Hi, I'm Nicole Pullin

I design websites and build the tools to run them

Twenty years in user experience and web development taught me that a site is only as good as its next update. I build iMIS themes and editing tools that put those updates in your staff's hands, so the site still looks right a year after launch.

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Colour theme

Preview updates as you go. Nothing changes until you save.

Try it: switch sections and colours to see how Molten Events works. Nothing here is saved.

Coming soon: the Molten Suite

Better editing for iMIS RiSE

In iMIS, a change beyond plain text often means working with a developer or editing a block of copied HTML. Molten tools give staff a simpler way to do the job, built into the parts of iMIS they already use. Demos open soon, and people on the mailing list see them first.

Why I built them. On project after project, the site looked right at launch and then drifted. Small updates took too many steps, so staff waited, or someone pasted in HTML that didn't quite fit. Each Molten tool began as a fix for a real client, then grew into something other organizations can use.

Works inside iMIS

The editors open on the staff site, next to the screens your team already uses.

Saves to iMIS

Content is stored in iMIS panels and ordinary page content. Nothing lives in an outside system, so your content stays in iMIS even if you stop using a tool.

Respects your permissions

Editors save as the signed-in staff member, so people can change only what iMIS already allows them to.

Molten Theme and Blocks

Designed content blocks, added from a form.

Molten Theme only
The challenge
Good-looking content in iMIS usually means copying HTML from another page and hoping nothing breaks. Over time, pages drift from the design.
What changes
Staff use the content editor to add and edit predefined designed elements. They fill out a form and the theme handles the styling.
Built for
Organizations starting a new RiSE theme or a redesign.

Key features

  • Image cards, icon cards, callouts and link lists
  • Click a block to edit it, with the form already filled in
  • Image picker with a preview on panel fields
  • Styles for forms, events, checkout and the account area
  • An Insert block button above the editor, instead of copied HTML

Molten Events

One page layout for every event.

Works with any RiSE theme
The challenge
An event page in iMIS is often spread across several Panel Editors and hand-edited content. Every event looks a little different, and late changes wait for whoever knows how it was built.
What changes
One page layout for every event. Staff choose the sections and fill them in from a single screen, and every event matches your brand. It all lives in its own area within iMIS event management.
Built for
Event and communications staff who run several events a year on iMIS RiSE.

Key features

  • Program, speakers, tickets, supporters, gallery, questions and venue
  • Ready-made colour themes or the event's own colours, with a contrast check
  • Pricing that moves from early bird to standard to closed on its own date
  • Event details added to every page for search engines
  • One management screen with a live preview, instead of several Panel Editors

Molten Filter List

Searchable, filtered lists from your iQAs.

Works with any RiSE theme
The challenge
Lists of events, resources or members usually come from an iQA (a saved iMIS query), shown as a plain table that is hard to search or share.
What changes
An iPart (an iMIS page component) pulls your iQAs together into one searchable, filtered list, so members find what they need without scrolling a long table. Used today for resource libraries and events.
Built for
Organizations with an events calendar, resource library, directory or news listing.

Key features

  • Keyword search and filters that show how many results each one has
  • Event dates: this week, this month or a chosen range
  • Grid or list view, with filters beside or above the results
  • Every filtered view has its own link, so people can share it
  • A settings page that checks the iQA and its columns as you set it up

Molten Resource Library

Every resource in one library, for members and non-members.

Works with any RiSE theme
The challenge
Member resources sit in many places: documents, store products, outside websites and partner platforms. Members can't tell what they can open, and non-members never see what membership would give them.
What changes
One library for every resource, built on Molten Filter List. Members and non-members browse the same list. Secured resources prompt visitors to sign in to see the details.
Built for
Organizations with publications, toolkits and member-only content to share.

Key features

  • Resources for members and non-members in one list, with secured items clearly marked
  • A sign-in prompt when a visitor opens a secured resource
  • Link to anything: iMIS pages, documents, store products, outside websites or third-party platforms
  • Tags and categories that drive the search and filters
  • Dynamic members-only pages, such as a magazine issue built from tagged resources

Molten Store

One product page with size, colour and fit choices.

Works with any RiSE theme
The challenge
In iMIS, each size, colour or fit is set up as its own product, and each one shows in the store on its own. Shoppers scroll through long lists of near-identical items to find the one that fits.
What changes
Staff keep setting up products in iMIS the way they do now. Shoppers see one product with size, colour and fit choices, and the page switches to the matching item. The store looks and works like the rest of your site.
Built for
Organizations selling apparel, merchandise or other products that come in options.

Key features

  • Size, colour and fit choices shown as buttons or a drop-down
  • Each choice opens the matching product, with its own price
  • A photo gallery with thumbnails and a full-screen view that works with a keyboard
  • Category pages with even, tidy product cards
  • Uses your existing iMIS products, cart and checkout

Keep your theme

Add the tools to the site you have

Molten Events, Molten Filter List, Molten Resource Library and Molten Store sit on top of your current RiSE theme and pick up its fonts and colours.

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Start fresh

The full Molten Suite

The Molten Theme in your brand, with Molten Blocks, Events, Filter List, Resource Library and Store set up and working together.

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How it works

Staff make the change. The theme keeps it on brand.

