Word-Ware works with a variety of educational projects, governmental agencies and private industry to provide cost effective and comprehensive web development services.

Dot Org / Dot Gov

HistoryLink.Org
Educational & Informational case study -->
Developed the original information architecture for HistoryLink, the first online encyclopedia in US. Working with the writers and editors, we created a database to manage the content and provide a logical means of extracting the content. The resulting concept called for two interface designs: one interface for a web-based publishing system and another interface for audience access to the content. Both provide a great deal of flexibility and search options.
Libraries in Medical Education (LiME)
Member Outreach / Informational
Using the name as a design element, we developed a simple site to be clear and easy to use while at the same time adding a sense of fun for what could be dry content.
Washington Research Institute Post-ITT Project
Educational Informational case study-->>
Post Secondary Innovative Transition and Technology Project (Post-ITT) is funded by the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services; CFDA 84.324R, Project # H324R010058. Word-Ware helped develop project specifications for the original grant application. We developed two user interfaces, one that was ADA compliant and one that was aimed at the general public. We designed and constructed the database for web-based publishing and content management and created the site.
Chicago Collaborative
Member Outreach / Informational
The Chicago Collaborative is a working group established in 2008 to promote open communication and education among the primary stakeholders in the scholarly scientific communication area. They needed a clean and simple site to maintain communition for memebers.
Port Hadlock Sewer Project
Public Outreach / Informational
This project is to address the needs of public outreach during the course of planning and production of a public works project. It was deemed important to give a feel of the Jefferson County web site, but to make this site distinctively separate.
United Way of Washington State
Low Cost Informational
Cost-effective web design and maintenance for informational non-profits should look professional. This site is used to centralize contact information for many United Way offices in Washington State.
United Way of Grant County
Low Cost Direct Marketing
Limited budget doesn't mean limited access to the web. This site is included as a good example of a cost-effective web presence that is clean and easy to use. There is little in the way of graphics design, and thus this site is accessible to a wide range of users and computers.

Dot Com

NHBarnett CAD Outsource
CAD Design service
Client needed a simple site that could quickly identify the type of service provided.  The client had a business card already designed and wanted the site to tie in with it.  Thus the site was developed using the general colors and motifs of the business card while using a background technique to evoke CAD services and frame the small amount of content.

Dunn Lumber
E-commerce and Related Support
Dunn Lumber, a well known Washington Business, wanted to bring their web site up to date and offer more services for their clients.

Dunn Lumber Intranet (Not Public)
Company-Wide Information & Communications System
Word-Ware, through consultation and group meetings, established specifications for the creation of a company-wide intranet that would serve as a central information system for 10 retail stores across the state. We created and deployed a system that allows information and files to be shared between the stores while at the same time allowing the administration and management of the system to be handled by their own staff rather than needing to have their system maintained by an outside contractor.

A few systems Word-Ware designed and built to enhance internal efficiency:

  • Company Message System
  • Documents Management System
  • Sign Builder System (To integrate prices into signage automatically rather than to remake signs for each price change.)
  • Door Shop System (To make it easier for sales staff to create the complex door shop forms for custom door building.)
  • Employee Clothing Order System
  • Training Registration
  • Human Resource Job Posting System
  • Survey Maker (easy to use system for creating surveys for internal use)

Parker Lumber
Lumber Yard
When Parker Lumber was added to the Dunn Lumber family they needed to quickly upgrade the web site.  It needed to retain the independent feel of the unique lumberyard while bringing the web presence up to modern standards.  The site was design, built and deployed with in 2 weeks.

Gerber Productions
Video Production
Staying within the framework of an existing site, we upgraded the underlying code to allow ease up updates and to include more video choices.  The only thing from the original site that was used was the background image, however the look and feel of the site remained largely the same as the original.
Joseph W. Duffy
Labor Arbitration
The design for this site required a clean professional look in keeping with the needs and ethics of the services offered.

Tupper Mack Brower
Environmental Law Firm
In collaboration with a graphics designer new to web development and a firm interested in using their web site to better define their purpose we assisted in the creation of a useful and elegant web site that helps reinforce the goals of the firm.

Seattle Micro
Marketing & Customer Support
Seattle Micro needed a modern look to showcase their expanded IT support and a new product line. Seattle Micro is one of the oldest computer support, repair and sales outlets in Seattle, and they needed a new look and feel for their company. We created a new logo design used on their employee shirts as well as the web site and we developed a new brochure.
The Two Bells Bar and Grill
Simple Web Presence
Needed a very simple web site to offer basic information about hours that also gives a sense of the style of the establishment.
West 175 Productions as seen on PBS
Corporate Branding
We created three information and marketing web sites for this client, as well as their Corporate Branding site. A special feature for this client was the creation of an automatic e-mail newsletter system that sent out free recipes weekly.