Navigating a rapidly evolving legal market and web landscape, Recka & Associates needed a website that could grow with their firm and preserve their legacy. Through custom Joomla development and steadfast managed hosting, their digital presence remained authoritative and secure for over a decade.
The Challenge
In the competitive Northeast Wisconsin legal market, Recka & Associates needed a platform that communicated stability and localized expertise across multiple offices. The challenges included:
- Dynamic Attorney Rosters: As a multi-attorney firm, the site needed a clean, professional way to manage profiles, areas of practice, and professional accolades.
- High-Volume Content Needs: To maintain authority in areas like family law and bankruptcy, the site required frequent updates to service descriptions and educational resources for prospective clients.
- CMS Longevity: As the web moved past the Joomla 1.5 era, the site required expert oversight to remain functional and secure without necessitating a complete (and potentially disruptive) rebuild.
- Post-Retirement Preservation: Following the owner’s retirement, the goal shifted from lead generation to maintaining a “digital record” of the firm’s presence and historical information.
The WebCitz Solution
WebCitz provided a consistent, reliable hand for over a decade, ensuring the firm’s digital “shingle” remained visible and professional:
- Custom Joomla 1.5 Architecture: In 2011, we built a robust Joomla site that allowed for deep categorization of legal services. We focused on a layout that established immediate trust – essential for a firm dealing with sensitive legal matters.
- Proactive Content Management: For several years, we acted as the firm’s outsourced communications department. We handled all updates to attorney bios, added new service offerings, and ensured that the contact information for their Green Bay and Appleton offices was always accurate.
- Specialized Technical Custodianship: While many agencies abandon clients on legacy versions of a CMS, WebCitz has continued to provide the specialized server environment and security oversight necessary to keep a Joomla 1.5 site running safely in the modern era.
- Ongoing Managed Hosting: We continue to host the website today. By providing a stable “sunset” environment, we ensure that the firm’s online legacy remains intact, serving as a point of reference even after active practice has concluded.
The Result
For over 15 years, Recka & Associates has enjoyed uninterrupted digital service through WebCitz. We helped the firm navigate their most active growth years – keeping their profiles and service pages fresh – and we remain their trusted partner today.
