Web Development

Effective web development transforms a visually appealing website into a smart, adaptive, and durable platform that converts visitors into customers. Specializing in WordPress and Magento, along with related technologies like PHP and MySQL, we’ve been crafting custom web solutions since 2002. If you’re seeking top web design experts in Portland or Denver to elevate your website, your search ends here.

I am constantly amazed by Watermelons ability to find creative solutions to our complex website needs. Their entire team is professional, smart, thorough and a pleasure to deal with.

-Mike S, Skutt

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Watermelon Web Works has been developing high quality websites since 2002.

Over decades of engineering business-critical digital applications, what we have learned is that there are a few primary areas of technical focus required to build a sustainable enterprise website that lasts, protects user data, and continuously transforms standard traffic into long-term customers.

Content Management Systems

In the world of modern websites, secure content management systems are the structural framework by which core business files are safely updated, backend functionality and user-facing design layouts are seamlessly implemented, user experiences are evaluated, and targets are successfully converted to clients.

Our agency works across multiple open-source and specialized enterprise content management systems, including custom WordPress Development, complex Magento Optimization, Joomla, and Drupal architectures. We routinely configure content environments to adapt to complex database configurations while keeping admin control straightforward. Our primary focus begins with mapping out your distinct business requirements, and we continuously iterate on those architecture goals until they are completely achieved.

If you are unsure which specific platform framework scales best with your operational roadmap, our technical web development team is available to help outline a migration or cleanup path.

Ecommerce websites

Nearly half of all online e-commerce transactions are abandoned simply because a user encounters poor navigation rules or cannot find their target item. Within specialized website development engineering, optimizing this clear process falls under standard accessibility and conversion usability, which remains at the absolute core of our layout planning strategy.

We provide full-stack support for prominent e-commerce platforms, focusing heavily on scale-ready architectures like Magento Systems, high-performance WooCommerce integrations, and legacy checkout systems. Whether your organization requires custom API middleware paths or a complete merchant system built from the ground up, our team ensures stable operations. We are thoroughly versed in critical digital regulatory compliance metrics including PCI-DSS Security standards and HIPAA guidelines. Feel free to contact our e-commerce engineers directly to discuss your custom checkout setup or database configuration questions.

Web Development Specialties

Operating continuously since 2002 has allowed our senior development team to successfully master changing software languages, modern server environments, and varied technical deployment criteria over the years. At the core of our technical strategy is a transparent focus on clean human communication—ensuring clear alignment between internal operations, customer goals, and database logic. We view secure, fast, and transparent communication systems as the primary skill driver behind any high-performing corporate application.

Our comprehensive scope of day-to-day programming expertise includes advanced graphic styling, local search visibility optimization, core PHP object structures, secure MySQL databases, full custom software development, semantic HTML5 markup, responsive CSS logic, and clean JavaScript libraries including secure jQuery and Bootstrap components.

Companies We Have Worked With

We take pride in the multi-decade business relationships we have established across various industries. For over twenty years, we have served as a core technology provider helping multiple growing organizations and high-impact non-profit foundations secure their brand presence on the open internet. In turn, our engineering solutions have helped these groups grow their digital accessibility, capture incoming leads, expand processing donations, and scale overall operations. If you would like to view verified case studies of our development philosophy in action, please review our live web design portfolio case studies. When you are ready to evaluate a problematic legacy code issue or launch a fresh integration project, please schedule a technical consultation with our developers to start the scoping process.

We also provide:

Web Design

Web Design combines aesthetics and functionality into one beautiful package. We make your website look amazing on large and small screens, all while keeping it easy to use and navigate.

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SEO

u0022Build it and they will comeu0022 isn’t a great marketing strategy. We ensure that your content is optimized for search engines. We’ll be sure to bring Google to your website.

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Website Hosting

A website needs somewhere to live, and your web host has a big impact on how well your site functions. Our hosting servers are reserved for our clients, and boast fast connection speeds and 99.9% uptime.

