pantry, A Place to Turn - IAFSA / Alumni House
Upgraded cloud infrastructure, content migration, website redesign with custom theme, WP management and hosting - Mental Health Collaborative, Inc
Online ‘virtual’ training registrations, waiting lists, and event management - TJX Companies / A Place to Turn
Co-branded donation portal for TJX employees, notification relay, and matching - Real Life Fitness
Refreshed website, online classes with videos, user registration, COVID screening - Mental Health Collaborative
Give donor management system configuration and web integration - Jimmy D’s Ice Cream
DoorDash integration, order links on website, optimized mobile menu viewing - Melissa Davis MDS Campaign
Website, shared Spotify playlist integration, stories, photo albums - Charge Through COVID
New website, donor management system integration, WP management
- Veruna, Inc
Website upgrade and custom development, security audit, and backup integration - Dubrey, Culliton & Associates, LLC
Refreshed website, migration to MWP Cloud, rebrand package - Mental Health Collaborative, Inc
New website, DNS, Workspace, Mailchimp, and WP management/hosting - Veruna, Inc
Salesforce administration, process documentation, consultation, and SF Communities development - Swissnex Boston
Device configuration and deployment, MDM administration, WinServer 2008 to macOS Server/Jamf - Taylored Career Coaching
Website development, scheduling, online payments, WP management/hosting - Siemens Healthineers
MacBook configuration and deployment, MDM administration - Framingham State University
Registrar course add/change process documentation, form redesigns - A Place to Turn
Hosting and development consultation, WP management, Give donor management system integration - Tantasqua Reg School District
LDAP, WinServer, MDM consulting, as well as hardware (iPad) repair - MetroWest Nonprofit Network
Website redesign, optimization, technical support, WP management - Dubrey, Culliton & Steglitz, LLC
New website, branding package, domain, hosting, mailing list, WP management - Real Life Fitness with Christine
Basic WP site with scheduling and class calendar, WP management - Jimmy D’s Ice Cream
Basic landing page site with hosting, email, and mailing lists - Tantasqua Reg School District, Brookfield Elementary
MDM and hardware support of 40 iPads for students/teachers - Sims Premier Fitness
Website overhaul, management, POS support/integration, online member portal - Angel House Designs
Website development, hardware/POS support