Westwerk Showcased in Net Magazine

Westwerk is thrilled to be spotlighted in a five-page spread of this month’s issue of Net Magazine, hitting newsstands February 23, 2017! Hot off the presses, the article shares the story of Westwerk over the past decade and what life currently looks like on the “Silicon Prairie.” Highlighting some of our favorite projects and through the […]

Westwerk Website Throughout the Years

Website design has come a long way since 2005 when Westwerk first opened its doors. Similar to our agency, the website has grown, evolved and experienced some drastic changes over the past 11 years. In honor of the launch of our new website, we are taking a walk down memory lane to reflect on our […]

Walking the Walk on Global Accessibility Awareness Day

For most of us, web accessibility might seem like a remote and distant issue. We vaguely know it’s important (or know we should think it’s important), but we don’t really know why. If you’re someone who doesn’t live with a disability, navigating and communicating over the internet comes so easily you probably don’t even notice […]

WordPress Is About Community, Westwerk Is Too

WordPress is an incredible platform, powering over 25 percent of the web. From intranets to ecommerce, it boasts thousands of feature-rich plugins, has great documentation and is entirely free! Amongst the many amazing things WordPress is known for, one benefit that can be easily overlooked is the awesome community that WordPress is built upon. The […]

Creating an Amped up Website for Music Industry Veteran DD Audio

DD Audio, one of the world’s leading subwoofer producers, is celebrating its 30th year in business. Located in Oklahoma City, DD Audio takes pride in being an American-made manufacturer and creating high-quality products across the music industry. While its products continue to wow the world, its website was in need of a serious tune-up. With […]

Werkin For Positive Impact

Though it might sound counterintuitive, the character of a company can often tell you as much about the quality of their work as the work itself. If a company has strong values and goes the extra mile to actually live up to them, that can be a pretty good indication they’ll go the extra mile […]

A Site Redesign Out of This World

Geoscience and Remote Satellite Society, more commonly referred to as GRSS, is in the business of dealing with the theory, concepts and techniques of science and engineering as they apply to the remote sensing of the earth, oceans, atmosphere and space. Mind blown? Ours was too! GRSS pinged Westwerk in 2014 for a complete site […]

How to Setup WordPress Coding Standards in phpStorm with PHP Code Sniffer (Mac)

As developers, it is our job to deliver state-of-the-art applications for our clients.  Doing this in a timely manner can sometimes be difficult, which is why we are always trying to optimize our workflows. Often, we need to combine multiple technologies to make the experience unforgettable for the end user which consumes a fair amount of […]

Why WordPress Works for eCommerce

If you follow our work you likely already know we’re pretty diehard fans of WordPress. From its power as a publishing platform to its second-to-none strength as a CMS, there’s not a whole lot WordPress can’t do. Despite its long list of uses, many people don’t realize that WordPress is also a great option for […]

WordPress for Higher Ed

WordPress is considered by many as the most popular online publishing platform with nearly 1 in 4 websites utilizing this user-friendly content management system. While it got its start as a simple blogging platform, WordPress has quickly shifted to accommodate more enterprise-level websites and complex intranets, and more recently, has found its calling in the […]

Westwerk Zeroes in on Zumba Fitness

Zumba, the fitness company known for taking the work out of workout, recently tapped Westwerk to enhance its existing blog, Zlife, and implement new functionality to support an upcoming promotion. The workout company wanted to update Zlife and give it the flare and features to match its one-of-a-kind motivational movement. First, Westwerk collaborated with Zumba […]

WordPress Security Best Practices 101

As the most popular online publishing platform in the world, WordPress is, naturally, a common target for hackers and malicious exploits. Luckily, however, it’s also one of the most secure. Since WordPress is an open source project, it means that at any given time hundreds of people across the globe are actively working on updating […]