Since 2012, we've built and maintained custom WordPress websites for community organizations, public agencies, and businesses across Oregon — including the Housing Authority of Douglas County in Roseburg, where we built a fully accessible, secure resident and applicant portal. If you're a Douglas County organization that needs a thoughtful, durable website built by people who understand public-sector accessibility, security, and reliability standards, we'd love to talk.
Why work with us
Abide Web Design is a two-person studio based in Corvallis. Since 2012, we’ve focused on building long-term partnerships with the kind of organizations that need a steady, technically capable web partner — public agencies, school districts, nonprofits, and community-focused businesses across Oregon. Roseburg is about two hours south of us on I-5, but most of our public-sector work happens remotely. The Housing Authority of Douglas County has worked with us this way successfully, and we’d be a good fit for any Douglas County organization looking for a web partner who treats accessibility, security, and long-term maintenance as fundamentals — not afterthoughts.
Featured Project
Custom WordPress · Accessibility · Hosting & Maintenance
The Housing Authority of Douglas County (HADCO, hadcor.org) is committed to providing affordable housing that's safe, decent, and free from discrimination for residents of Douglas County. They needed a website that could serve a sensitive audience — applicants navigating the housing assistance process, landlords looking for resources, and staff managing a high volume of inquiries — while meeting strict public-sector standards for accessibility and security. We built a fully custom WordPress site with WCAG 2.2 AA standards; a mission-focused architecture that puts eligibility checklists, wait-list timelines, and emergency contacts within two clicks; and ongoing managed hosting and maintenance.
View the full case studyOregon public agencies & organizations
Public-sector and quasi-governmental work is a growing focus for us. Here's a look at some of the other Oregon agencies, districts, and nonprofits we partner with.
Newport area, OR
Founded in 1944, the Housing Authority of Lincoln County (HALC) is a public, not-for-profit community organization promoting adequate and affordable housing on the Oregon Coast. We built their fully accessible WordPress site and provide ongoing hosting.
Salem, OR
One of 45 conservation districts in Oregon, working with urban and rural property owners across Marion County to protect and improve soil and water quality through technical assistance, education, and project funding.
Corvallis, OR
A K–12 public school district serving 6,000+ students across 14 schools. We provide strategic web design guidance and ongoing development of the district's communication hub.
Over the past two years, Abide Web Design has provided strategic guidance on website design and the development of our website as a communication hub for the district. They worked directly with our communications coordinator in development and design, and he created a user-friendly system that non-technical staff can maintain. That has been a crucial aspect of keeping our website up-to-date. Additional, they have been responsive to our needs and easy to work with.
Salem, OR
A statewide association representing Oregon's water suppliers — irrigation districts, water improvement districts, and water control districts — on policy and regulatory issues. We rebuilt their website and provide ongoing hosting.
Great team to work with and we are very pleased with our updated website and logo!
Services for Douglas County
Every site we build is custom — no themes, no templates, no page-builder bloat. We focus on a handful of services we do well rather than trying to be a full-service agency.
Hand-built using the native WordPress editor, designed around your mission and content rather than a stock theme.
WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility built in from the start, not retrofitted. Public agencies have legal accessibility obligations, and we treat that as a baseline rather than an upcharge.
Conditional-logic forms, end-to-end encryption, hardened infrastructure, and automated status notifications — the same pattern we built for HADCO's housing application portal.
Our model is ongoing relationships, not one-off projects. Most of our clients have been with us for years.
Business-class hosting with security, backups, CDN, and 24/7 monitoring — all included in a single annual plan.
Custom online stores for organizations that need them.
Identity work that ties together your site, signage, and communications.
For organizations that need to launch fast: a flat-rate $3,500 custom WordPress site, designed and built in seven days.
Serving Douglas County
Douglas County stretches from the crest of the Cascades to the Oregon Coast, with Roseburg as its county seat and economic center. The county’s communities are served by a network of public agencies, school districts, healthcare organizations, and small businesses — many of which face the same web challenges we routinely help solve: accessibility compliance, secure handling of sensitive information, and the need for sites that lean staff can maintain over time. We work with Douglas County clients remotely most of the time, with on-site visits when they’re useful.
Common questions
We're based in Corvallis, about two hours north of Roseburg on I-5. Our Douglas County work is anchored in our partnership with the Housing Authority of Douglas County. We work with most clients remotely and travel down for in-person meetings when they're useful.
Public-sector and quasi-governmental work is a growing focus for us. We work with housing authorities, conservation districts, school districts, and statewide associations across Oregon. We're familiar with the recurring patterns: WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, secure form handling, multi-audience communication, and the need for sites that non-technical staff can maintain.
Yes — and we treat it as a baseline standard rather than an upcharge. Public agencies have legal accessibility obligations, and our public-sector sites are designed and tested against WCAG 2.2 AA from the start. HADCO's site is a good example of what that looks like in practice.
Sensitive data requires more than a basic SSL certificate. Our public-agency sites use end-to-end encryption on submissions, hardened server-side firewalls, restricted database access, and regular security audits. We treat applicant data the way we'd want our own personal information treated.
Our standard custom WordPress build runs four to six weeks. Public-agency sites with complex application portals or accessibility requirements typically run six to ten weeks. We'll scope it honestly when we talk.
Yes — every project we build includes the option to host with us. Our managed hosting plan is $799/year and includes security, backups, CDN, monitoring, and 24/7 support. HADCO hosts with us.
Fill out our project inquiry form or call us at (541) 224-5048. We'll send back a free estimate and schedule a time to talk through your project.
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