Via, Inc.
Partnered 2017 — 2025
Established in 1987, Via Seating has been at the forefront of ergonomic seating innovation for over 35 years. Their mission is to design and manufacture seating solutions that not only meet the essential needs of people but also enhance their daily experiences through comfort, functionality and aesthetics. This dedication drives them to continuously refine their designs with a focus on performance, quality and user well-being.
Projects
Spec It 3.0 | 2025
In 2025 we launched version 3.0 of Via's Spec It configurator, this updated moved from being a WordPress plugin built on Vue.js and to a separate Laravel application using TailwindCSS and Livewire. This change made it faster, easier to add features to, and opened it up to not being limited by working within WordPress's ecosystem. We used Ably's PubSub to handle the notifications for when PDF's are ready to download or emails have been sent and spatie/browsershot with Puppeteer to make the PDFs.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Web Hosting
- Technologies Used:
- Cylindo
- Laravel
- Microsoft Azure
- MySQL
- PHP
- Tailwind CSS
- Ably.com
- Browsershot
- Livewire
- Caddy
viaseating.com | 2018—2025
After working on their Spec It configurator, Via, Inc. tasked us with building their new website. We took their design and turned it into a WordPress theme that pulls in assets from their Azure storage, data from other Via, Inc. projects such as their Materials Library and CPQ, and uses a generous amount of custom fields to allow them to build out their pages, news posts, and product series to fit the specific page’s needs. Additionally we took over Via's web hosting moving from their previous Apache-based hosting solution to our Caddy-based solution which increased overall speed and response time of the website.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Web Hosting
- Technologies Used:
- MySQL
- PHP
- Tailwind CSS
- Typescript
- Svelte
- Microsoft Azure
- WordPress
- Caddy
Pro Portal | 2024—2025
Via, Inc. wanted a single place where all of their users can access important documents, brochures, product images, and more. This lead to building a custom Laravel application that has tiered user accounts, pulls data directly from multiple Azure locations and that could have additional tools added to it in the future.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Web Hosting
- Technologies Used:
- Laravel
- Microsoft Azure
- Tailwind CSS
- PHP
- MySQL
- Caddy
ergify.com | 2022—2025
Ergify was the successor to SwopperUSA, moving from BigCommerce to a custom WooCommerce site designed by Via, Inc. that utilized Microsoft Azure for storage.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Web Hosting
- Technologies Used:
- Microsoft Azure
- Tailwind CSS
- WordPress
- MySQL
- PHP
- Caddy
Textile Compatibility Tool | 2023—2025
Textiles need to be tested to ensure they work with models, Via, Inc. had a system in place for this, but no easy way for users to check if a model and textile worked. To solve this we built a Svelte component that pulls in data from their reporting tool reducing the number of support tickets asking about compatibility and providing a way to note if only specific methods are approved, any reasons why a textile is not compatible such as fraying, all while saving users time.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Technologies Used:
- WordPress
- Tailwind CSS
- Svelte
- Microsoft Azure
Spec It 2.0 | 2020—2025
Via, Inc. approached us to continue improving their online product configuration tool. Infor was replaced by a new custom built CPQ solution which allowed us to get rid of the Azure functions and handle everything through PHP, MySQL, and Vue.js while integrating the Cylindo viewer and allowing for a complete 360 degree view of products. We continued to use Azure Storage Containers for downloads, user guides, and symbol files.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Technologies Used:
- Cylindo
- Laravel
- PHP
- MySQL
- Microsoft Azure
- Tailwind CSS
- Typescript
- Vue.js
- WordPress
CPQ | 2020—2025
Via, Inc. wanted to move away from Infor’s CPQ solution and while they started their search for a replacement we took the initiative to develop a prototype of our own CPQ to show them. The prototype was a hit and we worked on fleshing out the project with their team to include the features they needed, in a way that worked for them. This lead to a full version 2.0 of the Spec It project to account for the change in systems.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Web Hosting
- Technologies Used:
- Laravel
- Microsoft Azure
- PHP
- MySQL
- Tailwind CSS
- Caddy
Materials Library | 2019—2025
Via, Inc. wanted a way to manage their materials so that images, details, and specific characteristics could be contained to one location and used in multiple places. Originally built on Directus we eventually migrated to a custom Laravel application.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Web Hosting
- Technologies Used:
- Laravel
- MySQL
- PHP
- Vue.js
- Microsoft Azure
- WordPress
- Tailwind CSS
- Typescript
Spec It 1.0 | 2017—2020
Via, Inc. approached us to continue building out their online product configuration tool. Originally using Infor for their CPQ, we used Azure Functions to bridge the gap between the Infor system and Via, Inc.’s WordPress website by creating a WordPress plugin with Vue.js for the frontend.
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Technologies Used:
- Microsoft Azure
- PHP
- Tailwind CSS
- Typescript
- Vue.js
- WordPress
- MySQL
SwooperUSA | 2017
We were approached by Via, Inc. to make some modifications to the BigCommerce theme they were using at the time for SwopperUSA
- Services Provided:
- Web Development
- Technologies Used:
- BigCommerce