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Website Maintenance

Routine maintenance is the best way to keep your website secure, working well and make small adjustments along the way. We check all the vital spots to make sure that you avoid big, costly fixes down the line. Our monthly Security u0026 Performance plan will keep your website in tip top shape and improve your business at the same time.

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Judge Academy: All In One Integrated WordPress Site for Magic the Gathering Judges

Judge Academy serves as an important resource for judges of the immensely popular strategy card game Magic the Gathering. The centerpiece of the site is a series of LearnDash-based courses where current and aspiring Judges can enhance their knowledge-base and progress up to more responsibilities within the community. The courseware is integrated with a multi-language plugin to make it accessible to Judges all around the world.

Furthermore, the site allows judges to create tournaments and assign duties based on the skill level attained through the site’s courseware. These events are directly integrated into forums, where judges can discuss the events (as well as any other related topic) with collaborators and teammates.

This site is ever-evolving and growing.

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Ready to get started? When you fill out this form, we will review your project requirements to see if we’d be a good fit. Whether or not we decide to work together, you’ll always receive a prompt response.

If we both decide it’s a good match, that’s great! The next step will be to get on a call with our team to discuss the finer details of your project. We will take that information and distill it down into a detailed, line-item estimate that shows the exact time, cost, and technology required to complete your project.

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What Our Clients Say

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OMS Anita
2 years ago
Watermelon Web Works has been incredible to work with. They are patient, understanding, and quick to answer any questions (or emergencies) you might have. After switching over to them to help re-vamp our online retail store, we hired them to build our wholesale website as well. I can't recommend them enough - Thank you team!
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Garrett Lister
2 years ago
Jared and the watermelon team were great - they quickly interpreted our website needs and designed a wonderful site. The project management site worked great to keep track of project.
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N B
3 years ago
My previous web developer who I was very happy with retired and I was pretty sad about it because it seems now days it is hard to hire a web developer close by with a good set of skills who is interested in helping small business at reasonable prices. Then I found Watermelon and I have been very happy. They are responsive, are able to solve problems, and work at reasonable prices.
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Dark Star Magick
3 years ago
We hired Watermelon to help us with our website. They were very thorough and took the time to explain in layman's terms what they were doing and how we could improve SEO and site functionality. We will definitely be back for future website needs!
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Astoria Column
3 years ago
Great work and amazing service! We're a non-profit, and our priorities are always focused on maintaining the Astoria Column. We had a website built by someone else a few years ago, but without regular updating and maintenance, sections of our site were no longer functional. Joanna and the rest of the team came in and had everything working within a week and it's been smooth sailing since then!
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Ben Harris
7 years ago
Watermelon has been a fantastic web development partner. Through every phase of our project they have always been 100% responsive to our requests and have always provided highly knowledgeable, creative, prompt, and personable team members to work with. As a financial institution we’re always concerned about the security and maintenance or our website and Watermelon has always provided the appropriate resources in order to meet and/or exceed our compliance and security requirements. We would surely refer them to any business associates looking for a qualified WordPress web designer in the future. – Denali Federal Credit Union
Watermelon Web Works did a great job creating a custom shopping cart page for our firm. Gavynn in particular was especially helpful and responsive. We appreciated the upfront costs and the technical competency of Watermelon Web Works and would not hesitate to work with the people there again.
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Kim Markle
7 years ago
Our company has been working with the Watermelon team for more than 10 years to help build and grow our website and customer portal. They are not only extremely talented and responsive, but are continuously looking for ways for us to enhance our current website. They are consistent, provide excellent customer service and really know what they are doing. Highly recommend!
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Rick Brodner
9 years ago
I cannot say enough good things about Watermelon. They are terrific communicators, highly competent coders, and really, really nice people. They were instrumental in helping us to assemble a very usable, easily maintainable website for our organization. They' have demonstrated great flexibility in accommodating our evolving needs. They have been highly responsive to any technical issues, typically resolving them in less than 4 hours. Watermelon Web Works will make your organization better, and your CFO/Treasurer will be happy when they see the bill - what more can you ask for?