  1. Choose what you need

    Turn on a section, pick a block or set up a list. The layouts are already designed, so every page stays consistent.

  2. Fill in a form

    Plain fields for text, images, icons and links. No HTML and no hunting through Panel Editors.

  3. Check it and save

    The preview shows the page in your colours. Nothing changes on the live site until you save.

Project work

Public pages, member areas and staff tools, planned together

Your organization serves three audiences: the public, the members who sign in, and the staff who keep it all running. Many public journeys end in a secured area: joining, renewing, registering or buying. And every page depends on staff who can update it with confidence. I plan and design for all three together in iMIS RiSE, so the site works as one.

  • Public websites

    Home pages, content pages, resource libraries and directories, built from a style guide your team keeps using.

  • Joining

    Membership options, account details, payment and a welcome page, as one clear path.

  • Renewals

    From the reminder email to the paid invoice, with dues and open invoices easy to find.

  • Secured member portals

    Landing pages for members, non-members, lapsed members and company administrators, each showing what matters to them.

  • Organization administrators

    Manage the roster, pay open invoices and keep the organization's record current.

  • Account management

    Profile, registrations, invoices, receipts and preferences, in one account area.

  • Events

    Event sites and registration: options, sign-in, cart, checkout and confirmation.

  • Store purchases

    Product pages with size, colour and fit choices, through cart, checkout, payment and confirmation.

  • Donations

    Giving pages and forms, one-time or recurring, ending in a clear thank-you.

  • Staff site

    Editing screens, settings pages and content tools, so staff update the site without touching HTML.

Recent sites

Sites I've created for member-based organizations

Public websites, event sites and member portals on iMIS RiSE. The Molten tools grew out of this work.

Architectural Designers of New Zealand home page

Architectural Designers of New Zealand

In partnership with ASI

What I did

  • Brand mapping
  • Theme implementation
  • Portal styling
  • Training
  • Portfolio and awards feature
  • Event display
Visit adnz.org.nz(opens in a new window)
Ontario Association of Social Workers home page

Ontario Association of Social Workers

In partnership with ASI

What I did

  • Graphic design
  • Theme implementation
  • Portal styling
  • Training
  • Multilingual (English and French)
Visit oasw.org(opens in a new window)
Kin Canada home page

Kin Canada

In partnership with Boost It Up

What I did

  • Graphic design
  • Theme implementation
  • Portal styling
  • Training
  • Multilingual (English and French)
  • Tailored store functionality
Visit ikin.ca(opens in a new window)

Organizations I've supported

Associations, foundations and member organizations in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

  • American Guild of Organists
  • American Specialty Toy Retailing Association
  • Architectural Designers of New Zealand
  • Canadian Cardiovascular Foundation
  • Canadian Security Association
  • Early Childhood Intervention Australia (Victoria)
  • Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria
  • Institute of Public Administration of Canada
  • iUG Canada (iMIS Users Group Canada)
  • Kin Canada
  • Medical Technology Association of New Zealand
  • Nova Scotia Association of REALTORS
  • Ontario Association of Social Workers
  • Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia in New Zealand and Australia

What clients say

Working with Brain Lava was a great experience. Following an iMIS system upgrade, Nicole helped us migrate our internal website and launch a more modern look and feel.

Her process, from discovery and design through to training and support, kept our team on track and helped us set a clear vision for our project and organizational goals.

Nicole also helped us design and launch our new public website. We appreciated her ability to find solutions to some unusual project needs and challenges. She was a pleasure to work with, and we are thrilled with the results of both website projects!

Krista Nicol National Communications Coordinator, Kin Canada
Nicole Pullin

About

Making iMIS easier for everyone who uses it

I'm Nicole Pullin, an independent technology consultant. I've spent more than 20 years in UX and web development, and the last decade designing and building on iMIS for member-based organizations in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

My work starts with the people who use the site. I research how your public, members and staff find their way, map the processes behind it, and plan the structure, testing ideas in iMIS as I go.

Then I build it. I design the look, develop the RiSE theme, and set up your member portal and secure areas. When iMIS doesn't do what you need out of the box, I develop the solution: custom content layouts, IQA and SQL queries, JavaScript enhancements, event registration and renewal workflows. Once it's live, I train your team to run it.

I also build the Molten tools, so staff can keep the site current long after launch.

Experience
20+ years in UX, web development and technology consulting
What I do
UX research and design, iMIS theme development and custom iMIS solutions
Specialty
iMIS websites, member portals and staff tools
Who I work with
Associations, non-profits, foundations, regulatory bodies, unions and schools
Where
Clients in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia
How
Directly, as part of your team, or through your iMIS partner

Work together the way you need

Use the tools on their own, or bring me in to design and build around them.

Coming soon

The Molten Suite

Editing tools that let your staff update events, resources, store products, lists and page content themselves. Join the list to hear when the Molten Suite is ready for your site.

On my own

From research to launch

I handle research, design, build and training. You have one person accountable from start to finish.

With your team

Fill the gaps

I join your staff for the parts you're missing: UX, information architecture or iMIS build work.

For iMIS providers

Partner on client work

Are you an iMIS provider? Bring me in on client projects when you need more capacity or design and UX skills your team doesn't have.