Featured Sites

HistoryLink.org

Word-Ware 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.

This site has grown from a few hundred essays on local Seattle history to an education resource of over 6,000 original essays written by local historians for the web.  We have added and updated the website over the years and most recently added new iPhone and Droid apps for Seattle neighborhood histories in several languages.  We encourage the use and support of this truly unique asset for fun and information.

 

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 Dunn Lumber Intranet

Cloud Based internal company communications and management website

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)