Our Design Projects

We were thrilled to assist Hawaii Performing Arts Festival on a redesign in 2018. We connected them with a designer who rebranded their organization with a new logo which gave us a fresh look to work with. Their site utilizes Event Calendar and Essential Grid to showcase their calendar of shows, staff, performers and news posts. The staff has been trained to make basic changes to the site themselves so they can keep their overhead low, essential for a nonprofit organization.

Beth and her team are truly phenomenal— some of the best in the business. They can transform even the clunkiest vision into the most resounding reality. From the early design phases through regular maintenance and monitoring the efficiency of our website, they are always available within hours to address our every question and concern. Beth is a remarkable visionary and working with her to create this site has been nothing shy of a blast. Non-profits, take note— Website With Aloha is the way to go!”

Justin John Moniz — Executive Director

Plant Pono is the result of a caring collaboration of nonprofits across the Hawaiian islands. The site educates the public about the difference between native and invasive plants in Hawaii and which local businesses are selling pono (or safe) plants. Its impact on the future of Hawaii’s preservation is critical and we are honored to be able to play a small role in developing this important site.

We had not planned or budgeted to completely rework our PlantPono website, but when a security weakness allowed our site to be hacked and destroyed, this unexpected challenge became an opportunity. We had already worked with Websites with Aloha to design and maintain our main organization site at BIISC, so we immediately turned to them to ask if they could build us a new, improved PlantPono site.

Our PlantPono program seeks to help Big Island and Kauai residents make gardening and landscaping choices that are good for our island environment, and promote businesses that have committed to being Pono in their planting. Building this site was not an easy project, because the main functions we needed required searches through thousands of records on different plants and their characteristics to return suggestions based on the userʻs preferences. But not only were Beth and her team able to build in the search functions weʻd had previously on the old site, they were able to add several new ones! With the new search functionality, users can look up so many aspects of plants – desired color, growth form, environment, more – making the new site a much more useful tool.

We were also excited to be able to get a fresh, updated look for the page. The clean and simple design allows the pictures of the individual plants to really stand out and make an impression. Our old site had been funded by a one-time state grant, which prevented us from doing anything but the most basic edits and additions, so the look and feel became stagnant over time (not to mention allowing the site to become vulnerable to hacking!). As a grant-funded program that lacks steady funding from year to year, that wasn’t a workable model for us, as we don’t always have money available to pay a developer to make basic changes. Having the ability to keep the site fresh and add new content without being hampered by budgetary restraints was just a really critical piece of the puzzle for us. With this new WordPress site designed by WWA, our staff can add blog posts, edit our Pono business lists, and add entirely new pages, all on our own.

We couldnʻt be more proud of our new site! Thanks to Websites with Aloha for working so hard on this challenging project and developing such a beautiful and useful product for us!”

Franny Brewer,
Big Island Invasive Species Committee Communications Director

The Hawaii Island Festival of Birds is a unique annual festival on the Big Island of Hawaii, sponsored by Hawaii Forest and Trail and Hawaii Wildlife Center. The site is integrated with FareHarbor which controls the purchase of event festival tickets. We have enjoyed helping the coordinators rebrand the site annually with a new bird of the year and keeping it updated with current events to attract a diverse audience of birders.

The site that Websites with Aloha built for the Hawaii Island Festival of Birds is very user friendly. The webpage is easy to use and navigate as a visitor and as a committee member of the Festival it is also easy for me to log in to the website to make edits and add-ons when needed. Beth has provided great guidance on using WordPress so I feel comfortable handling many website edits on my own, and if I ever need help Beth and her team are always quick to respond and assist.”

Rae Okawa — HIFB Committee Member

Hawaii ArtSpace Alliance is a non-profit arts organization which brings to life local stories that reflect the Hawaiian Islands’ cultural richness and history. HAA’s founder and executive director Bree Peters came to us with a strong vision, contagious enthusiasm, and an open mind to learn – a fabulous combination for a new website owner! It is a special honor to launch a brand new project into the world, and we wish HAA a fantastic debut!

As a non-profit arts organization, I can definitely say that working with Websites With Aloha on the design and creation of our new site has been nothing short of exceptional. As someone who started with very limited knowledge or experience in most things computer, a website seemed like a very daunting undertaking. From the very beginning, I felt reassured by their level of support, communication, and responsiveness, and I knew we were in good hands.

As we progressed, they helped me figure out everything we needed and I knew the website was going to be exactly what we wanted. As our organization has evolved and we’ve needed new pages and content, Websites With Aloha has always assisted in a timely fashion; always offering great solutions. Through their excellent guidance and great tutorial videos, I have even learned to do some things by myself… something I could never have imagined! I’m sending out newsletters and collecting data like a BOSS, and it’s SO easy, and far more economical.

Websites with Aloha is owned and operated by wonderful, honest professionals who always have your back and who are always only an email away. I really appreciate their patience, flexibility and knowledge, and I’m so grateful that I found them, and for the peace of mind they bring me. Our website is a beautiful expression of who Hawaii ArtSpace is, and what we do. Bravo Websites with Aloha! Bravo.”

Bree Kaleʻa Peters — Executive Artistic Director